Back in the middle of April, I was thinking; people hate taxes. They even hate the word tax. It fills them with loathing and feelings of waste and pain. Behavioral scientists have known this for years.
Instead of income tax (which is brutal and inelegant in and of itself), what if we called the money we [...]
When economic times get tough, weird things happen. No, seriously, I mean really weird things. True, people eat out less and there are more suicides. Legal troubles and psychological problems go through the roof (call centers dealing with such things have reported a 30% increase since July). As unemployment rises, so do thefts and burglary.
I kind of saw this one coming. My investments are worth less. My house is worth less. My car is worth less. Now I am worth less. My life, that is. The value of human life in America is dropping faster than the stock market. Are you surprised? Don’t be.
May we live in interesting times, indeed.
While pundits debate recession fears, and global warming is treated like Obama addressing his ex-pastor, gas is headed for $7 a gallon. Don’t believe it will get that expensive? Drive and watch. It will happen.
Ding dong, the wicked Leona Helmsley is dead. If you were a fan of hers, don’t blame me for that Oz reference, I didn’t give her the moniker “The Queen Of Mean.” I just report what I read in official news sources, and those reports are 40 miles long. I do have one request of [...]
Summertime, and the living is hotter than an RV-full of angry network pundits in a drought-induced forest fire. Article after article compares America to Rome, and not in a good way. As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love, where’s the love?