Intelligence Hub Update: Main Street’s 66.5 Readout, Investment Plans Rise as Cash Flow Tightens
August 10, 2026 | Intelligence Hub Update The latest broad Main Street signal is 66.5. That is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index reading for Q2 2026, a level that shows operating confidence is still intact even while cash flow remains tight and...
Vanity, When the Need for Approval Takes Control. From Rays of the Dawn, Chapter 10, Part 1 of 3
Chapter Ten of Dr. Thurman Fleet’s Rays of the Dawn begins with a severe diagnosis: vanity is not merely concern with appearance. It is a mental condition that can gradually place recognition above reality, responsibility, and usefulness. Fleet defines vanity as “an...
Intelligence Hub Update: Main Street Under Pressure, Cash Flow Is the Constraint Behind Small Business Growth
August 12, 2026 1. The 66.5 Readout: Main Street Is Operating, Not Retreating The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index registered 66.5 in Q2 2026, down slightly from 67.0 in Q1 but above the 65.2 reading from the same period last year. The signal is stable...
Intelligence Hub Update: Main Street's $99.8 Signal, Why America's Small Businesses Are Investing Despite the Pressure
August 11, 2026 NFIB's July Small Business Optimism Index reached 99.8, its highest level since August 2025 and above the 52-year average of 98.0. Eight of the index's 10 components improved. That is the signal. America's small and medium-sized businesses...
Forgiveness, Releasing Condemnation Without Abandoning Justice, Part 3 of 3: Rays of the Dawn, Chapter 26
Continue the Rays of the Dawn Series If you would like to read the earlier parts of this inspirational series first: Part 1: The Mirror of Faultfinding, Overcoming Destructive Criticism and Gossip Part 2: Chapter 14, Prejudice and Intolerance, Opening the Closed Mind...