People laughed last night when The New York Times reported that Donald Trump claimed Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be dismissed because he had a conflict of interest with the president over a golf club fee dispute. It’s not funny. The dispute may very well strike at the heart [Keep reading]
ORDER THE NEW EDITION OF GOTCHA CAPITALISM NOW! It’s the 10th Anniversary of Gotcha Capitalism, and what a wild ride it’s been. In honor of the occasion, I have re-written the book and it’s now available for sale. A lot has happened in 10 years — well, a lot has [Keep reading]
If you feel bad about yourself today, it might be because Bank of America released a report this week claiming that 1 in 6 millennials already have $100,000 or more in savings. And just about half (47%) have $15,000 or more. Naturally, this counter-intuitive (generous!), positive result got pretty wide [Keep reading]
(This excerpt is from the new edition of my book Gotcha Capitalism, out this month. Buy it here at Amazon as a $4.95 e-book or a $14.95 “book’ book. Learn more at GotchaCapitalism.net) Ah, competition. It’s a beautiful thing. But it works in mysterious ways. Cable TV has had an [Keep reading]
“Can you take me to the emergency room, I’m experiencing shortness of breath.” The passenger feared he might be having a heart attack. It might have been a false alarm. Either way, he wanted to get to the hospital fast. So, he summoned an Uber. (This story is part of [Keep reading]
“Damned if you do, dial-up if you don’t.” That was the quote at the beginning of the Gotcha Capitalism Internet chapter in 2008. Ha! Below is an excerpt from the Internet fees chapter of the new edition of Gotcha, published this week. How does your Internet access — and your [Keep reading]
I wasn’t going to start this until next week, but this story is so important I’m jumping the gun. Today I begin 30 days of Gotchas, to show just how widespread and menacing this problem is. The series corresponds to the launch of the new edition of my book Gotcha [Keep reading]
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Nor was it a false alarm. We have a real problem with emergency management systems in America and if we don’t fix it soon, we’re not going to need an enemy to inflict major damage to our society. We’re going to do it ourselves. Saturday’s [Keep reading]
How do you compare with an average credit consumer? Experian’s annual “State of Credit” report has a lot of interesting data to digest. Watch to video above for a discussion, or read on. You might already know that credit accounts, credit cards, and credit limits are already up — way [Keep reading]
While Americans continue to bicker over Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election, America’s next big election is also being hacked, right now, a U.S. information security company claims. Trend Micro says the same hacker group that targeted the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign has already laid [Keep reading]
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