Despite the fact that several women of my acquaintance have been done with this year's holiday shopping since Labor Day 2008, it's not too late to get get out there and stimulate the economy. As a courtesy to my readers, I thought it appropriate to...

Kim and I lamented for years that whenever we would take the kids to a hotel or even the cottage, they would jump on the beds. It was their "gymnastics" routine, or so we were told. Well, to be fair, it was pretty much just the younger two who would...

It seems that Los Angeles is actually sitting atop a 20 billion barrel oil reserve. In fact, the city was originally founded as an oil town. There are actively working oil wells positioned discreetly all over the city. Some hidden in buildings and...

The American consumer has long been confused with trying to figure out what they are actually paying for, especially when it comes to content like music, television, news, or even novels. Yet until the ubiquity of the Internet as a delivery vehicle...

New York is somewhat infamous for its highly dysfunctional legislature anyway, but the Senate really outdid itself this week. The gay marriage bill, after passing the Assembly, and with a promised signature from the governor, was defeated by a wide...