On Tuesday, Madame X blogged about the increases in prize money at Wimbledon this year and I thought it'd be fun to check out all the purses at all the major American sports from football to baseball to golf to tennis. I managed to catch the final set between Federer and Nadal and it was [...]...

Last weekend, on July 4th no less, my wife and I stopped by our local Toyota dealership and test drove a Prius. Fortunately for us, neither one of us drives a gas guzzler (I drive a 2003 Toyota Celica and my wife drives a 2004 Honda Civic) and neither one of will need a replacement [...]...

Before talk of $4 gasoline (and airlines going bankrupt and charging you to check luggage) dominated the nation's transportation attention, global positioning system units were all the rage. Now it sounds like GPS units have become more of a luxury good, something you only get it if you are hard pressed to spend your stimulus [...]...

Energy Star is a sham. That's right, I said it, the Energy Star label as it stands today doesn't really mean much for a lot of the products its put on. Let me give you a ridiculous example. On televisions, the Energy Star label is applied on products based on the energy they consume when the [...]...

A tax credit is not the same as a tax deduction. Tax Deduction A tax deduction, such as contributions to a Traditional IRA or 401(k), reduces your adjusted gross income. How much that deduction is worth to you depends on your marginal income tax rate (2008 Federal Tax Brackets). If you are in the 25% tax bracket, [...]...