I’d almost forgotten about how much I loathe the personal finance magazine and site Kiplingers (see here and here). Should you not be familiar with the publication, Kiplingers publishes many articles which I find to be lazy and in some cases, irresponsible. A lot of people subscribe to the site and magazine and probably think [...]

Been there. In the audience, and unfortunately, facing it… Via: Curiosity Counts

The year is coming to a close and it’s time to look at some of the ideas that were either introduced this year or killed off. These are just a few that I could think of, I really need the help of you readers to identify all the other bad ideas from the year: Rebranding [...]

The media was abuzz on Monday about this whole Congress getting to trade on insider information thing.  60 Minutes had a segment devoted to their investigation that ran on Sunday night.  It is most definitely worth a watch.  If you don’t want to watch it, here’s the skinny. Insider trading is basically investing using information [...]

Here’s why I love Penn & Teller: they are afraid of nothing.  They used to have a show on Showtime called “Bullshit!”.  They debunked all kinds of ideas and theories over 8 seasons with crude language, a little bias, a lot of facts, and tons of hilarity.  Here’s a few of the ideas they took [...]

Fans of football or video games may be familiar with the the John Madden Curse, but for others I might need to explain. There is a very popular video game that provides realistic football game play called “Madden”. Since the late 90s the game has featured a well known football player on the cover each [...]

In most cases, a good education is the most important foundation to a successful life.  We’re taught this by parents, and economists regularly corroborate it with statistics showing lower unemployment rates and better incomes for people with greater education. But of course we are regularly reminded of dropouts like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, but [...]

Above you is a chart from Google Trends showing the popularity of the phrase “what recession?”  You see it show up any time some kind of report shows an elevated level of spending or income that seems to fly in the face of the current economic climate.  The chart clearly shows the phrase gets popular [...]