If you ever wondered how so many people with mediocre jobs could buy houses with enormous price tags, now you know. ...more

July 15, 2008

If you have been looking for good economic news locally, you'll like the new Highlands County government budget for fiscal year 2008-09, which begins Oct. 1. ...more

July 11, 2008

Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us - they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood, even pump their own gas. ...more

July 10, 2008

Does anyone still have their lights on? We can no longer support the security of the entire world. "Rich Uncle" is in serious financial trouble. We can no longer finance the bases we have all over the world, many as long as 60 years. The Military Industrial Complex is costing millions of dollars each and every day, millions we no longer have. ...more

June 16, 2008

All things being equal, the three little boys already would be ample cause for a mother's worry. ...more

May 30, 2008

The economic downturn and mortgage crisis are turning a growing number of Americans into retirement account raiders. ...more

May 25, 2008

People don't like to pay a financial adviser to manage their portfolios. Those in financial trouble find it ironic that they have to pay a bankruptcy attorney to go broke. And we especially aren't too pleased about having to hire a tax professional to fill out our tax returns. ...more

January 13, 2008

If Daniel Parbel didn't kill John Benjamin, as he contends, he'll need a good answer to one key question: ...more

November 14, 2007