Editor’s Note

NSRA President Mark Denkler’s granddaughter has excellent taste in reading material.

Chew on This

An unexpected theme arose in the making of our latest issue: third generation-run, primarily retail businesses. There’s our Q&A (p. 10) with Josh Habre, CEO

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Crocs rocker: My daughter, Darby, age five, at her favortie neighborhood hangout, Hippo Playground.

Let Me Get My Shoes

After being shot in the head last month during a political rally in a Pennsylvania field, the first audible sentences by former President Trump, repeated

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Groundhog Daze

It seems like the world is stuck. Entrenched. Frozen in fear, partisanship, anger, war, frustration, hate, high interest rates, stubborn inflation, distrust, and a host

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Cabin Fever

Critters, carpenter ants, powder post beetles, rot, mold, power washing, jacking the camp up in order to level it…I’ve become very familiar with the many

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Milestones Matter

Milestones come in many forms. They can be personal—a big birthday, a weight loss goal, or, in my case, a cycling season’s total mileage, part

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Do the Evolution

History is rife with examples of failure to evolve, leading to irrelevance or, worse, extinction. Two notable ones that come to mind, thanks to two

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The December 2024 Issue

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