Flametoad

Let’s say you have good chunk of money invested in a company-managed retirement account. Things seem to be going along okay, but then the market takes a dip. You start actually caring where your money is being invested and you discover that Human Resources (or whoever is managing the portfolio) appears to have been making [...]

Let me apologize in advance for the following link-flood. I’ve been pretty busy, but I’ve also stumbled across a few items of interest that I wanted to bring to your attention. First, Democrats are already going back on their promise to be more open and transparent about spending. Is that any surprise? Politicians are politicians, [...]

The lines are being drawn. Ah, who am I kidding? The lines were drawn years ago and the battles are fought every day. Each side gains and loses ground. If the title of this post wasn’t enough of a hint, I’m talking about gun control. This article does a pretty good job of explaining why [...]

It’s that time of year again–time for congress to haggle over the Iraq spending budget. Anyone who has read my blog knows that when it comes to the government and my money, I’m definitely a fiscal conservative. I know I’ve written about the Iraq spending bill in the past, but I can’t seem to find [...]

Encyclopedia Britannica blogger William Hosch writes a short five paragraphs about the events leading up to Hitler’s rise to power. I’ll let the essay speak for itself.