Yesterday, I got all caught up in a global economy story.
Evidently, while Americans are yelping about $3/gallon gasoline, there have been food riots in places as varied as Uzbekistan or Mexico, and rice farmers have taken to guarding their fields in Vietnam.
Like all supply and demand equations, there will be winners and losers. […]
Update: Since I was free and easy with the smacks on the Houston Chronicle yesterday, it’s only right to mention that the Chron’s editorial on this topic is bang on. You can read it here.
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Ah yes… the lovely sounds of spring. There are birds a-chirpin’, bees a-buzzin’, blossoms a-burstin’, […]
In the face of the uncertainties in today’s economy, reader / blogger Enrico Hale shares some investment ideas with us today — and invites us to share our own.
I recommend gold.
In pillowcases.
Lots of folks were evidently keeping score during last night’s Democratic debate, with points awarded (or subtracted) for any number of categories: foreign policy, Iraq, health care, and immigration reform, for instance.
But there’s very little discussion about the single-most telling interchange for Polimom. It came near the beginning, with Hillary’s quick touch on […]
Economics probably heads the list of things about which I cannot claim expertise, so I’m lucky in that Dear Husband (DH) — who is an expert — is not only available to me as a resource, but has the gift of explaining things on my terms.
Like many folks, I tend to lay blame (or award […]