Buying property is only better than renting if you can have a huge down payment for the property and a really low interest rate.  My sisters are paying more in interest in a year on their houses than I'm paying to rent mine for a year.  In fact, my rent is about $3000 less than their interest on their property... that'...more

If kids aren't learning much in college, it's because they are not prepared to learn. They haven't learned HOW to learn yet.  They've spent too much time in front of computers, TV's, and i-Phones to learn anything about critical thinking, researching, and communicating.  Many professors were brought up in a time when p...more

It would be great if the president and congress all had to be on this health plan that they are REQUIRING everyone to take part in... Guess they don't actually believe in what they are doing to the American people... or perhaps they know darn well what they are doing, and they are protecting themselves from it!  It's t...more

When I have squishy apples (or ones with bugs or bruising), I make apple crisp - it's quick and easy, and is wonderful for breakfast (what's better than fruit, oatmeal, and some brown sugar?) Bananas go into banana bread, which goes into the freezer for the weeks when I really want bread.  Pumpkin (from Halloween) a...more

In the world of college textbooks, at least, e-books are an expensive route to go.  They're generally near the cost of a used book (maybe a little cheaper at first), but they cannot be sold back.  If you buy used and sell back, it's almost always cheaper than an e-book.  And e-book textbooks generally can't be kept for...more

I know a couple people like the ones in this article... One of them can't afford gas for the week and barely makes her house payments, but she HAS to have her I-phone with texting and internet access, and tells us that none of us would understand because we're too "old,"... The other person is deep in credit card debt,...more

Gee... Yet another way that the Obama administration is trying to generate tax revenue...  I guess voting this next month will show him how the people feel - although I'm sure he knows already, since all he's trying to do is run the country into the ground anyway!

The problem is not that Americans don't work - it's that SOME Americans don't work, want to be lazy, want to take advantage of the system, which makes the rest of us who work hard and pay our taxes very, very angry.  There is a generation of workers coming that don't want to work or do anything other than get drunk on ...more