Uncategorized 
Weathering the Capacity Shortage Storm(3)
The driver shortage affecting the truckload industry is certainly no surprise to anyone who’s paying attention. Freight volumes are starting to come back, slow but sure, which is a good thing … but it’s getting tougher and tougher to find the drivers to move it. How did we get here? Well, a combination of events [...]
Full Story»
Why Competing is Good, and How It Makes All of Us Better — a Champion’s Perspective
I think I was six years old when my interest in driving started. Well, at least that’s when my dad had me driving around our farm on various pieces of equipment. He just threw me out there and let me go. I had to think and react on my feet and learn in real time, [...]
Cap-and-Trade Bill: A Costly Offer We Can Refuse in This Shaky Economy
These are challenging times, and our nation is at a crossroads. Our economy is ailing, unemployment is soaring, spending is out of control, and deficits are at record levels. And yet, rather than pursue sound policies that create jobs, the administration remains steadfast in its efforts to push ahead with its job-killing “cap-and-tax” scheme. Nearly [...]
A Driver’s Story – Encouraging the Next Generation
After graduating high school in 1976 I was living in an old steel/manufacturing town where there were few employment possibilities. At that time continuing on to college just wasn’t an option. I was 18 years old. I needed to decide what to do with my life. How do you know what you want to do [...]