News & Politics

A place for the situations in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and throughout the Greater Middle East. Check in to see my full daily updates, and to add your own.

BudgetPOV is a series of articles intended to help people living with economic uncertainty to live frugally. This first article in the series is concerned with the most important facet of living frugally: a person’s attitudes about having to live this way.

ME unrest has caused gasoline prices to rise. This article is an effort to have facts concerning oil and other energy sources to use for more analysis of US energy needs.

Today’s opinion and news from around US-opolis.

That word doesn't mean what you think it means. But that's okay, it can't be offended by you, because it's dead.

Aucklanders make a habit of making fun of Christchurchers, and vice versa (Of course everyone in New Zealand makes fun of Aucklanders). They have...

Today’s opinion and news from around US-opolis.

The Financial Plan as a crystal ball... Overhead... Headache or a simple calculation? Markup - Not getting what you think you are getting Calculating the cost of overhead... Pricing made simple... or is it?

“Never assume the obvious is true.” ~ William Safire

Today’s opinion and news from around US-opolis.