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Rent Checks and the Plight of the Poor
"History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes." -- Mark Twain I own a couple of rental properties and have given candid opinions about using real estate as…
Ubertrends in Banking
"Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public." -- Ludwig von Mises Here's a good resource mentioned by a friend that knows a…
Planning to Death: Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." -- Epicurus With all the talk…
Excess: Buying More than We Really Need
"A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption" -- John Ralston Saul In a recent issue of the New Yorker, James Surowiecki wrote a commentary about the US defense…
Money is a Map
"Even the great get greater by doing more of it." -- Colleen Wainwright A Guest Post by Colleen our gay-friendly friend and writer at Communicatrix. Here are her thoughts on…
Book Review: Invest in Your Nest by Barbara K!
"Young people on a lark might keep in mind that all birds, except cuckoos, build their nests before hatching their eggs." -- Anonymous When the complimentary review copy of Barbara…
Anderson Cooper and Expense Reimbursement
"I am listening to people's questions and getting answers. I am least of all interested in any TV anchor's opinion, and least of all my own." -- Anderson Cooper Yesterday…
The Standoff between Buyers and Sellers
"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." -- Robert C. Gallagher Several weeks ago, our neighbor put their house up for sale. It created quite a stir because…
The Baby-Making Business
"Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what…
What It’s Worth? Coming Out at Work
"Yep, I'm gay." -- Ellen Degeneres Back in June, NPR reported, "This may break the hearts of 12-year-old boys. Or fascinate them. But in any case, Batwoman is coming out…