Disputing, Rationalizing, and Explaining Claims and Statistics of Unequal Pay
The longstanding debate about women earning less than men has been gaining steam this political season with Obama's commercial bringing this discussion back into the limelight. Regardless of your opinion…
Four Tough Questions about Aging Parents’¦ And Step Parents
I worry about my parents' retirement plans and future medical care. As I've gotten older and more involved in the personal finance community, the prospect of my own retirement has…
Another Reason to Avoid Bottled Water
Bottled water has been around for several decades now, but recently, with Poland Spring's announcement that it is looking to tap another spring in Shapleigh, Maine, there seems to be…
Moneytalk: How (and Whether) to Talk to Your Kids About Your Financial Problems
How do we talk to our kids about our financial problems? Should we? As I read the umpteenth story about the difficulties people are having in this crazy market, I…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Fresh vs. Frozen
This is the eleventh installment in our weekly series about food budgeting. You may have noticed that the price of produce has gone up since the end of the summer.…
Femme Economics: Butch-Femme Spending Report
It seems Femme Economics is here these days to serve a new purpose: keep things light, fun and personal while national economics take keep on diving. When I started to…
Did someone inside the beltway dislike Lehman Brothers?
At last our elected officials have realized that putting separate band-aids on separate bullet wounds '¦ one at a time, could not stop the bleeding. Now that there is discussion…
The Stock Market is Tanking… What Do I Do?
BUY! Yes you read especially if you have your money in Broad Based Index Mutual Funds like Vanguard's 500 and YES it's Tanking badly too. Will they drop further in…
LGBT Hate Crimes in DC
The past few weeks have seen a rash of LGBT-related bias crime in the DC area. (Some of the crimes are and some are not being investigated as hate crimes…
Does Frugal Living mean Cluttered Living?
In order for us to live a more frugal life and live below our means it requires that we re-use items instead of going out to buy something new. However,…