The United States is a truly amazing nation. When one considers the diversity of our population, the contradiction in attitudes on most issues, the dysfunction of our politics, the venality of many our political leaders, the   more »

This week's hot-button issues are immigration reform and gun control. Last week's Top of the Charts was Same-Sex Marriage, but since there will be a delay of several month before we get the Supreme Court's decisions, the attention-challenged media has q… more »

With a new work project getting underway, I will have less time to post here. That being said, I do have a few topics that I've been researching that I will attempt to post for comment over the next week. With my self-imposed April 15 deadline approach… more »

A few items to throw out there: I would like to encourage more involvement here by other people. If anyone who's been reading this site is motivated to post some of their own articles, please let me know by clicking the Contact button to send me an… more »

I have pointed out the confiscatory practices of the wirelesss carriers in prior posts. In today's NY Times, Nick Bilton points out additional practices the industry employs to extract as much as possible from the consumer. Would you believe the carrier… more »

 David Dayen advocates for the return of the practice of permitting the U.S. Postal Service to offer simple banking services in an online article. His two main points is that such a move would help the USPS financially, and provide a needed financial se… more »