Under the new plans, customers can make unlimited calls to either five or 10 people, including people on other cellular carriers or with land-line phones. ...more

February 12, 2009

The highest-priced goods that people buy besides their houses are their cars, which leads people to believe that we can't possibly let the American car industry die. We couldn't possibly be a real country and a powerful nation without our beloved auto industry, which is essential to our national well-being. This is what spokesmen for the Big Three say. ...more

January 25, 2009

I am not and will not be in favor of a "bailout" for the three top automakers. Perhaps the only reference to "bail" should be what the CEOs and top management should be applying for because of their gross negligence. ...more

December 15, 2008

The current global energy-food crisis is, understandably, a pocketbook issue in America. But when you come to Egypt, you see how, in a society where so many more people live close to the edge, food and fuel prices could become enormously destabilizing. If these prices keep soaring, food and fuel could reshape politics around the developing world as much as nationalism or communism did in their days. ...more

June 17, 2008