In My Defense

©2026 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "In my defense, I was left unsupervised." – The phrase is a popular humor...

Tariffs Have Caused Disdain For American Businesses

©iStock/haveseen Export trouble.  One year in, many wine producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are reject...

A Quiet Transformation in the American Economy: The Elderly

©iStock/Ridofranz There has never been a better time in America to be old. Yet it also exposes our disjointed national priorities....

RIP Fellow Chicagoan Rev. Jesse Jackson

©iStock/fumiko Inoue The Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and populist vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor an...

Visa Supports: Cash Flow and Business Resilience With 'The Visa and Main' Launch

iStock/Kaewta Suphan Visa, a global payments network, is moving beyond card transactions into tools that support small business op...

Today in Global Small Business: Honoring Our Founding Fathers on Presidents' Day

©iStock/Wirestock What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Officially called Wa...

Love Chicago

©2026 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. "I love Chicago three out of four seasons a year." – Anonymous [Happy Val...