Lloyd Graff

Children, let me tell you a story. There once was a wonderful little cookie with a delicious white filling between two chocolatey layers. My mother used to bring them home from the A&P store where she shopped on 71st Street in Chicago. “Oreos!” we chi... See more

The Denver Broncos have one of the best records in the National Football League. They also have the second highest number of punts, which is what you do when you don’t make a first down and need to improve your field position. Sounds weird, but I was remi... See more

Fernando Mendoza is an odd name for a Heisman Trophy candidate college quarterback, much less one from Number One ranked Indiana, which hadn’t won the Big Ten for 58 years until last Saturday. Fernando ended up in Bloomington via Miami and Berkeley, Calif... See more

Is 2026 going to be a good time to invest in a business in light of what just happened in New York City’s mayoral race? Peter Thiel was the first outside investor in Facebook in 2004. His gain was over 4,000%. If anybody understands capitalism, it is a gu... See more

UPS, Amazon, and FedEx are all fully engaged in their annual employee purge. UPS says it is cutting 48,000 jobs in 2025–34,000 in management and 14,000 in operations. This might explain why Graff-Pinkert’s Wickman spare parts business was getting tariffed... See more