I only wish this were a funny or silly headline to grab reader’s attention, but it’s just been reported earlier today that a Wal-Mart employee has been trampled to death by shoppers rushing to take advantage of the Black Friday Christmas sales specials.
At the Wal-Mart at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y. a [...]

Yesterday, I stayed home sick. I had the flu, or a cold, and didn’t feel like my coming into work would have been the best thing for either myself or the people there that might catch what I have.
The funny thing is that I spent quite a bit of the day with a nagging thought [...]

A couple of days ago, the Federal Reserve announced that it is spending $500 billion on ‘commercial paper’. That’s short-term loans made by banks and businesses to get working capital. While this is a good thing for freeing up the credit market and getting cash moving around again, it barely made the news!!
Have we already [...]

I’ve just about had it with stupid people that do stupid things being bailed out by the government. Sorry, but it’s starting to get on my nerves.
The straw that broke the camel’s back is the announcement that Sen. Hillary Clinton is trying to put forward a measure to save the poor idiots that bought [...]

Trent’s drawn a line on what can and can’t be advertised on his blog The Simple Dollar. Here’s my take.