Feeling BluePatrickEconomyMoneyPersonalTVIf you’ve ever seen a video crew out shooting anything, you might have noticed that one of the first things...
JournalismOne Thing Still Going for NewspapersPatrickAdvertisingEconomyJournalismMoneyNewspapersNo matter how you feel about newspapers these days, in a bad economy, newspapers still have one unquestionably attractive feature: ...
A 10-Year PlanPatrickDebtEconomyMoneyPersonalThat’s the headline in today’s Post and Courier here in Charleston, and the story is about the city’s efforts to...
Bailout Party?PatrickDebtEconomyGovernmentMoneyI want that $85 billion dollars the Treasury Department agreed to give AIG. In exchange, I’ll promise to do two...
Who’s To Blame? Guess Again. Again.PatrickEconomyElection 2008GovernmentMoneyPoliticsOver at WorldNet Daily, Drew Zahn writes that corporate greed and a lack of government regulation isn’t the cause of...
Strong Economy? Really?PatrickEconomyElection 2008MoneyPoliticsYouTubeMcCain actually said it: “The fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Joe Biden said this: Here’s the transcript for those...
Saving MoneyPatrickEconomyMoneyOver at Huffington Post, there’s a new post by Felicia C. Sullivan called “How Not To Crack The Piggy Bank:...
Costly CoinsPatrickEconomyGovernmentMoneyFor years people have been campaigning to get rid of the penny because they feel so little value in a...
What Does it Mean to be Fiscally Conservative?PatrickDebtEconomyGovernmentMoneyPoliticsIt's hard to define conservatism these days, because political bickering has turned traditional definitions inside out. For example, the actual...
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished…by Washington!PatrickEconomyEnvironmentGovernmentLifeMoneyPoliticsThere's an old saying that all good things are fattening. Apparently, many of them are also taxable. A new plan...
“Reality Check, Aisle Five!”PatrickCrimeDiscriminationEconomyImmigrationMind BogglingTalkersRemember the story about illegal aliens who were arrested after it was learned that they were working janitorial jobs at...
LifeThe Great (?) Gasoline Boycott of 2004PatrickConspiracyConspiracy TheoriesEconomyLifeMoneyBuying gasoline today? Some aren't, and they don't want you to, either. Today is the Great Gasoline Boycott of 2004....