Monday afternoon at 5:30pm (Chicago time) I was busily working on the next Great American Screenplay (cough) when my mother called and asked if I’d heard about the bombings in Boston. I...
Having lost the most important person in my life just over a year ago, within moments after I turned on the TV this afternoon I started crying uncontrollably... and couldn't stop for quite some...
For days, even weeks, it has been almost impossible to get through the day without hearing some snide reporter, TV news anchor, panel discussion member, op-ed writer, or late-night comic deride the...
Obama worshipers who are upset about his debate performance last night, as well as Romney supporters who are elated about it, are overlooking the fact that Obama intentionally did poorly in order to...
Free-market advocates who can't understand why it is so difficult to get most people to understand basic economic principles need look no further than ABC News. I've been monitoring...
If you’re having visions of Stern Lecture Plumbing, fear not: My purpose is not to chide or gloat, but to ensure that everyone is aware of how so many people were scammed by the unholy...
Even the so-called experts agree that today (the day of the Initial Public Offering, or IPO) is not the day for individual investors to buy Facebook stock. For by the time the institutional...
Some say the love of the “bromance” began with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting,” while others believe its popularity is due to the “Seinfeld” episode...
According to the facts revealed in the first two hours of PBS’s “FRONTLINE: Money, Power and Wall Street” Tuesday evening, the person most responsible for the horrible economy the...
As of March 25th, just in time for the recent, much-hyped Mega-millions lottery, the state of Illinois started allowing residents (over 18) to purchase Mega Millions and Lotto tickets online -- the...