The playoff should be decided by a formula, not by a committee. What is the objection to this? As long as you have a straightforward formula that is fair, it's every bit as good as the collective opinions of the committee ( Read more... )

It's very hard to accurately determine what your return is on a house. Most people simply subtract the sale price from the purchase price: "well, I bought it for $100,000, sold it for $150,000, therefore, I made $50,000." This is simply not accurate, because it only captures a portion of the transaction, and fails to consider costs like loan ( Read more... )

Although I shouldn't be surprised, I am nevertheless amazed at the lengths that liberals are trying to go to hammer Hobby Lobby as a supposedly "hypocritical" company ( Read more... )

Nobody wants to be boring. Almost everyone is at some time or another. Why is that? It's because your life is very fascinating to you, but not to anyone else. With that guidance in mind, there's actually an easy test you can take to determine whether you are boring when you are talking to someone ( Read more... )

I have various apps that track my investments - a bunch of mutual funds, ETFs and individual stocks. The app has a section that warns me about how many hundreds of thousands of dollars management fees will claim from my portfolio during my life. Many articles about personal finance caution about high fees, too ( Read more... )

I have spent a lot of time on online dating websites. Way too much time. It's sad. I have no advice to give to other men on how to attract women on these sites; I have had, at best, modest success in that department. I can, however, give women advice on what to include if they want to attract men ( Read more... )

The subject line is a Bob Costas quote about the new Winter Olympics events. I wish I had thought of it. All of the new stoner "sports" are ridiculous, but, the more I have watched the Winter Olympics, the more I realize that I don't like watching the Winter Olympics. This is in stark contrast to the Summer Olympics, of which I will watch every ( Read more... )

Rather than devote my energy to something mundane like curing cancer, ending world hunger or ensuring peace in our time, I've decided to solve a far more important problem: how to determine a college football champion ( Read more... )

At last the interminable Winter Olympics are over, so I will no longer have to watch them. Somehow, I get tricked into watching them every single time, baed on the rationale that "the Olympics are only on every 4 years so it will be a long time before there is another one," even though I wouldn't watch most of these sports if they didn't have the ( Read more... )

One thing that makes me convinced I am good at my job is that I often know what is going to happen and can use it to my and my clients' advantage. For instance, a few months ago, I won Summary Judgment in an ERISA case. This case had appeal written all over it, though. However, I had a plan. Discretionary attorney fees are available under ERISA ( Read more... )