Author Archives: dave@cunixinsurance.com

Can you force your employees to live YOUR creed? More importantly, can you make it unpleasant and expensive for your employees to break your personal religion’s rules? The answer, as it is so often, is Yes and No. Preventive Care … Continue reading →

The new president of the Ohio Jaycees, back in the early 1980’s, was a good old boy from the southern part of our state. We’ll call him Bubba. I was a state level officer and had been very involved in … Continue reading →

When is selling not selling? Where is the line between helping your customer and primarily helping yourself? Determining that becomes harder each day. One of my clients needed to talk. She had received a disturbing phone call at her home … Continue reading →

This is a post about someone with cancer. I have not met Ms. Ward, nor do I think that I ever will, but I wish her a successful recovery. This post may take issue with some of her choices and … Continue reading →

We all know people who have invested in $2,500 clothing racks. OK, the store called the equipment an exercise bike or a treadmill. But sitting idly in the bedroom with clothing draped over it, the apparatus is obviously a clothing … Continue reading →

It is November in Northeast Ohio. Homeowners are faced with an annual decision – buy a new snow shovel, buy/tune up the snow plow, or hire a plowing service. I was lucky enough to have always had a snow service … Continue reading →

The National Journal, a non-partisan Washington based news magazine, published the story as if it was news. Poll: Majority of Voters Want Medicare Funding Left Untouched  The first paragraph noted that 83 percent of the respondents oppose cuts to Medicare … Continue reading →

This blog has campaigned for transparency, honesty, and basic accounting principles. This isn’t a Democrat or a Republican issue. This isn’t Left or Right. Asking for our elected officials to perform at a higher level may, at times, appear child-like … Continue reading →

Prohibition was about human perfectibility, that humans can be perfected. You could have the perfect marriage if you could eliminate alcohol. from Ken Burns’ Prohibition I watched Ken Burns’ Prohibition on PBS last night. A group of people decided what … Continue reading →

It is important to remember that everything works in theory. Communism, in its purest form, is just as effective as Capitalism, in theory. Reality is a much different story. The Russians and Chinese are now embracing many of the benefits … Continue reading →