LifeWas Your Monday Less Productive Than Normal?PatrickEconomyOn the JobWorkplaceDuring Saturday night, most of us lost an hour of sleep. Church attendance was likely affected by people who forgot...
GovernmentLifeWhy I Don’t Care What Romney Pays in TaxesPatrickEconomyElectionElection 2012GovernmentMitt Romney released tax information showing he will pay a total of $6.2 million on a total income of $45.2...
LifeTwinkie Maker Facing BankruptcyPatrickEconomyFood and DrinkWhen All in the Family was on the air some thirty years ago, a running joke was the importance of...
JournalismWould You Pay Triple for Your Paper?PatrickCustomer ServiceEconomyJournalismMoneyNewspapersSome subscribers of the Chicago Tribune face a steep price increase for home delivery. The paper is, in some cases,...
LifeCredit Unions Revise Customer EstimatesPatrickCustomer ServiceEconomyMoneyRemember those hundreds of thousands of angry bank customers who moved their money from the “evil” banks to the “benevolent”...
GrammarMoneyOxford Squeezes Middle for Word of the YearPatrickEconomyGrammarLanguageMoneySpeaking OutOxford Dictionaries teams named squeezed middle the Word of the Year for 2011. In a year in which the Occupy...
LifeShoppers: ‘Recession? What Recession?’PatrickEconomyMoneyOkay, what just happened? It had to have happened very recently and I must have missed it while I kept...
LifeShoppers Fight Over Black Friday DealsPatrickCrimeEconomyHolidaysMind BogglingMoneyOddThere are some things that might be worth getting excited about when you’re in line on Black Friday. A waffle...
LifeCredit Unions See Big Boost on Bank Transfer DayPatrickCustomer ServiceEconomyMoneyAbout 40,000 people joined credit unions on Saturday’s “Bank Transfer Day” over the weekend. That represents, according to Reuters, about...
LifeCash-Strapped Neighborhood Rips Out StreetlightsPatrickCrimeEconomyLifeOddA Detroit neighborhood, unable to pay its electric bill, took the unusual action of ripping out a thousand streetlights. It’s...
LifeNew Unrest at Occupy Camp Centers on ‘Undesirables’PatrickCharityDouble StandardsEconomyGovernmentLifePoliticsTalkersRecently, several of my readers accused me of missing the point of the Occupy Wall Street movement. If they’re right,...
JournalismThe Future of Magazines: Print Them Yourself?PatrickEconomyJournalismNewspapersTechThe WebThe print industry has it rough. The economy is forcing some people to cut subscriptions to save money. Production and...
LifeMissing the Point of the Protests?PatrickDouble StandardsEconomyLifeSpeaking OutI’ve been accused of missing the point of this whole “Occupy Wall Street” thing. And maybe I am. I posted...
Fun & LaughsGovernmentLifeMaybe Steve Jobs Should Run in 2012PatrickEconomyElection 2012GovernmentHumorApple Computer has more cash on hand than the United States government, according to a report from the BBC. The...