For those who’ve never seen an “involuntary …denied boarding” incident on an airplane, today’s United Airlines incident provided a very graphic, tangible example. Rarely does it ever go this far — ultimately, passengers had to be taken off that flight because a passenger’s blood was literally spilled on seats. But [Keep reading]
Look carefully at this face. Because it’s yours. This is the face of American consumers today. Only this time, it was caught on camera. If you doubt America is run by corporations, at the EXPENSE of the people, I hope this video serves as your wake-up call. There are almost too [Keep reading]
It’s tempting to ignore the warning sirens that blared Dallas out of bed Saturday night — but that would be a very serious mistake. We hear so much about the importance of securing America’s critical infrastructure systems. Then you find out that the company responsible for maintaining the Dallas outdoor [Keep reading]
UPDATE 4/7/2017 — The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn this request, so Twitter has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit. That’s good, but the main theme here remains: What a shocking level of seriousness. It’s been great fun to watch the list of Twitter accounts run, allegedly, by federal workers [Keep reading]
If it sometimes feels like student loan borrowers are treated like criminals — that’s because they are. It literally took an act of Congress to make it so. Student loans are different from almost any other form of borrowing. Unlike credit cards or other unsecured debts, they are almost impossible [Keep reading]
Like so many public policy arguments, this Internet Service Provider privacy story is not sexy right now, because it doesn’t *really* have immediate consequences. But by the time it is sexy, it’ll be too late to do anything about it. That leaves people who want you to care about it [Keep reading]
Rusty’s rating: 11 on a scale of 1 to 10 Walk down Center Street in Folly Beach and you’ll find an eclectic collection of beach-y restaurants, bars and coffee shops. All of them have tables on or near the sidewalk, and all of them were happy to see Rusty. I [Keep reading]
Grow recently asked me to write about the pitfalls of trading money in and out of investment accounts. Trying to time the market is a bad idea, folks. Really, nobody can do it. If you think you have, you’ve just been lucky or had insider training. You are sure to [Keep reading]
Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. That means you’ll be tempted to believe and pass along some crazy story published by a site you’ve never heard of, which makes an unsubstantiated claim about something controversial that you wish were true. Who am I kidding? Every day is April Fool’s Day on [Keep reading]
Leave the dogs at home or take ’em with you? This is the eternal question facing every dog owner. I’m going to try to help. Regular readers of my column know I’ve spent many years having travel adventures with my golden retrievers — first Lucky, now Rusty. Why travel with [Keep reading]
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