JULY 10, 2011 2:21AM

The DTV's

Why can't the TV industry do a better job of keeping us out of these summer doldrums where there's nothing to watch?  Summer programming causes us all to suffer "The DTV's": shaking with withdrawal and hungry for our next sip of some more sweet, sweet television.  Is there anything tha… Read full post »

JULY 10, 2011 2:09AM

The DTV's

Why can't the TV industry do a better job of keeping us out of these summer doldrums where there's nothing to watch?  Summer programming causes us all to suffer "The DTV's": shaking with withdrawal and hungry for our next sip of some more sweet, sweet television.  Is there anything tha… Read full post »

OCTOBER 29, 2010 2:01PM

The Income Gap Keeps Growing

David Cay Johnston of tax.com posts this chilling payroll data analysis:

 http://www.tax.com/taxcom/taxblog.nsf/Permalink/UBEN-8AGMUZ?OpenDocument

Summary: more than 1/3 of wage earners earned no income at all in 2009 while wages at the top increased 5x during this same period. 

 What'… Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 11:19AM

Full Disclosure: I Hate the Beach

Ok, here goes: I hate the beach.

 I grew up in the Midwest and have lived nearly twenty years on either coast.  The East for fifteen and the "Left Coast," (a phrase no one out here uses, BTW) for the last three.  People on either coast think it's funny that I… Read full post »