Ok, so it struck me that this has some application to the whole health care debate going on in our country right now. The issue has a whole spectrum of folks' opinions, but they range from one end, in which people basically see themselves as the authors of their own success, despite the health care system we have in place, to those who see ( Read more... )

I was musing about my life as I was heading in to work this morning ( Read more... )

A lot of articles have been written about getting out of the paycheck-to-paycheck, debt-ridden, spend more than you make lifestyle. While I admit that it's important to help people get back in control of their finances, I sometimes feel that the most difficult thing is not getting started, but staying on course, financially, over the long haul ( Read more... )

UN Convention on Torture ( Read more... )

Ok, so if you've known me very long, you wouldn't necessarily think of me as a Greenie, right? I'm actually quite critical of the tree huggers and environmentalists who seem to be bent on destroying our economy and limiting access to our enjoyment of the Earth's natural wonders ( Read more... )

I have a thought exercise/question. If you buy a stock that pays regular dividends, and the price drops (at least temporarily), should you get too worried about "losing" money on that stock? If your primary reason for buying it was to get the dividend income, then it's pretty much irrelevant how low the share price goes from that point, if your ( Read more... )

You know, I read a ton of personal finance blogs, and investing blogs, etc. I keep seeing people writing about why you shouldn't invest money in things that pay regular dividends, because of the taxes. WTH ( Read more... )

If we're in a full-blown recession, where are the bargains from desperate businesses and individuals ( Read more... )

Question found on Frugal Dad's blog: What was your biggest financial mistake ever ( Read more... )

Maybe I'm a little too paranoid, but something about this stolen plane from Canada rings bells in my head that the mainstream media is ignoring ( Read more... )