Just before the walls started to close in around Luke, Chewy and Leia... Han muttered the iconic phrase, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this..." Unless the soaring housing prices have caused you to live under a rock, you’re probably aware we’re in the early stages of what some experts are calling a ‘trade war’. On July 3rd, the administration of President Donald Trump officially imposed tariffs on $34 Billion worth of Chinese goods. There are threats of tariffs as high as $800

As I sat down to right the blog this morning I began struggling with the very question that I pose in the title. What is the American Dream as it stands today? The world has changed a tremendous amount since the idea of the American Dream took shape, but have we out grown the idea that the American Dream is about materialism… or that to pursue the dream you need to pursue homeownership, a traditional job and a traditional family? Look in the 1930s (when the idea of the Americ

Tucked along the Allegheny River, Lawrenceville is one of Pittsburgh’s largest neighborhood areas. It’s home to one of our country’s finest Children’s Hospitals, a bustling nigh-life and food scene and the Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotic Center. It’s not abnormal to see one of Uber’s driverless cars cruising down Butler street as you leave one of the newest… coolest eateries in the city. However, it’s also home to the highest rent costs in Pittsburgh. Now, the measly $1,

Photo by Piotr Cichosz on Unsplash When a company announces it’s opening a new headquarters, it rarely gets as much attention and anticipation that the eCommerce giant Amazon has gotten. Last September, Amazon invited cities to submit bids to be the location for its second headquarters. A total of 238 bids were submitted and some were pretty interesting too – Tucson, AZ sent a 21-foot cactus to Amazon’s current HQ in Seattle and Stonecrest, GA offered to rename its city to Am