I to had a 124 Fiat sport coupe---it was the first car a bought with my own money.  I loved the thing. It was actually quite realiable for me.  I drove the wheels off the thing, and made numerous long trips loaded to the gunnels in it to Watkins Glen and even out to Illinois to visit relatives.  Alas the rust eventuall...more

Speaking of SUVs that should be on the list---the VW Tuareg is an off road beast, mud, rocks, slopes, 24" of water--no problem

While it may be possible to live cheaply in many of these locales, the costs to get stuff their and travel back and forth  to the good old U.S. of A. (which I would assume most people would want to do at least a couple of times during retirement) can be a killer.  Frinstance, round trip from NY to Penang can be upwards...more

OK John Lennon was a cool guy, but yesterday was December 7, Pearl Harbor Day, and that anniversary got no where near as much coverage.  Something's very wrong here.

This is not a liberal or conservative issue, its a human issue.  The facts are the U.S. is slipping along a number of dimensions.  The penchant for a good number of folks in this country to simply stick their heads in the sand and ignoring the slippage is to me the most disturbing thing.  If we can't be honest with our...more