Hopefully by now you’ve heard of the meltdown and bankruptcy of MF Global.  MF Global was a commodity and futures broker (if you don’t know what that is don’t worry it’s not important) that Corzine ran from March of last year until last week. If you don’t know of Jon Corzine he’s well known amongst [...]

All too often we hear of stories of parents leaving their children in cars. Sometimes it’s tragic, sometimes all escape unharmed. But what if it wasn’t enough to just leave your baby in the car? What could be worse than that kind of oversight? What about leaving your baby in a bank? A bank vault. [...]

Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s story is a classic example of bad incentives. Back in 1998, he published a landmark study that linked children’s vaccines to autism. The study was of 12 children and was considered groundbreaking. It sparked a huge drop in the use of childhood vaccinations. Celebrities like Jenny McCarthy have for years endorsed this [...]

I love me a good fail, hence the whole Weaky Award system. I used to award Weakies for surprising acts, but after 25 awards these events no longer surprise me. By now you should be aware of the newly dubbed “foreclosure crisis” that has emerged from a banker’s testimony.  What basically happened was a guy [...]

Remember Kenneth Starr? No, not that Kenneth Starr. Before a few days ago I didn’t know there was another Kenneth Starr either. Apparently, this Kenneth Starr was a financial advisor to the stars and apparently, that’s such a thing. Some of the clients listed were Sylvester Stalone, Uma Thurman, Wesley Snipes, and Martin Scorcese. Kenneth [...]

Who is Charles Rangel? He’s just one of a series of controversial New-York politicians to make it into the media. Chuckie is being featured today for one reason only, to reinforce the notion that the career politician is an awful abomination that should be destroyed. Allow me to present you: Fat Bastard Congressman Charles Rangel [...]

You’ve probably never heard of Koss. They are an American company that makes headphones, usually of the low end variety. For the most part, they’re just a company trying to make their way in the American dream. They’ve have their successes and failures over the years, including a bankruptcy in the 1980s, but for the [...]

Back in 2007, we all thought there might be a real estate bubble about to pop. But most of America was still stupid and buying up real estate thinking prices would go up forever. Home ownership was the American dream, and we all wanted to own our own home. Even I was looking at properties [...]