“That’s fine, except it will hurt people living from paycheck to paycheck.”
If there’s anything more common out there right now than economic ignorance, it’s people who damn well understand it but have a kneejerk tendency towards compassion at the expense of common sense.
Here in Georgia, gas is in short supply.  Even people, many of whom [...]

I’m a right-winger.
No, I didn’t say I’m a Republican, though I share more views with them than Democrats.  I don’t subscribe to platforms and bureaucracy and labels, so I don’t have a party affiliation.  I tend to think of myself as a libertarian… that’s with the small “l.”  Big “L” Libertarians are close, but one [...]

One of the truths I’ve learned that I try to impart to others is that there are always more options than we realize.  I see so many people beat themselves over the head deciding between two options.  My advice?  Look for the third way!  There are always more choices.
Dr. Phil had a show this week [...]

There are many iterations of a certain joke, some with boy scouts and some with lawyers, some told longer with more buildup and some short and sweet.  But the punchline between the two conversing characters in the woods is virtually the same in all versions.
“Why are you putting tennis shoes on?  You can’t outrun a [...]

With the recent events of Hurricane Ike, it tells you something about the state of economics education when you watch news stories where two complaints are put forward by the same parties….  One, that gasoline stations are running out of gas, and two, that the government better step in if they see any gas stations [...]

I’m offended! 
When did one little word come to have so much impact, and why is it we spend countless hours and otherwise useful and productive energy ensuring no one says it about something we said or did.  Why is it the one crime where intent cannot be measured as a factor, and only testimony [...]

Several years ago, I went to one of those Hurry Date speed-dating parties.  In the space of 3 minutes, one girl managed to get to the fact that she had 14 cats and how she didn’t understand how she couldn’t keep a fella.  If the 3-minute timeframe has any advantage, it should be that it [...]

Winner or loser?
I think most people think of themselves as one or the other.  Surely, some people refuse the label, which I guess that means you were never in the game.  I’m not sure that isn’t a rank below loser.
Either way, you’ve most likely crafted a resume before, and what is that if not a [...]

He played for the NFL for 11 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants.  He earned back-to-back Superbowl rings.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of his Alma Matter, Wake Forest University.  He went on to become a successful businessman back home in North Carolina, before his untimely death in 2006 [...]

Lately, you hear a lot of people talk about things that have been taken from them.  Somebody on the news tells you how the bank took their home, or the company took their health care, or outsourcing took their job.
All this “taking” can get a person riled up.  And that’s what it’s meant to do.  [...]