On my post about adjusting to a financial crisis such as losing one's job, a commenter notedIt doesn't sound like you figure unemployment into your emergency plan which makes the scenario that much more stressful! It's true-- when I visualize losing my job and how I'd adjust, I think first of all about what it ...

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I’ve been a full-time professional blogger for more than a year now. It’s been a fantastic experience, a sort of dream come true. But blogging for dollars is not without its drawbacks. As I’ve shared before, I feel socially isolated. I spend most of my time in this office, writing about money. Also, the income ...

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I spent part of my weekend hanging out with a friend who was bemoaning the weedy state of her lawn. I offered to help do some gardening and ended up spending a while crawling around tugging up weeds, which was actually rather pleasant-- probably because it was someone else's yard and I could stop whenever ...

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But Jeff Sessions has problems with this (Photo: kiiitv.com) (CLICK HERE if you missed the beginning of this article) Michelle Garcia reports for Advocate.com that Sen. Sessions has attempted to attach three amendments to the Matthew Shepard Act that effectively “limit the extension of the federal hate-crimes law” that the Senate has passed. He even took it upon ...

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Money can’t buy happiness. Or can it? The TierneyLab blog from The New York Times recently conducted an informal survey. Based on Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior, a new book from Dr. Geoffrey Miller, readers were invited to: List the ten most expensive things (products, services or experiences) that you have ever paid for (including ...

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