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Archive for November, 2006

Do It For Yourself And By Yourself, But Do It, And Do It Now

These words from Ben Stein’s latest column at Yahoo! Finance sum up the philosophy of the great Milton Friedman, who died at the age of 94 earlier this month. We are surrounded by information and commentary on the state of the economy and the future of programs such as Social Security and Medicare and whether […]

Thanksgiving Friday Five

This edition is a few days late as I have been on the road visiting family across the state. I am still on the road but I still had time to read most of the sites I frequent in order to dig up some of the posts I enjoyed this past week.
The Fireplace Myth - […]

Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) Taking Off This Afternoon

What a great way to ease into the holiday this week, Sirius (SIRI) began to move early this afternoon after an announcement by Hertz that they would be adding more exclusive benefits for AAA members that included a discount on Sirius Satellite Radio. As of this post, shares are up 37 cents to 4.37 a […]

Our Parents Tell Us To “Quit Whining” - Do They Really Understand Our Debt Situation?

USA Today is running a six-week long series on younger people and debt and this first installment titled Young people struggle to deal with kiss of debt jumps right into some statistics regarding the current trends of piling on more debt. While it is no surprise that those of us in our generation and younger […]