- 2017 (150)
- August 2017 (15)
- 21st: A Solution to the Statue Issue (Really!)
- 18th: Kimmel / Murphy / Vice
- 17th: Fred Trump - One of Seven Klansmen Arrested in Queens
- 16th: The Americans / White Supremacists
- 15th: You've Never Even HEARD of Agadez
- 14th: Our New McCarthy Era; Two Very Different Stocks
- 11th: A World In Disarray
- 10th: Let Randy Bryce and Paul Ryan Trade Places
- 9th: As We Pursue Coal, China Eats Our Lunch
- 8th: Mike Pence Talks Ethics On Comedy Central
- 7th: American Dream Week
- 4th: Will The New Chief of Staff Succeed?
- 3rd: When Will It Stop?
- 2nd: Do The Math
- 1st: Now Playing: An Inconvenient Sequel
- July 2017 (20)
- 30th: Opinions from the Left and Right
- 28th: I Scream, You Scream . . .
- 27th: The Good News: We'll Get Thru This
- 26th: Why I'm A Conservative -- And Republicans Aren't
- 25th: My One-Star Reviews
- 23rd: A Trade War That Could Hurt Your Finances
- 21st: Gender Clips
- 20th: WHY Premiums Are Rising
- 19th: A Small Step YOU Can Take To Fight Terrorism; and a Retirement-Plan Plan
- 18th: Frugal Science and Musical Comedy
- 17th: But That's OK, Because . . .
- 14th: My Weekend With Bernie
- 13th: Ice-Cream-Wise (and Non-Ice-Cream-Wise)
- 12th: The Patient Will See You Now
- 11th: Magic To Make Congress Bipartisan
- 10th: He's Back
- 7th: When I Joined The NRA . . .
- 6th: BEATING Moore's Law
- 5th: Why Risk To Children's Nervous Systems Is A Sensible Trade-Off
- 2nd: Putin's Sneak Attack
- June 2017 (20)
- 30th: A Shining City On A Hill
- 29th: "We're Still In" The Paris Climate Accord
- 27th: Frank Rich On How This Might End
- 25th: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
- 23rd: Georgia
- 22nd: Shrinking It All Down To A Sugar Cube
- 21st: Regular Order
- 20th: Delighting A Crowd
- 18th: The Russians Are Here, The Russians Are Here
- 16th: Stay Tuned
- 14th: Run For Something
- 13th: I Love New York
- 12th: John Oliver
- 9th: What's The Matter With Kansas
- 8th: 12 x 12 x 12
- 7th: Terrified By A Hammer
- 6th: The Threat Level Is High (from the WH)
- 5th: We All Do Better When We All Do Better
- 2nd: GREAT Health Care At A Tiny Fraction of the Cost -- Easy!
- 1st: Odds / Ends
- May 2017 (19)
- 29th: Medicare For All
- 25th: The Trump Budget: Laff(er)able
- 24th: Winning The Lottery; Losing To Russia
- 23rd: Pufferfish
- 22nd: Seth Meyers: Re-Sign Those Caps
- 19th: A World Without Work
- 18th: The Carbon Dividend
- 17th: Pence / Trump / Investing
- 16th: Find The Easter Egg
- 14th: Pick Up The Phone . . . And Restore Regular Order
- 12th: "Talks for When You're Just Done with Earth"
- 11th: Will On Trump; Garamendi On Bullies; Yarrow On Guitar; Obamas On June 11
- 10th: SAT Success; Saving Time At The Gate
- 9th: Our 2020 Bench
- 8th: Mother's Day Is Sunday
- 5th: Why Is This Complicated?
- 4th: Billy Kimmel
- 3rd: Brexit Explained
- 2nd: Musk See TV
- April 2017 (16)
- 30th: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power
- 27th: Saving The Trumps Billions
- 26th: I'm At TED
- 25th: The Minimum Wage WORKS
- 24th: Greatest Birthday Ever
- 20th: Ten New Words -- And FREE ENERGY
- 19th: Sorry, Sears
- 18th: Daniel's Husband
- 17th: Tax Day!
- 13th: Five Films In Four Minutes
- 11th: Turning CO2 Into Food
- 10th: Fareed: Trump's Long Been RIGHT On Health Care
- 6th: China: Moving Away From Coal, Filling The Void We're Creating
- 5th: Simon Schama Saw It Coming
- 4th: Mayer, Mercer, Merrick, McConnell
- 3rd: The Russians Are Here! The Russians Are Here! But That's Not What Scares Elon Musk
- March 2017 (22)
- 31st: Agree? Disagree? Discuss
- 30th: Warp Speed, WheelTug, and Oysters [corrected]
- 30th: Warp Speed, WheelTug, and Oysters
- 29th: Even If You DIDN'T Inherit The Happy Gene
- 28th: Russian Crime: Worse Than You Thought
- 26th: "I Made A Huge Mistake"
- 24th: A 1935 Novel About You Know Who
- 22nd: The Resistbot And Some Reader Feedback
- 21st: We Need To Play By Mitch McConnell's Rules
- 19th: You're Making It Up Again, Arnold
- 17th: Talk To Your Doctor About Impeachara
- 16th: Twitter Zombies Laying In Wait
- 15th: Don't Assume Bad Intent
- 14th: Trevor Noah: Born A Crime
- 12th: Jobs and -- Especially -- Health Care
- 10th: Weekend Watching - "I Love Wikileaks"
- 9th: Weekend Watching - "I Love Wikileaks"
- 8th: 25th Amendment, Section 4
- 7th: Another Andrew
- 6th: Brave New World
- 2nd: Now Is High
- 1st: Rachel and Remnick on Russia and Putin
- February 2017 (17)
- 28th: Peter, Paul & Putin
- 26th: Hidden Figures and 18
- 22nd: Paul Krugman On Economic Arrogance
- 20th: The Next DNC Chair
- 19th: Attend A Town Hall?
- 17th: Arthur's 60th Reunion
- 16th: Meet Hass
- 15th: Have You Done Your Brain Exercises Today?
- 14th: Lightening Up On Stocks
- 13th: How Russia Is Winning
- 10th: The Ice Palace (No, Not That One)
- 8th: Of Dolphins And Puppies
- 7th: Dealing With Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- 6th: Explore Peru -- Free
- 3rd: Tom Brady Has A Secret Advantage - Which I Reveal Below
- 2nd: Handing the Mic to Garrison Keillor
- 1st: Handing The Mic To David Brooks
- January 2017 (21)
- 31st: America First
- 30th: Bob Dole???
- 29th: Apology for the 1996 Emails
- 29th: Has Putin Captured the American Presidency?
- 27th: Today Is Friday
- 26th: Best-Price Guarantees
- 25th: China Wins Big; Frame This Transcript
- 24th: David Brock's Plan To Fight Back
- 23rd: The Divided States of America
- 20th: Daily To-Do List
- 18th: "Illegitimate" -- Too Strong A Word?
- 16th: The Russia Thing Just Keeps Growing
- 14th: The "Green" Thing
- 12th: Rex
- 11th: Uncle Charley: Should Bachelors Have Babies?
- 10th: The National Enquirer President-Elect
- 9th: A Day in the Life of a Republican
- 6th: T Minus 14
- 5th: Bernie's Revolution
- 4th: Why Corporations Are Helping Him Lie About Jobs
- 3rd: The Rope Trick
- August 2017 (15)
- 2016 (246)
- December 2016 (18)
- 30th: 2016 . . . 2017
- 29th: Music for the Resistance
- 28th: Pitchforks
- 27th: Invention Is The Mother Of Necessity
- 25th: A Christmas Message from the President and First Lady
- 22nd: Joy To The World
- 21st: Use One of These Credit Cards to Buy One of These eBooks?
- 20th: One More Reason To Eat Less Meat
- 19th: Kinky Boots
- 19th: Kinky Boots
- 16th: The Will To Power
- 15th: Bye-Bye, Verio -- Hello, Electors
- 12th: Back On-Line (For Now)
- 7th: President Romney?
- 6th: Facts Don't Matter
- 5th: The Biggest Story of the Decade
- 2nd: Stock Updates
- 1st: Two Ways To Go Today
- November 2016 (22)
- 30th:
- 29th: Sell?
- 27th: The Recount
- 23rd: Happy TG
- 23rd: Ellen -- And Thanks
- 22nd: Why We Lost The Rust Belt
- 20th: Listening -- Really LISTENING -- To The Opposition
- 18th: Three Donor Emails
- 16th: Flooding The Swamp
- 15th: I Predict A Bright Future For This Little Girl
- 14th: MUST Must Read
- 11th: Time To Exit Stocks?
- 9th: Ways He Could Surprise On The Upside
- 9th: Ugh.
- 8th: Your Choice In 72 Seconds [corrected]
- 8th: Your Choice in 72 Seconds
- 7th: More!
- 7th: Electric Buses! Flying Cars!
- 4th: Must Watch, Must Read . . .
- 4th: Must Watch, Must Read
- 2nd: Donald Doesn't . . .
- 1st: The Demagogue
- October 2016 (16)
- 30th: The Latest "Scandal" - Nope
- 28th: Just Give Us Two Years
- 27th: The TRUTH About Obamacare
- 26th: What Trump REALLY Thinks About Hillary -- And He's Right
- 25th: The REAL Story On Syrian Refugees
- 24th: Why You Find Hillary Clinton "Unlikable"
- 22nd: Peter (of Paul & Mary) Has A New Song
- 19th: Twenty Days To Go
- 18th: Not Rigged
- 17th: How Much Damage Could A Trump Presidency Do?
- 14th: Weekend Reading, Watching
- 11th: It's Not Rocket Science
- 9th: Prep For Tonight's Debate . . .
- 7th: They Endorsed Lincoln, Johnson, And Now Clinton
- 6th: And Now Give It Up For Ezra Klein
- 5th: Give It Up For Roger Cohen . . .
- September 2016 (20)
- 29th: Throwing Poxes
- 29th: The Ultimate Exit Interview
- 28th: A Question for the Disgusted Millennial
- 26th: I Haven't See It Yet, But Here's What I Thought
- 25th: Trust Hillary
- 23rd: The Final Clinton Global Initiative
- 21st: Colbert On Trump
- 20th: Was I Fair And Balanced?
- 19th: Christie Turns Out To Have Lied About Bridge Gate From The Start
- 17th: Which Of These Republicans Do YOU Believe [Updated]
- 17th: Which Of These Republicans Do YOU Believe?
- 15th: Joyful In Philadelphia
- 14th: Your Card Will Only Be Charged If Trump Releases His Tax Returns
- 13th: Mama Sue For Trump (At Least For Now)
- 12th: Steady As She Goes
- 7th: 71 LPH: Trump's Amazing Plan To Defeat ISIS
- 7th: Yet Another Non-Scandal
- 6th: Thugs
- 2nd: Astounding Progress
- 1st: Something Else Upbeat: U.S. Digital Highlights
- August 2016 (18)
- 31st: Trump Normalized
- 30th: And Now: Something Upbeat For A Change
- 29th: Trump's Campaign CEO Guilty Of Voter Fraud
- 27th: Not One Of 45 Living Economic Advisers Supports Trump
- 26th: Still No THERE There
- 24th: No THERE There
- 23rd: Don't Buy The Premise
- 21st: Another Republican To Heed
- 18th: Donald Ducks
- 17th: Will You Still Feed Me, Will You . . . When I'm 124?
- 16th: ARE You Registered?
- 12th: Success In New York And Moron Village -- But Not Miami Beach
- 11th: Helping The Blind To See; Triply Offensive
- 9th: The Letter
- 5th: Jobs
- 4th: Trump Exposes Trump
- 3rd: Helped By Hillary / Stiffed By Trump
- 2nd: The Platforms
- July 2016 (23)
- 31st: Great News For Your Parents; Less So For Trump
- 28th: Thinking Of Voting Green? Staying Home?
- 27th: My Convention Speech
- 26th: Be 10 Years Sharper; Hillary! Bernie!
- 26th: Our Next Vice President
- 23rd: Fascism Defined; WaPo's MUST-Read Editorial
- 22nd: You'll Just Have To Save More Money; BOREF
- 21st: Saturn, Colbert, And Turkey
- 20th: 24%
- 19th: Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All
- 17th: Testing Your Vocabulary; Saving Your Democracy; Interferepence
- 15th: Convention Funding
- 14th: Race
- 12th: So Let Me Tell You My Carl Icahn Story
- 11th: Correction To Correction
- 11th: Meat Is Horrible
- 9th: Must Must Read: Arnovitz On Clinton – The Follow-Up
- 7th: Late-Term Abortion
- 6th: Two Money Books
- 5th: Scaring The Children
- 3rd: The Brexit Solution? [corrected for a typo]
- 3rd: The Brexit Solution?
- 1st: Dangerous Donald: Meet Honest Hillary
- June 2016 (22)
- 30th: Eat Less Meat
- 29th: Gerrymandering: How They Did It
- 28th: In A Nutshell
- 27th: The Republican Imperative
- 24th: Clinton Global Initiative: The Real Story
- 23rd: The Really Big Picture
- 22nd: Brexit
- 21st: Hats Off To Bernie
- 20th: It Won't Be Trump
- 17th: Ken Burns On Trump
- 16th: Utah's Republican Lt. Governor On Orlando
- 15th: The President's Speech
- 13th: So Sad
- 10th: It Won't Be Trump
- 9th: Pretty Much Everything You Need To Know About "T"
- 8th: Cassandra Butts
- 7th: Fluff Tuesday
- 6th: Trump: So Wrong In So Many Ways
- 3rd: Still Great
- 3rd: Trump the Conspiracy Theorist
- 2nd: How New York Ended the Gun-Show Loophole
- 1st: Zika Preparedness: Another G-NO-P Casualty
- May 2016 (23)
- 31st: 4.33% vs 2.54%
- 28th: Dilbert On Trump
- 26th: Reform the Primary Process! (But Nevada Not Rigged - Politifact)
- 25th: Bonds, Beer, and Beards
- 24th: Sam Bee On Superdelegates
- 22nd: Let's Not And Say We Did
- 20th: Rigged?
- 19th: The World Turned Upside Down
- 18th: $1 Billion In Hot Chocolate?
- 17th: Cuban On Trump
- 16th: Dig It
- 14th: Executive Summary
- 14th: Hit Job
- 13th: Donald Ducks
- 12th: The View From Abroad
- 11th: Colbert On Trump
- 10th: Vincent
- 9th: Trump Movies - But WILL It Be Trump?
- 6th: I Agree With Republicans on THIS Much
- 5th: It's Trump! Unless . . .
- 4th: Puerto Rico's Bonds
- 3rd: Drones Instead of Fireworks This July 4?
- 2nd: There Really IS a Happy Gene
- April 2016 (22)
- 29th: You Do NOT Want To Miss the Moose Joke
- 28th: Almost Forgot To Do A Column Today!
- 27th: Shameless Self-Promotion
- 26th: Stocks Do SO Much Better Under Democrats
- 25th: When Uber Lets You Summon A Drone
- 22nd: Balancing the First Amendment and Drug Policy
- 22nd: Shouting "Fire" In A Crowded Drug Den: Decriminalize, Don't Legalize?
- 21st: Linux
- 20th: Most Useful Sites
- 19th: Never Bored - Part 2
- 18th: Oobleck!
- 15th: What Warren Buffett, Busta Rhymes, Paul Volcker, George Shultz, Sting, and I All Have In Common
- 14th: Kids These Days!
- 13th: Sorry No Column Today -- Last Night Was . . .
- 12th: Frank, The Perfect Man
- 11th: M-eat-less, Read More
- 8th: Grandkids
- 7th: Don't Be Depressed: We WILL Have Enough Water
- 6th: Bid High, Please
- 5th: It Won't Be Trump (But It Might Be UPIP)
- 4th: Whimsy and Fascism
- 1st: How Well Can You Swim?
- March 2016 (23)
- 31st: "Buy Straw Hats in the Winter,"
- 30th: Anything To Win
- 29th: On Their Worst Days . . .
- 28th: Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress 'Anti-War Left and Black People'
- 25th: Hats Off To Paul Ryan
- 24th: Things Could Be SO Much Worse . . .
- 23rd: Better For The Planet, Your Wallet, and Your Health
- 22nd: Surprising Your Bride
- 21st: One More Thing
- 18th: Continued Success and More Antique Food
- 17th: Calculating Your Tariffs
- 16th: Jeffrey Goldberg on The Obama Doctrine
- 15th: TED: $16,900 Off The Sticker Price
- 14th: A Decent 10 Weeks
- 11th: Mars!
- 10th: LBJ -- Our First Jewish President?
- 9th: A Suitable Fiduciary
- 8th: Success v. New York Times
- 7th: Full Frontal
- 4th: 5% Off Everything -- Except Trump University
- 3rd: Learning From Ronald Reagan
- 2nd: Trump's Night / Europe's Nightmare
- 1st: It Won't Be Trump -- Not After This*
- February 2016 (20)
- 29th: The Scalia Vacancy
- 26th: Living The Egyptian-American Dream
- 25th: High-Diving Giraffes
- 24th: An Electric Motor That Saves 80%
- 23rd: Al Gore - Then And Now
- 22nd: Too Much Spam? Better Call Saul
- 19th: TED 2016
- 18th: While You Wait For Your Entree . . .
- 17th: Redistricting Matters
- 16th: Everything You Need To Know About Superdelegates
- 14th: Run Don't Walk - Tonight, Even - To . . .
- 12th: What I Did For Love
- 11th: David Brooks Will Miss Obama
- 10th: Smile - A Great Travel Tip
- 9th: An Easy Way To Cancel Stuff
- 6th: Can You Spot The Flaw In Cruz's Logic?
- 4th: Bye-Bye Miami . . . (and Fertile Deltas Everywhere?)
- 3rd: Islamicide
- 2nd: Pineapple Juice
- 1st: Dark Questions, Dark Money
- January 2016 (19)
- 29th: Shouldn't We Pile On A LITTLE?
- 28th: Bedside Reading: My New Order
- 26th: One World Observatory
- 25th: It Won't Be Trump Part IV (V? VI?)
- 22nd: More Good News
- 21st: Dancin' Round The World
- 20th: A Great Deal
- 19th: Beans, Beets, and Berries
- 18th: This Will Be A Terrific Week . . .
- 15th: The Only Investment Guide You'll EVER Need. EVER!
- 14th: A Few More Words About Your Brain
- 13th: Teleportation And The Ultimate Safe Sex
- 12th: 101 Things POTUS Has ALREADY Said . . .
- 11th: Betting On The Election
- 8th: A Fan's Dream Come True
- 7th: Tom Friedman 2020?
- 6th: In (Weak) Defense Of Sarcasm (Mine)
- 5th: I'm Proud To Be A Republican
- 4th: New Year
- December 2016 (18)
- 2015 (251)
- December 2015 (22)
- 31st: To Your Good Health, Pluto -- And Happy New Year!
- 30th: Two Terrific Movies
- 29th: Three Birds With One Stone
- 28th: Year-End Tax-Selling Buying Opportunities
- 24th: Happy & Merry
- 23rd: It Won't Be Trump. But If It Were . . .
- 22nd: Governing In An Age Of Anxiety
- 21st: Evenwel v. Abbott
- 19th: Sanders and the DNC -- What Really Happened
- 17th: Elephants!
- 17th: Health Myths
- 16th: I Love This: Building Homes From Plastic Bottles . . .
- 15th: WheelTug - A Love Story
- 14th: Great $10 Last-Minute Gift Idea
- 10th: Binge and Cringe
- 9th: It Won't Be Trump . . .
- 8th: Kiwi, Parsnips, iPhone
- 7th: A Conservative and a Liberal Displeased With Republicans
- 4th: Martin Shkreli May Be The Worst Guy Ever
- 3rd: It Won't Be Trump
- 2nd: Updates
- 1st: Is There Any Reason For Hope?
- November 2015 (18)
- 30th: See It And Cheer
- 27th: What A Species We Are
- 25th: Purpose Is Imperative
- 24th: Timber
- 20th: Surprisingly Thoughtful Bathroom Humor
- 19th: The Most Important Thing You Will Read About Paris
- 18th: Hamilton -- Genius
- 17th: Daesh
- 15th: Marchons . . .
- 13th: Sit Up And Pay Attention
- 12th: Republican Unity
- 11th: The Best Medicine Of All
- 10th: 7 Steps To Financial Peace Of Mind
- 9th: Best Binge
- 8th: [Technical Difficulties]
- 4th: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg --
- 3rd: Singing In The Rain
- 2nd: Less Incentive; Fewer Octopus Eggs
- October 2015 (21)
- 30th: All Lives Matter
- 29th: How Republicans Could Win In 2016
- 28th: Trust No One
- 26th: Follow-Ups: Barney, Hillary . . .
- 23rd: More Benghazi
- 22nd: Benghazi And All That
- 21st: Things To Watch This Week
- 20th: I'm Back
- 19th: Boehner On Guns, Hawking On Mars
- 16th: Inventing The Stoplight
- 15th: Best Card Trick Ever?
- 14th: Scottish Salmon And Workers Comp
- 13th: Cullen Skink!
- 12th: World's Greenest Building
- 9th: Going To Mars -- Or At Least To Scotland
- 8th: That Catholic Girl Next Door
- 7th: God's Aquarium
- 6th: One Small Step For A Man; One Giant Leap For Foul
- 3rd: A Lifelong Republican On Trump And The Troll Party
- 2nd: Discover A Free $1,000 . . . And WheelTug Patents
- 1st: Eat Less Beef: Visit Greenland
- September 2015 (21)
- 30th: The Pope and the Speaker
- 28th: Trendlines, Not Headlines
- 26th: The Pope - PS
- 24th: The Pope Is A Mensch
- 23rd: OK . . . FDR
- 22nd: Hamilton
- 21st: This Too Shall Pass
- 18th: Trump and Iran
- 17th: The Emails . . .
- 16th: Bernie At Liberty University
- 15th: The Donald - II
- 14th: The Donald
- 11th: Infrastructure, Dammit!
- 10th: Small Ways To Help The Syrians
- 9th: "Palin Eyeing Energy Secretary In Potential Trump Administration" -- CNN
- 8th: The Republican Reasoning On Iran
- 5th: Labor Day Special: "A World Without Work"
- 4th: One Citizen's Crusade
- 3rd: Getting The Lead Out: Why Crime Falls
- 2nd: Herding Cats
- 1st: Pushback On Success
- August 2015 (22)
- 31st: More Proof Charters Work
- 28th: What REALLY Causes Climate Change
- 27th: Moringa And The "H----- Speeches"
- 26th: Why The Iran Deal Is A Defeat For The Supreme Leader
- 26th: Why The Iran Deal Is A Defeat For The Supreme Leader
- 25th: DinkyTown
- 24th: QLACs
- 21st: Hillary In Private
- 20th: More Success!
- 19th: Success! And Virtual Success!!
- 18th: 340 Rabbis Walk Into A Bar . . .
- 17th: Must-Watch Bill Maher Clip
- 14th: Friday Potpourri
- 13th: Vilifying Hillary; Suppressing The Vote
- 12th: Bad Trip Leads To Saving Large Swaths of the Amazon
- 11th: Meet Trevor Noah
- 10th: Your Next Flight
- 7th: Three Phone Calls
- 6th: Carhackers
- 5th: An Israeli Take On Donald Trump
- 4th: Barney On Bernie
- 3rd: David Brooks On The Happy Gene
- July 2015 (21)
- 31st: A Clip An App An Ad And A Stat
- 30th: Corn
- 29th: Note To Music Lovers
- 28th: If You Support Israel . . .
- 27th: Like Painting Your Bald Spot, But Better
- 24th: Food Waste
- 23rd: It's Not Just Sharks We Have To Worry About
- 22nd: Keeping Perspective: Do The Math
- 21st: Citizen Ellen
- 20th: Love Won
- 17th: A Remarkable American Diplomatic Achievement
- 16th: Iran And The Morbidly Obese
- 15th: War, Peace, Sharks, and Cyber-Attacks
- 14th: War -- And The Long Peace
- 13th: Addiction - What We Can Learn From Portugal
- 10th: Mars, Paris, Dixie
- 9th: China, Puerto Rico, BOREF
- 7th: Thank You, For A Real Good Time
- 6th: Where Am I?
- 2nd: 43's Rising Popularity
- 1st: Penguins, Etc.
- June 2015 (22)
- 30th: Game Changer
- 29th: Amazing
- 26th: Three Clips -- Oops: Make That Four
- 26th: Three Clips -- Oops: Make That Four
- 25th: Take Three Minutes To Go To Pluto?
- 24th: Dr. Seuss, Judy, And 2016
- 23rd: Best Jukebox EVER
- 22nd: Paul -- Pandas! -- And The Pope
- 19th: Your Chin and Your Brain
- 18th: Would The GOP Support Him For President?
- 17th: John Oliver On Chicken Farmers
- 16th: Someday Saving A Few Minutes Every Time You Fly
- 13th: Three Things:
- 11th: Fast Track and Trade
- 10th: 15 Minutes A Flight; $15 An Hour
- 9th: Outrageous Drug Prices - II
- 8th: Two Minutes: It's All The Same Thing
- 5th: Sinners in Texas and Mecca
- 4th: Sam Brownback's Republican Model
- 3rd: An Informed Citizenry . . .
- 2nd: Notes From Iran
- 1st: Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative
- May 2015 (18)
- 29th: Another Way To Light Your Hut
- 28th: Bullets Over Preschool
- 27th: Irish / Jewish
- 26th: Are You a Partisan or a Parmesan?
- 22nd: Private Wojtek
- 21st: More On The Trade Deal - Have You Heard The Terrible News?
- 20th: Billy Bean's Base Hit Is A Home Run
- 19th: Save The Elephants
- 18th: Help My Pal Save The Rain Forest?
- 15th: Picasso, Meet George Washington
- 13th: Why My Republican Friends Aren't Democrats
- 12th: Escape The Room
- 9th: Four More Years
- 7th: The Reviews Are In
- 6th: Outrageous Drug Prices
- 5th: Magic
- 4th: Dogs and Donors
- 1st: How Fast -- And Slow -- Things Change
- April 2015 (22)
- 30th: John Cleese And Barney Frank In An Elevator
- 28th: What You Should Know About TPP
- 27th: Tale Of The $20 Gold Pieces
- 24th: Four Stirring Minutes
- 23rd: Cautionary Tales From The Internet
- 22nd: Take Me [Out] To The Ball Game
- 21st: A Hero You Never Heard Of
- 20th: Marco Rubio, Meet Harry Truman
- 17th: Moon Hooch!
- 16th: Robby: Ready For Hillary
- 15th: The NEW Keystone Pipeline . . .
- 14th: Rent or Buy: Terrific Real Estate Calculator
- 13th: Plugging My Friends - Dinner Thursday?
- 10th: iPhone . . . As You Wish
- 9th: Saving On Auto Insurance
- 8th: Automatic Registration
- 7th: How We Got -- and Get -- To Mars
- 6th: Spring Cleaning
- 3rd: Iran Kudos From Fox News
- 3rd: They're Playing YOUR Song
- 2nd: Best April Fool's Prank Ever?
- 1st: Really Great News
- March 2015 (23)
- 31st: He Only SEEMS Like A Republican
- 31st: He Only Seems Like A Republican
- 30th: Quick: Who's Vice President of the United States?
- 29th: Love Has No Labels
- 27th: TED
- 26th: A Gay Muslim Surreptitiously Films His Own Hajj
- 25th: Redheads
- 24th: Email and Iran
- 23rd: It's Hard To Stay Angry -- But Try
- 21st: Jon Stewart Ties It All Together
- 19th: Pay It Forward
- 18th: Minnesota
- 16th: Infrastructure -- The Movie!
- 13th: Two Quizzes
- 12th: From Ghettoside to Better Call Saul
- 11th: Great Republican Presidents
- 10th: Mormons and Energy Partnerships
- 9th: Monday Puzzle
- 6th: Grizzlies, Beanies, Barneys, and More -- But Especially Grizzlies
- 5th: Merchants of Doubt
- 4th: Eating Like An Aphid
- 3rd: Of Bonds and Apple
- 2nd: Worst Forecasters Ever
- February 2015 (20)
- 27th: What A Time To Be Alive!
- 26th: What Are We Gonna Do Without Jon Stewart?
- 25th: Soylent: Cooking Like A Sci-Fi Guy
- 24th: I Think He Enjoyed Giving This Speech
- 23rd: A $50,000 Windfall For YOUR Parents?
- 20th: The Song of the Century
- 19th: Randi and Reeves - Both Pretty Amazing
- 18th: The Atlantic Piece You Need To Read
- 16th: Presidents' Day Quickies
- 13th: One Hitchcock Film You Haven't Seen
- 12th: 20 Amazing Photos
- 11th: Mississippi: A Ray Of Hope
- 10th: Why YOU Should Consider A Dashcam
- 8th: Serious People
- 6th: More Amazement: BOREF and Tennessee
- 5th: The New Limits
- 4th: Of Metronomes And Measles
- 3rd: Six Amazing Minutes
- 2nd: Getting Your Money's Worth From PBS
- 1st: SUPERBOWL SPECIAL ALERT!!!
- January 2015 (21)
- 30th: Randi, Andy, Barney, Charles
- 29th: Frank Kameny
- 28th: Uh, Oh
- 27th: Schopenhauer
- 26th: Deficit Thinking
- 23rd: What's That On Your FACE?!
- 22nd: Nick Hanauer - Updated And Unpacked
- 21st: Jet On A Stool
- 20th: All Good Children Go To Heaven . . . *
- 19th: Animal Pictures!
- 16th: Inequality: Were Number 1! We're Number 1!
- 15th: Another Terrific "Book on Tape"
- 14th: Ayn Rand II / Steven Not An Idiot
- 13th: Idiot PS
- 12th: One Of You Is Just An Idiot
- 9th: Ike and Dick
- 8th: We Have A Plane!
- 7th: Dick Cavett On Ayn Rand (But Ayn Rand Not On Dick Cavett)
- 6th: POTUS Photos
- 5th: More Hope
- 3rd: FOX - For Your Weekend Entertainment
- December 2015 (22)
- 2014 (248)
- December 2014 (21)
- 31st: TONS Of Hope For The New Year!
- 30th: World's Two Greatest Leaders
- 29th: Turning $9.32 Into $15,600
- 27th: Interpreting The Best Little Book In The World
- 25th: Elephantine Gifts
- 24th: Christmas Eve
- 23rd: The ImpactAssets Giving Fund
- 22nd: America's Resurgence Is Real
- 19th: Build Your Own School
- 18th: Bush V. Clinton
- 17th: Last-Minute Holiday Gifts
- 16th: Oh, Boy - $324,000
- 12th: Where To Click?
- 11th: Body Cams
- 9th: Rare Old Photos
- 8th: 321,000 Jobs -- But What About Benghazi?
- 5th: 50,000 Lives Saved -- But What About Benghazi?
- 4th: SMBC
- 3rd: One More Reason It Won't Be Romney; CISG
- 2nd: Who Matters . . .
- 1st: Infrastructure : UnAmerican :: Enviroment : ???????????
- November 2014 (18)
- 28th: WheelTug and Ferguson
- 26th: A Line Scanner for the Earth: Every Tree Every Day
- 25th: Immigration, Infrastructure, and Keystone
- 24th: SIGA Lives! (Maybe) Benghazi "Scandal" Dies! (Surely?)
- 21st: Fair Food
- 20th: Late Dinner This Sunday?
- 18th: Impeaching Ronald Reagan
- 17th: End The War On Drugs
- 14th: Compulsively Early
- 13th: Transform A Family's Life For $25
- 12th: Pass the Salt and Join the Movement
- 11th: Will the Court Kill Obamacare on an Absurd Technicality?
- 10th: The Mandate
- 7th: The Republican Narrative
- 6th: Meeting The Press
- 5th: So Now What?
- 4th: Election Day
- 3rd: Be Healthier AND Wealthier: Vote Democrat
- October 2014 (22)
- 31st: Is Your iPhone Possessed By The Devil?
- 30th: THE John Jackson?
- 28th: Ebola Update
- 27th: Judy Garland, Thomas Jefferson, and Archie Bunker Walk Into A Bar . . .
- 24th: Deep Space
- 23rd: No Shame
- 22nd: Fear!
- 21st: Plus Ca Change . . .
- 20th: Self-Driving Cars
- 17th: Our Two Greatest Threats - Averted!
- 16th: Great Photos
- 15th: You Got Married? Congratulations!!! You're Fired.
- 14th: How To Lower Unemployment
- 13th: Is Today A Holiday?
- 10th: How To Fix Our Fundamental Domestic Problem
- 9th: Drinking
- 8th: Smoking
- 7th: Reductio Ad Absurdum - And A Medical Breakthrough You'll Love
- 6th: America: The Indispensable Nation
- 3rd: 50,000 Free-Quent Flier Miles
- 2nd: 2016 Slogans
- 1st: Flying Suites Class In An A380
- September 2014 (23)
- 30th: Ralph Nader Said The Parties Are the Same; They're Not
- 29th: Inside The Federal Reserve
- 26th: Ayn Rand Wrote Comic Books
- 25th: At Peace
- 24th: The Single Biggest Risk to the Global Economy
- 23rd: Don't Tell Gary's Wife
- 22nd: Dancing in Jaffa - Request A Screening
- 20th: Good News On Climate Change
- 18th: A Remarkably Simple Solution
- 17th: Republican Efforts to Suppress the Vote - #2
- 16th: How Republicans Hope To Suppress The Vote
- 15th: Success!!!
- 12th: Cover Girls
- 11th: I Won't Send Roses* . . .
- 10th: One Plus Two = Schiller [link fixed]
- 10th: One Plus Two = Robert Schiller
- 9th: Obama Vs. Reagan On Job Growth: Dancing Music
- 8th: Hamas / ISIS: two compelling clips
- 5th: Back to School: Find 24 Minutes To Watch
- 4th: Best Advice -- EVER
- 3rd: Monsanto - Part 3: Shiva Responds
- 1st: Labor Day - And Unions
- 1st: Labor Day
- August 2014 (20)
- 28th: Monsanto - Part 2
- 27th: Suing The President
- 26th: Sunscreen
- 25th: Filming The Forbidden City
- 22nd: Deli Men
- 21st: Success -- Part 5
- 20th: The Market Is A Barometer
- 19th: Patience and Pacing
- 18th: Well, HERE's Something We Never Have To Worry About
- 15th: Belgistan
- 14th: Orders of Magnitude
- 13th: More Dog Days of Summer
- 12th: Dog Days of Summer - Part 1
- 11th: The Spirit Airlines Commercial
- 8th: Monsanto: Best Letter I Ever Read
- 7th: Fundraising Stories - Part 2
- 6th: Fundraising Stories
- 5th: "By Any Standard A Disaster"
- 4th: From Pyramid To Rainbow Rectangle
- 1st: Health Insurance From The Inside
- July 2014 (21)
- 31st: Birds Of Paradise
- 30th: Andy Williams - Part 2: Must-CNN
- 29th: Andy Williams Sings About The Promised Land
- 28th: More Feet
- 25th: The Frog Comes On Little Cat Feet*
- 24th: Prisons
- 23rd: If Corporations Are People, Why Don't They Have To Pay Tax?
- 22nd: Financial Engineers
- 20th: Two Minutes of Beer Bottle Music
- 17th: How The Big Tobacco Companies Are Still After Your Kids
- 16th: Ricky Jay Made Me Disappear - II
- 15th: Ricky Jay Made Me Disappear
- 11th: What's Corroding Our Bridges?
- 10th: 200 More Planes
- 9th: The Texas Miracle - And A Song
- 8th: Eye Glasses At The VA
- 7th: God Controls the Climate, So You Can Relax
- 7th: Very Long Weekend
- 3rd: A Brief History of the Universe
- 2nd: Finally
- 1st: Joni and James
- June 2014 (22)
- 30th: Take Two Smart Phones And Call Me In The Morning
- 27th: Intelligent Life On (Lots Of) Other Planets
- 26th: Lions, Tigers, and Bears
- 25th: Are Financial Advisors Worth 300 Basis Points?
- 24th: The Potato
- 23rd: An Iraqi's Perspective
- 20th: Guess Who Came To Dinner
- 19th: It Must Be A Holiday Somewhere
- 18th: ETRM
- 17th: 2014: A Good Year
- 16th: Omnesia
- 13th: Video Weekend! - UPDATED
- 13th: Video Weekend!
- 12th: Losing Weight, Losing Money
- 11th: Here Come the Ambucycles!
- 10th: What IS The Matter With Kansas?
- 9th: Bergdahl, Benghazi, and the Real Scandals
- 6th: Seven Heartening Minutes With a Little Deaf Boy
- 5th: Unfamiliar Quotations - Corrected
- 4th: Unfamiliar Quotations
- 3rd: $8.80 . . . 2030 . . . 1941
- 1st: Going Off To War
- May 2014 (21)
- 30th: The Lincoln Memorial
- 29th: Do I Sound Gay?
- 28th: Habitats For Humanity
- 26th: Solar Freakin' Intelligent Roadways
- 23rd: What's The Main Ingredient In Bombay Duck?
- 22nd: You Still Have Time!
- 21st: Clothes
- 20th: Getting By On $12,024 A Year
- 19th: Not As Smart As I Thought
- 16th: Worst Predictions Ever
- 15th: How It BECAME The Greatest
- 14th: MYM12 - France 24 - Sam96 . . . Hike!
- 13th: Never Pay More Than $150 For Glasses
- 12th: Steve N.: Loyalty Can Be Blinding
- 9th: Four(ty Thousand) Dead Americans
- 8th: Success - Part 4
- 7th: Success - Part 3
- 6th: Success - Part 2
- 5th: Success!
- 2nd: Double Feature
- 1st: Charles Dickens: Twitter Pioneer
- April 2014 (23)
- 30th: Survived By His Wife: Watch It And Weep
- 29th: Magic!
- 29th: Tuesday Has Been Delayed
- 28th: Hannity v. Stewart
- 25th: Keystone
- 24th: Two Ends of the Spectrum
- 23rd: The Score To Date
- 22nd: Love IS Wholesome
- 21st: Of Patriotism and Oligarchy
- 18th: Good! Friday!
- 17th: A Tale of Two Tunnels
- 16th: Midges and Murmurations
- 15th: We Need a Stronger S.E.C.
- 14th: The Blanket
- 11th: The Stop Hillary PAC
- 10th: The Court: Too August To Be Televised
- 9th: An Easy Action Step That Could Help
- 8th: Magic
- 7th: Health Care Sign-Ups
- 4th: Sugar: Baaaaaad!
- 3rd: Can My Dog Stay At Your Hotel?
- 2nd: PLUTARCH - HEALTH - GARIX
- 1st: How Long Will YOU Live?
- March 2014 (20)
- 31st: If North By Northwest Had Been Up For An Oscar In 2014
- 28th: Sarcasm Is Unavoidable
- 27th: Freedom and Jobs
- 26th: Know Yourself and Chew Slowly
- 25th: Never Bored, Sometimes Short
- 24th: iPhones, Glass Roads, Russians
- 21st: Tying Your Shoes
- 20th: Humanity's Backup
- 19th: Investments Open Only To The Wealthy
- 18th: Conference Calls
- 17th: Bleak Russia
- 14th: Crazy Drug Stories
- 12th: Rare Colorized Photos
- 11th: Prescription Drug Madness
- 10th: The 50-Cent Microscope
- 7th: Ragin' Cellos
- 6th: Which Governor Will Get the G.O.P. Nod? [Plus BOREF, BKUTK, Iraq]
- 5th: Towel Dancing
- 4th: Hallucinogenic Frog Slime
- 1st: The President Takes It TO 'Em!
- February 2014 (20)
- 28th: My Brother's Keeper
- 27th: VHS vs. Betamax
- 26th: It's A Sign
- 25th: Rubber And The Rain Forest
- 24th: Borealis In The Press
- 21st: The Richest 85 = The Least Rich 3.5 Billion
- 20th: Heartwarming Photos
- 19th: Magic - II
- 18th: A Fun Fact About Ronald Reagan
- 17th: First Worms, Now Chickens
- 14th: Magic!
- 13th: Debra Knows Sewage
- 12th: Free TV In 45 Languages and New Jersey
- 11th: The Minimum Wage and the S&P 500
- 9th: Must-See Skyscraper; Must-See Russia; Must-Extend Unemployment Comp
- 7th: Must-See TV
- 6th: Cat People: Good News On Obamacare
- 5th: Slideshow
- 4th: Wealth Addiction: Sam Polk's Story
- 2nd: Thinking, Fast and Slow, About Friday's Post
- January 2014 (17)
- 31st: BOREF: $338 A Share? Or $2.79?
- 29th: How Amazing Are Our Lives?
- 28th: Everyone's A Speechwriter
- 27th: Basketball (Of All Things)
- 24th: Doodles!
- 23rd: So I Lent A Guy $5,323.15
- 22nd: The Purple Item Is George Clooney*
- 20th: Two Must Reads
- 20th: ETRM: Hoping and Moping
- 17th: Report Card on Kansas Schools and . . . the Agenda
- 15th: Where Am I?
- 13th: Piggy Trevalion
- 11th: The Understudy Went On!
- 9th: NPSP
- 8th: Bug-Eyed
- 6th: All The Way With . . . The Understudy
- 1st: Well, I've Been Busy!
- December 2014 (21)
- 2013 (239)
- December 2013 (19)
- 30th: 'P' As In 'Pneumonia'
- 26th: WheelTug Makes The Wall Street Journal
- 24th: Joy To The World
- 22nd: Gift Rappers
- 20th: Scorecard - Cumulative Cash Invested
- 19th: Greetings from the West Indies
- 18th: McCain v. Mandela
- 17th: Get Fast Or Die: Investing In Kids
- 16th: A Dynamic Scorecard
- 13th: Spectacularly Wrong
- 12th: Uruguay, India, Spain: Good News, Bad News, Joy
- 11th: Are You As Smart As Jeff? Is Glenn Going To Quadruple Our Money? Did I Invent The Forever Stamp?
- 10th: Hard At Work For Failure
- 9th: Your China Thoughts; Some Health Care Facts
- 6th: China IV - Thank You For Making My iPhone, By The Way
- 5th: China - III - "You Have Your Tea Party, We Have Ours"
- 4th: ETRM and Butt Kick
- 3rd: Bridegroom
- 2nd: If I Had Told You . . .
- November 2013 (20)
- 30th: The Circus Is Over - Updated
- 29th: The Circus Is Over
- 27th: China - II: Tryptophan and The Third Plenum
- 26th: China - I
- 25th: Each Billion Adds $200 A Share
- 22nd: We Have Hot Water!
- 21st: Florida Will Be A Blue State For Sure
- 20th: Smart Wheels - Part II
- 19th: Smart Wheels - Part I
- 18th: 40 Tricks For A Better Life
- 15th: Gravity
- 14th: No, No, No, No
- 13th: Love the Pope; Less Crazy About Palin
- 11th: HealthSherpa.Com -- And Why 60% Is More Than It Seems
- 8th: Pope To Ideologues: "You're Ill"
- 7th: Hiltzik on Health Care Disinformation
- 6th: Health Care: A Viewers' Guide
- 5th: Health Care
- 4th: Bill Gross On The Gini Coefficient
- 1st: Obamacare Perspective
- October 2013 (18)
- 30th: Notes From My 45th College Reunion
- 29th: Inch By Inch
- 28th: Neither Beat W.; What Does THAT Say About America?
- 25th: We Didn't Really Kill Bin Laden
- 24th: The Next Governor of Texas
- 23rd: A Windmill In Your Basement?
- 22nd: From $898 A Month Down To Just ... $22?
- 21st: WWTFHD? The Founders and Borealis
- 18th: BOREF, Etc.
- 17th: What To Buy Now?
- 14th: Why It Is NOT Equivalent
- 11th: This Is Obamacare
- 10th: Theater of the Absurd
- 8th: Three Minutes With Elizabeth Warren
- 7th: The Shutdown in 10 Infuriating Sentences
- 4th: Reign of the Morons - Time to Sell?
- 3rd: Cezanne and Rembrandt
- 1st: Barcelona
- September 2013 (17)
- 29th: Government Shut Down
- 27th: I'm In Denver
- 25th: Hurray!
- 24th: Two Pauls: Ryan and Krugman
- 23rd: What Will YOU Pay With Obamacare?
- 20th: Hurray for the Pope
- 19th: Happy and Healthy
- 18th: 7-Minute Checkup
- 16th: Failed? Really?
- 13th: How I Get My Exercise
- 11th: Syria - III
- 10th: Health, Education, and Weather
- 9th: Healthcare.gov
- 6th: The Pacific Crest Trail
- 5th: Syria - II
- 4th: Syria
- 3rd: Google's ChromeCast
- August 2013 (22)
- 30th: Football = Socialism
- 29th: Fifty Years Later
- 28th: And In Case We DO Live Forever . . .
- 27th: Living Forever
- 26th: Should Corporate America Force The Young To Subsidize The Old?
- 23rd: Jobs: Teaching, Buttling, Steve
- 22nd: The Real IRS Scandal
- 21st: Do Not Be Alarmed
- 20th: Thanking Peggy Noonan
- 18th: Ashton Kutcher and North Carolina
- 16th: Vicco, Kentucky
- 15th: Can Women Save the World?
- 14th: Get Hip - Fly Sabena
- 13th: Jambox
- 12th: Money!
- 9th: The President's Speech
- 8th: WheelTug On CNBC
- 7th: People Versus Copper
- 6th: The Pope
- 5th: Ronald Reagan Supports the $15 Minimum Wage
- 2nd: $15 an Hour
- 1st: I'm Stuck! The Infrastructure App
- July 2013 (21)
- 30th: Dodd-Frank: Good for Consumers, Good for the Country
- 29th: Mosquitos
- 26th: Banning Nipples
- 25th: What The S.O.P. Stands For
- 24th: Power Chips?
- 23rd: Reader Feedback
- 22nd: Race, Health Care, and the S.O.P.
- 19th: Still Being With Money
- 18th: Being With Money
- 17th: Seriously?
- 16th: She Also Pioneered VLSI*
- 15th: Two Brave Women
- 12th: Superhydrophobia (expialidocious)
- 11th: NLRB / SIGA / BOREF
- 10th: Game Is To 11
- 9th: Buyer Not Seller
- 8th: Summer Fun
- 5th: Violence as a Disease
- 3rd: You WILL Walk Again
- 2nd: Who Is SELLING Borealis?
- 1st: The So-Called Scandal (+SIGA, Swan Like)
- June 2013 (19)
- 28th: Some Week - Updated
- 27th: Some Week
- 26th: And Miami Was Such a NICE City
- 25th: Free Music
- 24th: The Capitalist’s Case for a $15 Minimum Wage
- 21st: Hot Brakes
- 20th: The Dog That Didn't Bark
- 19th: Our Booth
- 18th: Non-Invasive Surgery
- 17th: Competition on the Tarmac
- 14th: Shucks
- 13th: Summer Recipes
- 12th: This Is So Much FUN!
- 11th: I Feel Giddy. Oh, So Giddy . . .
- 10th: Fun and Profit - The Center Holds
- 7th: Limit Orders
- 6th: What - You've Never Seen "The Maltese Falcon"? Seriously?
- 4th: How We're Doing Vs. Other Humans
- 3rd: How We're Doing Vs. The S&P
- May 2013 (20)
- 31st: The Unexpected Highlight
- 29th: Spending Versus Doing
- 28th: The Case for Caution
- 27th: Good News. Ish.
- 24th: The Vanishing Deficit
- 23rd: Standing O's
- 21st: What The Humane Society Has To Do With Any Of This
- 20th: The REAL Willful Misconduct In The Benghazi Tragedy
- 17th: The So-Called Scandals
- 16th: Gatsby
- 15th: Speed -- and You're Welcome
- 14th: Joy To The World; Be Careful Crossing That Bridge
- 13th: R.I.P. Alan Abelson
- 10th: Dying
- 9th: Ick
- 7th: Significant Scandal
- 6th: Fracking
- 2nd: Touring the New Bush Library
- 2nd: Siesta
- 1st: Solar Power
- April 2013 (23)
- 30th: Fundamental Premises - II
- 29th: Fundamental Premises
- 26th: Hurray for America, Mankind, and Satire
- 25th: Substitute Teacher
- 24th: Amazon's New Hit Show
- 23rd: Hidden Gems
- 22nd: Two Academic Papers
- 19th: Who Would Want Gold When They Could Have Paper?
- 18th: Both Their Fundamental Premises Are Simply Wrong
- 17th: Up: (a) Cheering (b) Not Mucking It
- 16th: So Sad
- 15th: 13.8% Versus 4.47%
- 13th: 14.98% - Part III . . . and pushback on fizz
- 12th: Friday
- 11th: 14.98% - Part II
- 10th: 14.98% A Year?
- 9th: Republican Outreach
- 8th: Fizz
- 5th: Targeted Marketing
- 4th: If We Used Our Brains . . .
- 3rd: Rebranding
- 2nd: An Uplifting Video
- 1st: "The One About The Trillion-Dollar Coin"
- March 2013 (22)
- 29th: Singarich
- 28th: Why We Investors Should WELCOME A Small Transaction Tax
- 27th: Thoughts Inspired By Two Republican Senators
- 26th: Decline To State
- 25th: Imagine . . .
- 24th: Imagine
- 22nd: Tilt
- 21st: Repent!
- 20th: Do You Even KNOW The Difference Between Hummus and Baba Ghanoush?
- 19th: Looking Forward
- 18th: Marisa Tomei! Marisa Tomei!
- 15th: What If There IS No Spending Problem?
- 14th: A Second Joyful Video
- 13th: Eight Joyful Minutes
- 12th: Cheap Drugs
- 11th: Things Aren't THAT Bad For The Best-Off
- 8th: A Republican's View On Inequality
- 7th: 12 Minutes
- 6th: Only The Server Died
- 5th: John Boehner: Taxes = Theft
- 4th: Toppy
- 1st: TED
- February 2013 (17)
- 28th: Your Idea Is Probably Already a Free App
- 27th: Car Math
- 25th: A New Speculation
- 22nd: Everything Comes Clear
- 21st: Pity the Moray Eel!
- 20th: Hang On - It Gets Better
- 19th: In Response: Mondegreens and Chuck Hagel
- 18th: Turn Left At The Tarantula
- 15th: Getting Hip. Ish.
- 14th: Happy V Day
- 13th: Two Speeches and a PS
- 12th: Small Government
- 11th: Feeding Your Family On $15.87 A Day
- 7th: Happiness
- 6th: Is It Warm In Here Or Is It Me?
- 5th: Three "Historic Letters"
- 4th: Will Jack Welch Apologize?
- January 2013 (21)
- 31st: Floss
- 31st: Seeing Clearly
- 30th: Who Gnu?
- 29th: Bears and Elephants
- 28th: Cosmic Fifties Razor Strop Pinball
- 25th: The Filibuster
- 24th: Dancing
- 22nd: The Holiday Continues
- 18th: Guns, Slavery, the NRA and the ATF
- 17th: Minority Rule
- 16th: Don't Shoot! I'm Just Trying To Sell You A Rotten Life Insurance Policy
- 15th: No?
- 14th: The Road Ahead
- 11th: Fix the Filibuster
- 10th: Again No Column
- 9th: Every Warship That Is Launched . . .
- 8th: Tuesday Has Been Postponed
- 7th: Please Don't Feed The Goat But Try Our Espresso
- 4th: New U?
- 3rd: Stocks, Foreplay, and Caulk
- 2nd: Three Links
- December 2013 (19)
- 2012 (254)
- December 2012 (20)
- 31st: Happy New Year!
- 28th: Bright Future
- 27th: Prosecute!
- 26th: Dancing Around the Planet
- 24th: Chris Hayes' New Book - Really
- 21st: Chris Hayes' New Book
- 20th: BOREF
- 19th: High Hopes for 2013
- 18th: Uber
- 17th: Ship's Log III
- 14th: Ship's Log II
- 13th: Ship's Log
- 12th: Trans
- 11th: Ben Cohen's Best Flavor Yet: Rubber Stamp Your Cash
- 10th: Marriage: A $363,000 Question
- 7th: Cruising Toward Plutocracy
- 6th: Building Robots In The Dark
- 5th: Why "Income Distribution" Is Not A Four-Letter Word
- 4th: Most of This Post Is Invisible
- 3rd: Dream Girls, Brilliant Women
- November 2012 (20)
- 30th: I Won!
- 29th: Powerball!
- 28th: Not Politics
- 27th: How We Won
- 26th: What's Wrong With Republican Governors?
- 21st: I Can Hardly Contain Myself
- 20th: Fairness, Cucumbers, Grapes, Borealis
- 19th: This Woman's An Idiot
- 16th: KLM
- 15th: Socialism and a Reading Room
- 14th: Bend With Your Legs, Not Your Back
- 13th: Climate Change
- 12th: Entitlement Reform
- 9th: A Living Hell
- 8th: Rachel's Overview
- 7th: Thank You
- 6th: Vote
- 5th: Thanks
- 2nd: Bloomberg, Koch, Christie, Powell, Eisenhower, Buffett -- and This Guy
- 1st: Deregulation
- October 2012 (22)
- 31st: Do We Really Want A Dishonest President?
- 30th: The Emperor's Clothes
- 29th: Mormons for Romney. Really?
- 26th: Gays for Romney. Really?
- 25th: Jews For Romney. Really?
- 24th: Winning With 22% Of The Vote
- 23rd: The Army Needs More Horses
- 22nd: Scientists and Mormons for Obama
- 19th: Bill Clinton Knows Whereof He Speaks
- 18th: Quick Takes
- 16th: Tonight's Debate
- 15th: Prelude To Four Billionaires
- 12th: Buoyed
- 11th: Rush
- 10th: What's Obama Done For ME Lately
- 9th: Here It Is
- 8th: Lowering Billionaires' Taxes Again
- 5th: Ed Is Depressed
- 4th: Scoring the Debate
- 3rd: Class Warfare
- 2nd: He Is A Job Creator
- 1st: Yo Mama
- September 2012 (20)
- 29th: "Wake Up" -- Little Susie [link repaired]
- 28th: "Wake Up" -- Little Susie
- 27th: Mitt's Pre-Existing Condition
- 26th: Inner Turmoil and Outer Space
- 25th: This Better Be Some Succulent Chicken
- 24th: Two Clips and a Snip
- 21st: Best Thrift Shop Rap Video Ever . . . And The Redistribution Of Wealth
- 20th: Playing Hooky - But watch Bill Maher
- 19th: Empathy vs. Contempt
- 18th: Whew!
- 17th: Michael Lewis On Barack Obama
- 14th: Okay: YOU Balance The Budget
- 13th: They Caught One!
- 12th: Pants On Fire
- 11th: Want To Know Who The Job Creators Really Are?
- 8th: Speeches
- 6th: At The Convention
- 5th: Whose Debt Is It Anyway?
- 4th: Who Is Ayn Rand? Who Is Mitt Romney?
- 3rd: For Your Holiday Viewing Enjoyment
- August 2012 (24)
- 31st: Matt On Mitt
- 30th: Lying
- 29th: Doubling the Dow
- 28th: From the Economist to the Christian Science Monitor
- 27th: Quick Hits
- 24th: A Weekend's Entertainment
- 23rd: Grandma
- 22nd: The Romney/Ryan Budget
- 21st: Buying A Gun Should Be Easy; Voting Should Be Hard
- 20th: Tough On Poverty
- 17th: The Newsroom
- 16th: Who Are The Job Creators? The Middle Class!
- 15th: Three Good Things About Paul Ryan -- Ask Your Republican Friends
- 15th: Three Good Things About Paul Ryan -- Ask Your Republican Friends
- 14th: He Won't Reveal His Taxes -- Here's How He'll Raise Yours
- 13th: Pomegranate and Soda
- 10th: Your Taxes, Mitt's Taxes
- 9th: Twice As Big as the Louisiana Purchase and Marshall Plan Combined
- 8th: Romney v. Romney
- 7th: Good News
- 6th: Of 1929 and 2012
- 3rd: $11,700 versus $415,000
- 2nd: Oh, Mitt
- 1st: Spread the Word
- July 2012 (21)
- 31st: The Choice
- 30th: Suppressing the Vote
- 27th: Political Animals
- 26th: Yum Yum
- 25th: No Capacity For Empathy
- 24th: Finding The Energy To Confront Our Crisis
- 23rd: Cutting the Military Budget in 1944
- 20th: Vote for Thorium -- And The Guy With The Warmest Smile
- 19th: Brave New World
- 18th: CAN You Find Talent for $1 Million a Year?
- 17th: Taxes and Corn Sex
- 16th: Mitt
- 13th: Exactly! Precisely!
- 12th: How Much Less? (And Don't Miss: The Case for FREE Higher Education)
- 11th: BOREF & Beer, Romney & Romney
- 9th: Ben Franklin and Thos Jefferson v. Grover Norquist and Joe the Plumber
- 9th: Barney and BOREF
- 6th: Wise Words
- 5th: That To Secure These Rights, Governments Are Instituted Among Men
- 3rd: Love Is All You Need
- 2nd: How We Win
- June 2012 (20)
- 29th: News
- 28th: Must-See TV
- 27th: Nora
- 26th: Putin' Losin' and Drivin'
- 25th: My Two Obsessions
- 22nd: E-gad!
- 21st: It Moved
- 20th: The Library
- 19th: See the Difference?
- 17th: Show Time
- 15th: Ten Minutes With Bill Maher
- 14th: Get Cracking
- 13th: Republican Economics in a Nutshell
- 12th: Catch Up
- 11th: Politics and Prosperity Entwined
- 7th: Two Auctions
- 6th: Ver-y Annoying (Albeit, Small Problems to Have)
- 5th: Info, Misinfo, and . . . Oh, My
- 4th: Mitt, Mass., and My 2.4 Morality Rank
- 1st: Thugs II
- May 2012 (22)
- 31st: Thugs
- 30th: Uncertainty
- 29th: Love Prevails
- 25th: Dick, Ron, The Other Dick, And Mitt
- 24th: Turning The Other Cheek But Leaving Virginia . . . and a few words about Dick Cheney
- 23rd: GOP: Fewer Jobs, Higher Debt; More Sex Talk and Filibusters
- 22nd: Two Best-Sellers
- 21st: Behold!
- 18th: Paul Ryan
- 17th: 37 47 11
- 16th: One Big Pothole
- 15th: Losses
- 14th: All In
- 11th: Checkbook IRA
- 10th: A More Perfect Union
- 9th: Car Tipping
- 8th: One Cat's Tale
- 7th: Mittout Jobs
- 4th: Jobs, Fraud, and Reality TV
- 3rd: Rachel: It's Okay If You're a Republican
- 1st: ANYbody Would Have Made That Call? Really?
- 1st: Must See Video
- April 2012 (20)
- 30th: The Average of Yes and No Is Not Always Maybe
- 27th: 10 Minutes With Your Credit Score, 10 With The President
- 26th: The Ryan/Romney Budget v. Jesus Christ
- 25th: Remember Before We Had Jets? And Jets Had Nosewheel Motors?
- 24th: Oh, Mitt!
- 23rd: The Case Against Lehman Executives -- and the S.E.C.
- 20th: We Have Hot Water!
- 19th: Where There's A Will, I Want To Be In It
- 18th: Light, Heat, and the Safety Net
- 17th: Train Wreck: Mel Gibson
- 16th: Building Models By Candlelight
- 12th: TGIF
- 12th: Bees, Bats, and Butterflies
- 11th: It's Mitt
- 10th: Special Characters
- 9th: Man With A Clear Conscience
- 5th: Bacon!
- 4th: A Catholic Reflects
- 3rd: Pull Over!
- 2nd: April 5 Deadline. You're Joking, Right?
- March 2012 (22)
- 30th: Donald Duck: More Patriotic Than Grover Norquist?
- 29th: How the Health Care Act Affects YOU
- 28th: Well, That's Just Rich
- 27th: Stinky Cheese for Your Nose Wheel
- 26th: Sumo Tangerines
- 23rd: Gas and Solar
- 22nd: Huge
- 21st: Monet, Manet, Money and More
- 20th: Investor Beware
- 19th: The Road We've Traveled
- 16th: A Fourteenth Chart
- 15th: Cries of Conscience
- 14th: 50 Accomplishments
- 13th: ROICW Has Tripled
- 12th: You Betcha
- 9th: Romney On Iran
- 8th: Borealis and Buttkick
- 7th: The Winning 3-Minute Film
- 6th: Food Tips
- 5th: Appeals to the Better Angels of Our Nature
- 2nd: Solid Ox, Slight Genius
- 1st: 700 Million Views
- February 2012 (21)
- 29th: EcoFuel Africa
- 28th: Of Gold and TIPS
- 27th: Let's . . .
- 24th: Two Clips
- 23rd: Stocks, Regs, and Taxes
- 22nd: Helping and Hurting
- 21st: From Bill Clinton's Lips
- 20th: Up with the President's Budget
- 17th: Joy, Parody, Progress, 'Hijinks'
- 16th: I Don't Care; I'm Selling DNDN
- 15th: Leadie Gaga, Mud, BKUTK
- 14th: Happy Valentine's Day, Sunshine
- 13th: On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
- 10th: Reason for Optimism
- 9th: Lead
- 8th: Elephants
- 7th: The 102% Tax Rate
- 6th: The 12% Corporate Tax Rate
- 3rd: Double Taxation
- 2nd: Two Minutes, Five Minutes
- 1st: Poisoning Pigeons
- January 2012 (22)
- 31st: Government By and For
- 30th: Up
- 27th: A Fundraising Anecdote
- 26th: The State of the World
- 25th: Up Is Down, Fat Is Lean
- 24th: The Myth of Japan's Failure
- 23rd: Are You a Pregnant Conservative Jewish Small Businesswoman?
- 20th: The Long Game
- 19th: Not Disappointed
- 18th: We Could Save A Lot More On Defense
- 17th: Printing Cupcakes
- 16th: Joe, Jeff, Mitt, and Matt
- 13th: Maybe Mitt Won't Be the Nominee After All
- 12th: Math Geek Gold; Glaciation Postponed; Evil Reanimated
- 11th: He Won't
- 10th: Best App Ever
- 9th: Peach Citrus Diet Fresca
- 6th: UnAmerican Activities
- 5th: MYLGF
- 4th: Of Taxes and Sewage
- 3rd: Golden But Listless
- 2nd: Happy New Year!
- December 2012 (20)
- 2011 (252)
- December 2011 (22)
- 30th: My All-Time Favorite Species
- 29th: The 1%
- 28th: If 98 Out of 100 Doctors Were Alarmed By Your Condition
- 27th: Infrastructure: It's the Answer
- 26th: Listless Liberals
- 23rd: hay-ZEUS
- 22nd: Competition from Abroad
- 21st: Dazzling Possibility
- 20th: Thoroughly Modern
- 19th: The Best Medicine
- 16th: The Food Issue
- 15th: Would You Like Another $13,000 A Year In Your Pocket?
- 14th: Corporate Carols
- 13th: Newt's Zero Percent Cap Gains Tax for the Wealthy
- 12th: The Health Issue
- 9th: Rick, Newt, Mitt, Teddy
- 8th: The President's Speech
- 7th: Yesterday
- 6th: Don Berwick With Chris Hayes
- 5th: The View From Abroad
- 2nd: ???
- 1st: Dallas 1963
- November 2011 (20)
- 30th: Got 2 Minutes and $7.7 Trillion?
- 29th: Barney
- 28th: What The Other Side Is Saying
- 23rd: Frum Tells It Like It Is
- 22nd: Grover and Newt
- 21st: Infrabstruction v. Results
- 18th: Odds and EMIS
- 17th: Cool Fire
- 16th: Greetings from Chicago
- 15th: Congressional Approval Drops to 1%
- 14th: The Guitar
- 11th: It's Huntsman!
- 10th: The (Very) Good News About Solar
- 9th: It's All About the Dress
- 8th: Two Minutes and "60 Minutes"
- 7th: Embezzlement. Blackmail. Fraud . . . High School.
- 4th: A Grant and a Rant
- 3rd: Why There's No Column Today
- 2nd: Dredging Up a Small, Nervous Gain
- 1st: A Cuban Immigrant in the Top 1%
- October 2011 (21)
- 31st: In Support of the Occupiers
- 28th: Science and Happiness
- 27th: Hope
- 26th: Republicans One, Two, Three, and Frum
- 25th: Is It Really Okay for a Judge to Vacation with One of the Parties to the Case?
- 24th: Angry Birds
- 21st: The World Is A Better Place
- 20th: Enough Sniping
- 19th: A Long List
- 18th: Herman Cain, Warren Buffett
- 17th: Nein, Nein, Nein
- 14th: Nine Cheers for the New York Times
- 13th: 911
- 12th: Failing Forests
- 11th: Denying Dorothy Cooper Her Vote
- 10th: Maybe the Bahaman Stock Market Is Closed Today
- 7th: Swapping DVDs
- 6th: Karl Rove Exposed
- 5th: Gross and Buffett
- 4th: Bathtubs
- 3rd: A Few Minutes With . . .
- September 2011 (21)
- 30th: Leading The World
- 29th: "Doh!"
- 28th: White Male Property-Owners
- 27th: Muffins Matter
- 26th: Bullying 94-Year-Old Women
- 23rd: Just Do It
- 22nd: Wakawaka
- 21st: What To Tell Friends Who May Still Be Demoralized
- 20th: The First Jewish President
- 19th: Warren Buffett Is A Smarter Businessman Than Mitch McConnell
- 16th: Israel
- 15th: YOUR Local Bridge
- 14th: Patriots Pay Taxes
- 13th: Pep
- 12th: Jobs
- 9th: The Speech - And the Opposition
- 8th: Two Types of Idealists
- 7th: Listen to a Highly Placed Long-Time Republican Staffer
- 6th: The First Day of School
- 2nd: Have a Great Weekend!
- 1st: Poor People Have a Tough Time Networking
- August 2011 (23)
- 31st: Whence the Middle Class
- 30th: The Divide - II
- 29th: The Divide
- 26th: You Respond To Ken
- 25th: Dinner With Warren Buffett
- 24th: “The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime”
- 23rd: Libya
- 22nd: If It Had Been Hillary
- 19th: Class Warfare
- 18th: The Answer Is So Obvious
- 17th: Valley Forge
- 16th: Tzedakah
- 15th: DNDN Again
- 12th: A Brilliant Plan
- 11th: A Good War
- 10th: The Infrastructure Deficit
- 9th: Sign The Petition: Let Fred Debate!
- 8th: The Good War
- 5th: "Unimaginably Stupid"
- 4th: So Help
- 3rd: Porpoise Towels
- 2nd: Frustration - But At Whom?
- 1st: Bitterness and Sarcasm
- July 2011 (20)
- 29th: What Should I Do With These Towels?
- 28th: Rude!
- 27th: Invest To Win The Future
- 26th: The Bully Pulpit
- 25th: Devastating Social Security?
- 22nd: Rule By Mickey's Dog
- 21st: The Debate
- 20th: The Idiotic Balanced Budget Amendement
- 19th: Printing a Wrench
- 18th: Satan and I
- 15th: Satan, Oprah, Perry, Hitler
- 14th: A Good News Video
- 13th: Two Videos That Could Try Your Sense of Humor
- 12th: On Strike
- 11th: Don't Tax the Rich; Don't Let the Poor Vote; Confuse Everybody Else
- 8th: Infrastructure
- 7th: Watch This 30-Second Spot
- 6th: The Key Is What We Spend Our Money +On+
- 5th: Listen
- 1st: Worried, Married, and Calling for Free
- June 2011 (22)
- 30th: Ozzie & Harriet - What Was So Awful About That?
- 29th: Let The Bush Tax Cuts Expire
- 28th: Keep The Faith
- 27th: Love, Heat, and Accounting
- 24th: The Sky IS Falling
- 23rd: When Heroes Collide
- 22nd: The Surprising Truth About Tort Reform
- 21st: Borealis, Which Owns WheelTug
- 20th: Updates
- 17th: Claptrap - 3
- 16th: Dirty Spending Secrets
- 15th: You Can Tell A Guy From Notre Dame
- 14th: PIIGS
- 13th: Chicken Or Beef
- 10th: Watch This Clip And Earn 10.3% A Year
- 9th: Enjoying Life With Less Stuff
- 8th: Saving Lives in New York
- 7th: Glass Roads to Ho-Hum-ization
- 6th: The Central Question
- 3rd: Ask Less Whether Artichokes Can Produce a 160% Capital Gain in 10 Weeks
- 2nd: The Climate Challenge
- 1st: Don't Forget to Vote
- May 2011 (20)
- 30th: Town Pride
- 27th: WMT and Photo ID
- 26th: 14 Times Earnings?
- 25th: ID, GLD, CVV
- 24th: Money Tips for High School Grads
- 23rd: Well Regulated
- 20th: Well Regulated?
- 19th: Column 3762
- 18th: Can Arnold Shoot His Way Into Heaven?
- 17th: A Mind-Changing Tour of Homewood, PA
- 16th: Newt? Really?
- 13th: Hats Off To The 400
- 12th: At All Costs: Protect the Rich
- 11th: Revving the Engines of Capitalism
- 10th: Welcome!
- 9th: Comedy
- 6th: Paying Up for Safety
- 4th: Snow Day
- 3rd: Gold
- 2nd: At Last
- April 2011 (20)
- 29th: BZ Is Up, Up Is Down
- 28th: One Stock; Four Funds; Everything
- 27th: Taxes, Progress, and Censorship
- 26th: Free Education
- 25th: Would Warren Buffett Use Delta Bonus Miles To Buy FCSC?
- 21st: Will AMRN Buy Me a $40 Million Mansion?
- 20th: Updates: AMRN, YMI, EMIS
- 19th: Thomas Jefferson Also Said . . .
- 18th: Thomas Jefferson On Taxes and Wealth
- 15th: You Know What Today Is?
- 14th: A Responsible Way Forward
- 13th: Dicey DCTH
- 12th: Tom Tommorow and the Spread of Terrible Ideas
- 11th: The Republican and the Penny Stock
- 8th: They Chose WHO to Look Out for the Water Your Children Drink
- 7th: I'm In
- 6th: Are You In?
- 5th: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- 4th: User Friendly Technology
- 1st: Child Labor
- March 2011 (23)
- 31st: Crocs Now, Too?
- 30th: Robert Is Here
- 29th: Evolution
- 28th: Gandhi and Corporate Taxation
- 25th: I Get A New Toy
- 24th: Give 'Em Hell, Frances!
- 23rd: Frances Perkins Was Having Tea . . .
- 22nd: Erica Payne's Good Question
- 21st: Caveat Investor
- 18th: Weekend Watching
- 17th: Banks V. Homeowners
- 16th: Watch These Four Segments
- 15th: Half Staff
- 14th: Half Staff
- 11th: Priorities
- 10th: Here! Here! Here!
- 9th: Report To Your Post; You've Been Reinstated
- 8th: Surowiecki on the Central Debate
- 7th: Krugman on the Central Debate
- 4th: Venison
- 3rd: The Conservative Light
- 2nd: If Abe Lincoln Started a Chicken Sandwich Business
- 1st: Paper Money, Paper Plates - China
- February 2011 (20)
- 28th: You Never Promised Me A Sculpture Garden
- 25th: "Shut Up," He Explained
- 24th: The Ultimate Koch Machine
- 23rd: The Kochs . . . DCTH . . .
- 22nd: Soap Kitchen
- 21st: Live Forever
- 18th: CVV Worth $17.08?
- 17th: Hungry Doggerel
- 16th: What's Six Times Seven?
- 15th: CBRX
- 14th: Quiet Subtle Ways
- 11th: If Ike Had Had Two Moms
- 10th: Fixing The Senate
- 9th: Barney Frank and Ron Paul
- 8th: Gold
- 7th: How To Write A Condolence Letter
- 4th: Farewell
- 3rd: Sell!
- 2nd: Sell! Hold! Sneeze!
- 1st: The Happy Gene
- January 2011 (20)
- 31st: Two Videos
- 28th: Blah, Blah, Blah
- 27th: Evernote
- 26th: State of the Union
- 25th: Tonight
- 24th: VVUS
- 21st: The Dream Lives On
- 20th: Less and I Make a Bet
- 19th: Tracking Numbers
- 18th: Of Taxes And Street Sweepers
- 14th: Nutrition and Diversity Make for a 79% Gain
- 13th: Four Mutual Funds
- 12th: Love In the Time of the Revolutionary War
- 11th: Experiment
- 10th: Phone Free
- 7th: What They're Not Telling You
- 6th: Historical Footnote
- 5th: YOUR Book
- 4th: Government CAN Work
- 3rd: The Codicil
- December 2011 (22)
- 2010 (256)
- December 2010 (22)
- 30th: Progress
- 29th: Common Ground, Uncommon Reader
- 28th: Sam and Martha
- 27th: Progress
- 24th: Joy to the World
- 23rd: Do You Have Lots of Money?
- 22nd: Thoughts On Exceptionalism
- 21st: Oh, My
- 20th: Praise, Thank, Cheer, Boo, Buy . . .
- 17th: December 17
- 16th: Jefferson, Madison, and Balance
- 15th: Price War!
- 14th: Tax Cuts
- 13th: Scroll Down
- 10th: Your Own Virtual Telescope (Free!)
- 9th: Meet Me At The Museum
- 8th: Watch
- 7th: Well, AFOP Was Up
- 6th: Speeches
- 3rd: LED Stocking Stuffer
- 2nd: Playing Chicken
- 1st: Yesterday
- November 2010 (21)
- 30th: If Your TiVo Malfunctioned
- 29th: A Better Direction
- 26th: Dangerous Inequality
- 24th: They Reject, You Decide
- 23rd: "Arthur - It's Your Mother"
- 22nd: We're Number Eleven
- 19th: Choose Your Goal:
- 18th: Buffett, Buick, Boehner
- 17th: Pin the Debt on the Donkey
- 16th: Two Views From Canada
- 15th: Balance the Budget, Learn More About Gas
- 12th: Hyperbole
- 11th: Deficit Reduction
- 10th: CRME Might Or Might Not Pay
- 9th: New v. Small
- 8th: A Republican Who Should Be Ashamed
- 5th: The Retirement Home
- 4th: Six Weeks' Paid Vacation
- 3rd: All 17 Newspaper Editorial Boards
- 2nd: Vote, Please
- 1st: Working Together
- October 2010 (21)
- 29th: Are We Really Going To Make This Mistake Again?
- 28th: Is Tom Friedman An Elitist?
- 27th: No, Elite, 30 Seconds
- 26th: Warlike, Snarky, and Holding My EMIS
- 25th: Reasons to Vote Republican
- 22nd: I Voted Yesterday
- 21st: Not Nothing
- 20th: Watch This (and This!)
- 19th: Healthy Progress Toward Open Service
- 18th: Progress
- 15th: Economic Progress In YOUR Zip Code
- 14th: Ooma, DEPO . . . Fired UP!
- 13th: Verizon Part 2
- 12th: The Phones Don't Work, But At Least The ATMs Do
- 11th: Wall Street Money Never Sleeps On Columbus Day
- 8th: Mexican Bonds
- 7th: Georgia Works, Bonds Peak
- 6th: The Tide Begins To Turn
- 5th: Due Diligence, Undue Influence, and 20% In a Month
- 4th: Running The World
- 1st: Positively Thrilling
- September 2010 (21)
- 30th: Scalia Examined
- 29th: The Rich Get Richer
- 28th: Accomplishments To Be Proud Of
- 27th: Linda v. Ben
- 24th: That's Some Pledge
- 23rd: Imagine Peace
- 22nd: Molluskation
- 21st: Bill Clinton on Jobs
- 20th: Charlie Munger
- 17th: The Job Creators
- 16th: Venture Capital
- 15th: Be Happy
- 14th: House Rules
- 13th: Organizing for Your iPhone
- 10th: Confidence and Taxes
- 9th: Plouffe Lays It Out
- 8th: Maine and Indiana
- 7th: Joe Biden Makes the Case
- 3rd: The Perfect Energy Source
- 2nd: Forward or Backward
- 1st: "Turn It Off!"
- August 2010 (22)
- 31st: Feeling Lucky?
- 30th: Dog Day Afternoon
- 27th: Swarthmore? Really?
- 26th: There - I Fixed It
- 25th: Surpluses As Far As The Eye Can See
- 24th: Raise Your Vote
- 23rd: When An LED Investment Can Pay Off
- 20th: Fox
- 19th: YERT
- 18th: Wing Nuts
- 17th: Shucked Husk Biofractionators
- 16th: Pavement To Charge Up My Volt
- 13th: Wing Nuts
- 12th: ETFs
- 11th: Must-See Pavement TV
- 10th: Cheez Doodles
- 9th: Matt Miller's Great Idea
- 6th: Ironic Quotes from 1933, 1934, and 1963
- 5th: Liberty and Justice
- 4th: We're Coming Back
- 3rd: August Is Happiness Happens Month
- 2nd: Your 2011 Tax Bill
- July 2010 (22)
- 30th: I Don't Care. I Must Have an iPhone.
- 29th: Waste Not Wal-Mart
- 28th: Good News on Multiple Fronts
- 27th: The FT View
- 26th: Exhuming Simon Bolivar
- 23rd: Cooking Like a Stand-Up Guy
- 22nd: Let Me Know
- 21st: There's Hope
- 20th: The Well-Intentioned Right
- 19th: Intelligent, Mad, Crazy, Sick, Better
- 16th: A Retiring Senator, A Retiring Congressman
- 15th: Good Day
- 14th: Hooves In Place Of Tractors
- 13th: Voters' Brains; Market Waves
- 12th: Arizona, Massachusetts, And The Milky Way
- 9th: Photo of the Day
- 8th: Foiling Catastrophe
- 7th: Run for the Hills!
- 6th: Triple By-Pass Burgers
- 5th: BOREF and DCTH
- 2nd: What a Waist
- 1st: Singapore, Budapest and Virginia
- June 2010 (22)
- 30th: How to Peel a Carrot
- 29th: The State of Maine
- 28th: Ernie Banks
- 25th: Casual Friday
- 24th: Dilbert
- 23rd: Name That Tune
- 22nd: Ask-Notty
- 21st: The Catastrophe
- 18th: $225 Million
- 17th: Odd Bits
- 16th: 7 Tax Cuts
- 15th: Drying Your Digits
- 14th: I Do
- 11th: Ciao Bella!
- 10th: Liberals for Deregulation
- 9th: Marc's #10
- 8th: Good Parenting
- 7th: This, This, This, and This
- 4th: Income at the 99.99th Percentile
- 3rd: 10 Things About the Health Bill
- 2nd: Watching Sausage Get Made
- 1st: Two Things
- May 2010 (21)
- 31st: Two $4 Stocks
- 28th: Antidisestablishmentlibertarianism
- 27th: Data Loss in a Flash
- 26th: Brave New World
- 25th: A Kick-Ass $120,000 Ayn Rand Would Love
- 24th: Rachel Does Rand
- 21st: Mango Madness
- 20th: You've Got Voice Mail
- 19th: Getting Out of the Ditch
- 18th: Our Expensive Roof
- 17th: Let's Hear It
- 14th: Country & Western
- 13th: Damn Fools
- 12th: You Spew 90 Million Tons, And What Do You Get?
- 11th: Of Myths And Nose Wheels
- 10th: Who Was Your Commencement Speaker?
- 7th: Turbulence
- 6th: $87,000 In Taxpayer Funds For THIS Expert?
- 5th: Stand Up For Your Health
- 4th: Paper Profits: Row With The Flow
- 3rd: Would You Let This Dog Into YOUR Restaurant?
- April 2010 (21)
- 30th: Guru Is Annoyed
- 29th: Wow. Whoa!
- 28th: 3500 Borealis 1700
- 27th: Forgive Me - It's Good For Your Health
- 26th: Vigorous Sudsing Action
- 23rd: Financial Reform
- 22nd: Earth Day
- 21st: All The Important Food Groups for $2.99
- 20th: Up and Down
- 19th: 11 Minutes
- 16th: Back In 15 Minutes
- 15th: Tax Day
- 14th: Not All Eggrolls Are Chinese
- 13th: Three Little Dots
- 12th: Cocoa Nibs
- 9th: Cap and Cash
- 8th: May Day
- 7th: He Liked Ike
- 6th: Taxes
- 5th: Watch Rachel
- 1st: April Fun
- March 2010 (23)
- 31st: Barney's Birthday
- 30th: Free Vacuum Cleaners
- 29th: Jeb Bush and Ben Stein
- 26th: How To Fix Wall Street
- 25th: Magic!
- 24th: Crippled At Treasury
- 23rd: Health, Taxes, and Dignity
- 22nd: A Great Day for America
- 19th: A Sea of Plastic
- 18th: Much A-Deem About Nothing
- 17th: O'Roadbed, O'Smartgrid, Ohare And O'Hara
- 16th: ANOTHER Gay Column? Torture!
- 15th: Fall Back, Spring Forward, Beware the Ides, Stock Up on Green Beer
- 12th: Entrance . . . Entrance . . . Exit
- 11th: How To Invest Your Last $10,000
- 10th: As If You HAD Any Money Left You Could Truly Afford To Lose
- 9th: Get Angry
- 8th: An Important Difference
- 5th: Which Would You Hire: An Inferior Man or A Superior Woman?
- 4th: $285
- 3rd: Watch
- 2nd: Promises Kept
- 1st: I Only Made $8.2 Million After Tax, Not $9.3 Million
- February 2010 (20)
- 26th: A Little Light Music
- 25th: Cooking Like a (Third World) Guy
- 24th: Vancouver V. Virginia
- 23rd: The Latest Debt Clock
- 22nd: Huge Good News
- 19th: Can Two Lieutenants with Restless Leg Syndrome Get FDA Approval to Marry?
- 18th: The Nuclear Option
- 17th: Frugal Shrimp, Fruity Anti-angiogens
- 16th: Governors
- 14th: Up 58%
- 12th: So I Asked Harry Reid . . .
- 11th: Clip, Clip, Clip
- 10th: Knowing Stuff
- 9th: More China
- 8th: Getting By on 7 Million Yuan
- 5th: Civility
- 4th: Demisemiquaver
- 3rd: The Greenbook To Get Out of the Red
- 2nd: The Grand Puzzle
- 1st: Pilot Programs
- January 2010 (20)
- 29th: Lean Years
- 28th: Good Will and Intelligence
- 27th: Semi-Circle, Semi-Conscious, Semi-Literate
- 26th: Propaganda Works - And So Does the Italian Health Care System
- 25th: Game Change; Get Tough; Sign a Petition
- 22nd: Oh, That Supreme Court
- 21st: Tall Politicians
- 20th: A Year After Inauguration
- 19th: Vote for Martha
- 18th: MLK, Jr.
- 15th: Melting Your Gold Medal for Cash
- 14th: Haiti
- 13th: Inshmation
- 12th: Lost Your iPhone?
- 11th: I'm With The Conservative On This One
- 8th: Report Cards and the CFPA
- 7th: GPS
- 6th: He Thought He Had a Smart Horse
- 5th: Woof Woof! SugarSync!
- 4th: One World
- December 2010 (22)
- 2009 (255)
- December 2009 (22)
- 31st: Happy New Year
- 30th: Reasons Enough to Buy an iPhone
- 29th: Moxie
- 28th: Of Eggnog and Tax Strategy
- 24th: Ho, Ho, Ho
- 23rd: Snow Day
- 22nd: Green China
- 21st: Now I've Seen Everything
- 18th: Uh, Oh - A Teux Deux Over Liberal Mangos
- 17th: Pain
- 16th: Sid - Get the Book
- 15th: Three Cheers for Hope
- 14th: Big Stuff
- 11th: War and Peace
- 10th: Bruuuuce!
- 9th: Jack, George - We Barely Knew Ye
- 8th: Cheap Sleep
- 7th: The Ultimate in Readability
- 4th: Do Blinking Web Ads Annoy You?
- 3rd: Optimism
- 2nd: So Far, So Good
- 1st: Now They Tell Me
- November 2009 (21)
- 30th: Hamsters -> Scanner -> Torts -> Sawmill Foreman
- 27th: The Frugal Heiress
- 26th: The Frugal Heiress
- 25th: We Have Hot Water!
- 24th: Goats
- 23rd: Give It Up for Chaz
- 20th: Citizens for Apple Pie and Motherhood
- 19th: A Gibbon and Two Tigers Walk Into a Barcode
- 18th: More Than Just a Happy Orangutan
- 17th: Plan B
- 16th: Birds, Horses, and Faux News
- 13th: Hope for Energy, Hope for Education
- 12th: Your Electric Razor Is Soviet Missile Powered
- 11th: Discourge Hate, Encourage Love?
- 10th: Two Kinds of Saving
- 9th: Of Health Care, Pomegranates, and Gold
- 6th: Einhorn and Energy
- 5th: Enjoy . . .
- 4th: And the Winner Is . . .
- 3rd: $100 Trillion Over 20 Years
- 2nd: Appoplexy and Infusystems
- October 2009 (22)
- 30th: Sober Stuff
- 29th: A More Perfect Union; A Basket of Speculations
- 28th: Rachel! Rachel!
- 27th: Masks, Guns, and a Travel Tip
- 26th: Clips
- 23rd: Masks, Chops, Fiddles, and More
- 22nd: Grab a Mop!
- 21st: Testing Your G-IQ and Your HPI
- 20th: Hope, Hope, Hurray!
- 19th: Dead Peasants
- 16th: High Notes
- 15th: Rethinking Afghanistan
- 14th: Paper, Puppets, and Pols
- 13th: Marching in DC, Vibrating in Alabama
- 12th: Our Space Station
- 9th: More Light
- 8th: Out of Little Turkish Acorns . . .
- 7th: Avenue Q; Straight Shooting
- 6th: Puppets
- 5th: He's . . . JEWISH?
- 2nd: Friday Fun
- 1st: Back to the Tea Party
- September 2009 (21)
- 30th: I Stand Corrected!
- 29th: I Didn't Mean YOU Are Misinformed
- 28th: Pick Up The Pace
- 25th: An Informed Citizenry
- 24th: Bob Dole Again
- 23rd: Bulbs Assembled In China By Acrobikers
- 22nd: Planetary Good
- 21st: If You Can't Trust Philip Morris With Your Health, Whom Can You Trust?
- 18th: Pistol Packin' Progress, Praise the Lord
- 17th: Drink Up - A Walkie Talkie Just Got Sucked Into the Engine
- 16th: Tease Your Brain Into Buying a Boat - the Ultimate Element of Ruin
- 15th: How Network News Fails Us
- 14th: A 12-Year-Old's Massive Stroke
- 11th: Tough Guys
- 10th: Maybe It IS A Hammer
- 9th: Stay In School, Kids: You'll Learn the Difference Between a Shovel and a Hammer
- 7th: Oh, Grow Up
- 4th: If Progress IS Slowing Down, You May Have 38 Seconds to Watch This Ad
- 3rd: Abou, Abas, Abat; Abamus, Abatus, Abant
- 2nd: A Place for Atheists in Heaven
- 1st: Should M. Get a Divorce?
- August 2009 (21)
- 31st: I Don't Get It
- 28th: Genuine Compassion
- 27th: Senator Kennedy
- 26th: The Perfect Summary
- 25th: Trailing Stops, Whiplash, and the Best College Professor You Ever Had
- 24th: BZ Up Eightfold
- 21st: Goats, Sheep, and Medicare
- 20th: Bio-Insurance
- 19th: Zucchini
- 18th: A Workable Health Care Compromise?
- 17th: Sustainable Living
- 14th: Health Care Reality Check
- 13th: Perverse Incentives
- 12th: All Hail David Pogue
- 11th: Three More Years! Three More Years!
- 10th: Don't Miss This Maddow
- 7th: Check THIS Out
- 6th: Cooking Like a Hun
- 5th: Worried - But Enjoying It
- 4th: Common Cement, Engine Block Burgers ...
- 3rd: A Christian, a Muslim, and an Atheist Walk Into a Bar Chart . . .
- July 2009 (22)
- 31st: Sex Returns to Texas
- 30th: Peanut Butter and Jelly
- 29th: 15 Seconds to Better Health Care
- 28th: Exxon Goes Slimy, Opel Goes 113 Miles a Gallon
- 27th: Four Takes on Health Care
- 24th: Wal-Mart, Coke - and Glatfelter?
- 23rd: Coke, Almonds, Slime, 263 Horses and Torpidity
- 22nd: Oona
- 21st: Trillions
- 20th: Six Months
- 17th: Two Speeches and a Movie
- 16th: Two Congresspersons
- 15th: Race to the Top
- 14th: Join the Amazon Conservation Team
- 13th: Stocks for the Long Run
- 10th: Patrick Murphy's Video
- 9th: Very Wow
- 8th: Summer Fun
- 7th: Health and Home
- 6th: Videos
- 2nd: TKF and USA
- 1st: An Unusual Performance By Tom Hanks
- June 2009 (22)
- 30th: Pudding
- 29th: "Listen," Mr. Mixner said . . .
- 26th: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- 25th: Arousing My Albedo
- 24th: On Health Care, Windmills and Marriage
- 23rd: Me and My Zamboni
- 22nd: Strike the Band Up
- 19th: Roses Are Red, Daisies Are Cheap
- 18th: Frank Kameny
- 17th: Not Sistine - But Pretty Cool
- 16th: The New Frugality
- 15th: Clunker
- 12th: At Least We Should Try
- 11th: This Bus Is Getting Crowded
- 10th: South Pacific
- 9th: Earth 2100
- 8th: What the Cairo Speech Has to Do with Your Money
- 5th: Golf and History
- 4th: Betty Bowers Bought a Bit of Biting Bible Babble
- 3rd: Closing Republican Dealerships
- 2nd: Plant a Tree, Coast to Red Lights
- 1st: Oh, Boy
- May 2009 (21)
- 29th: Now That's A Commencement Address
- 28th: We've Put On 1,100 Pounds
- 27th: Hypermiling
- 26th: 39 MPG
- 25th: Rich on Rights; Gourevitch on Torture
- 22nd: Memorial Day Weekend
- 21st: Oh, That Rumsfeld
- 20th: Notre Dame
- 19th: Top Tunes from 1958
- 18th: A Gripping Tale of Mortgage Madness
- 15th: Math
- 14th: More Hope
- 13th: If False Hope Is Self-Fulfilling IS It False?
- 12th: Bullish John, Bearish John
- 11th: Morality, Prayer, and Cornerstone Therapeutics
- 8th: A Simple Path to a Perpetually Rising Market
- 7th: Two Bathrooms
- 6th: Hot Water Savers
- 5th: Kurzweil: the Movie
- 4th: Magic!
- 1st: New
- April 2009 (22)
- 30th: A Shower Head Even the Seinfeld Cast Could Live With
- 29th: China, Coal, and Costa Rica
- 28th: Mother Nature Doesn't Do Bailouts
- 27th: Of Frogs and Cows
- 24th: If We Were a Third World Country
- 23rd: Snails and Starfish
- 22nd: Vark
- 21st: Try It: Either Elbow
- 20th: Money Thoughts
- 17th: Tax Protestors
- 16th: The Really Big Picture
- 15th: An Uplifting Song for Tax Day
- 14th: Boozy Nine Year Olds Avoiding Estate Tax In West Branch Iowa
- 13th: The Formula that Wrecked Wall Street
- 10th: Black on Moyers
- 9th: What Were These Democrats Thinking?
- 8th: Live Longer
- 7th: That Dutch Department Store
- 6th: John Mauldin on "The Dow"
- 3rd: Kill-a-Watt Gadget; German Mortgages; the GOP Plan
- 2nd: Vertigo II
- 1st: Vertigo
- March 2009 (22)
- 31st: Hire a Sheepdog to Babysit Your Daughter?
- 30th: A Cheap Way to Light Sheep
- 27th: Perspective
- 26th: Read Less to Know More
- 25th: Supremely Confident Predictions
- 24th: This Could Work
- 23rd: Tax, Spend, Borrow - And Win
- 20th: Our Whiz Bang Future
- 19th: Redefining Consistency
- 18th: Earmarking Tax Brackets in Firefox
- 17th: The Case Against Indexing
- 16th: What Does Less Antman Have to Say NOW?
- 13th: 800-GOOG-411
- 12th: The World May Not End
- 11th: Four Minutes of Fun
- 10th: Yesterday's Big News
- 9th: 6,500
- 6th: The Loyal Opposition
- 5th: Insufficient Funds
- 4th: Getting Fit
- 3rd: Money, PAC Money
- 2nd: Simply Put
- February 2009 (20)
- 27th: Newt, Newt, Newt
- 26th: The Third Interstate Highway System
- 25th: "Slowly, But Surely, Confidence Will Return . . .
- 24th: Less Stuff
- 23rd: Schwarzenegger's Leadership
- 20th: A Little Love; A Little Nicotine
- 19th: Good News!
- 18th: Loonie Aussie Innumerate Insurgencies
- 17th: See or Read the Simon Johnson Interview
- 16th: Cognitive Decline: No Longer Inevitable?
- 13th: Gnome
- 12th: Your Own Local Phone Number in New York
- 11th: Jitterbug!
- 10th: Listen to the President
- 9th: This Column Only Seems Short
- 6th: The Stimulus Package
- 5th: Fair Questions
- 4th: Rock Stars
- 3rd: Throw a House Party to Cover Australia in Photovoltaic Film
- 2nd: Enter Your Zip Code to Volunteer
- January 2009 (19)
- 30th: YouTube Goes Interactive
- 29th: Ah, The Black Irish
- 28th: Young Love
- 27th: Playing Tennis At 90
- 26th: Rush Limbaugh Makes No Bones About It
- 23rd: Odds, Ends
- 22nd: Oops
- 20th: The Whole World Is Watching
- 16th: If Your Drinking Buddy Clocks You With a Sirius Satellite Radio On Your 69th Birthday
- 15th: More on Surgical Checklists
- 14th: Free Hindsight - THIS LOOPHOLE HAS BEEN CLOSED
- 13th: You Have an Important Call Coming In
- 12th: Barbells for our Banker
- 9th: Somewhere . . .
- 8th: Two Can Live Cheaper Than One - And May Have To
- 7th: Huck Finn Converts to a Roth IRA
- 6th: Huck Finn
- 5th: Sell RSW, SDS, and Maybe Even TBT
- 2nd: Mud, Wind, and Irony
- December 2009 (22)
- 2008 (257)
- December 2008 (22)
- 31st: Footnotes and Dazzle
- 30th: TBT
- 29th: The Big Picture
- 26th: With a Song in Your Heart
- 24th: Chestnuts . . .
- 23rd: Melissa Etheridge, Rick Warren, and Common Sense
- 22nd: The Invocation - Part II
- 19th: Self-Promotion Run Wild
- 18th: Well, You Asked
- 17th: Hmmmm
- 16th: Does Religion Turn You Rotten?
- 15th: Four Terrific Movies Meet One Terrific Economic Crisis
- 12th: HBS Pushes the Envelope
- 11th: Watch Jon Stewart
- 10th: Can the Market Go to Zero?
- 9th: A Sardine Recipe Even I Wouldn't Try
- 8th: A Three-Minute Musical
- 5th: Troops and a Movie
- 4th: Free Markets
- 3rd: Mr. Market Miscalculates
- 2nd: Milk and Money
- 1st: Vivace
- November 2008 (19)
- 28th: 5-Year TIPS
- 26th: Flying Carpets Again
- 25th: Flying Carpets Again
- 24th: Watch the Radio Address
- 21st: The Really Important Thing
- 20th: Dress for Duress
- 19th: I Got Nothing
- 18th: Getting Back to Finance for a Minute
- 17th: Chicago
- 14th: Michael Lewis Explains It All
- 13th: This One
- 12th: $ 1975 $
- 11th: Love and Money
- 10th: Building a Different White House
- 7th: I Still Can't Get Over It
- 6th: Hope Won
- 5th: Thank You
- 4th: Election Day
- 3rd: Say, "Ah-merica"
- October 2008 (23)
- 31st: Teddy Roosevelt for Obama
- 30th: To Your Health
- 29th: A Schoolmate Remembers Senator McCain
- 28th: The NeoCon and the Norwegian Newlywed
- 27th: One-Party Rule
- 24th: Ron Howard Is Bald!
- 23rd: Yesterday
- 22nd: Religion
- 21st: The McCains Gave Less to Charity Than The Obamas
- 20th: What Does It Say?
- 17th: McLame
- 16th: Voices
- 15th: Way Foolish
- 14th: 16% - 121% - 30% - 75%
- 13th: Three Months Ahead of Schedule
- 10th: Hey, Greed -- Suit Up!
- 9th: Temperament
- 8th: Watch It
- 7th: Prongs
- 6th: It's Not That They Don't Care
- 3rd: Buffett and Borealis
- 2nd: A Quick Way to Be Sure You're Registered
- 1st: Another Republican for Obama
- September 2008 (21)
- 30th: Your Chances of Getting the Flu
- 29th: Senator McCain; Paul Newman
- 26th: Sarah Clips - And Advice For Living
- 25th: Lipstick
- 24th: How We Got Here
- 23rd: TV Ads
- 22nd: Say,
- 19th: BAM! POW! THWACK! OOF!
- 18th: The Financial Mess
- 17th: Four More Wars! Four More Wars!
- 16th: Ready to Take the World Stage on a Moment's Notice
- 15th: Hidden Strength; Hidden Weakness
- 12th: The Big Picture
- 11th: Apology
- 10th: Free Video Clips, Expensive T-Shirts
- 9th: Not Shouting Fire on a Largely Deserted Street
- 8th: The Polar Bears Are In Hot Water
- 5th: How Much Life Insurance Would the McCains' 35-Year-Old Son Need (If They HAD a 35-Year-Old Son and If He Had One Infant Child and Had Converted His GLDD Warrants Into Stock)?
- 4th: Savings Bond Calculator
- 3rd: National Security
- 2nd: The Real McCain
- August 2008 (21)
- 29th: How Did Warren Buffett Get So Rich?
- 28th: More Amazing Speeches
- 27th: Amazing Speeches
- 26th: Sorry: Down Is NOT Up
- 25th: Get Out of Jail Free
- 22nd: 100% Disability
- 21st: YOU Have MY Vote
- 20th: Bullish on America . . . But Not for a While
- 19th: Louis Vuitton, Charles Nolan, and Chanel
- 18th: Six Minutes
- 15th: A Video You Must See
- 14th: Hiding in His Office to Avoid a Vote
- 13th: 7.5%
- 12th: Fight Fiercely, Harvard!
- 11th: Why?
- 8th: The Dog Ate My Prestidigitation
- 7th: Oy.
- 6th: That $490 Billion Budget Deficit
- 5th: A Peck of Pickens Peppers
- 4th: Hugely Good News for Humans
- 1st: The Media Are Failing Us
- July 2008 (22)
- 31st: NRDC Recycling Tips
- 30th: Stuff
- 29th: The Answer, My Friend?
- 28th: Smart Financial Advice
- 25th: From Kabul to Kansas
- 24th: Foreign Affairs Isn't His Strong Suit, Either
- 23rd: Above the Clouds
- 22nd: McCain Would Raise Your Taxes
- 21st: Optimism, Hope, Gore . . . and the Washington Times on McCain
- 18th: The Transformative Decade
- 17th: And THAT Man's a DOCTOR!
- 16th: Phoning for 2 Cents a Minute Instead of $3.49
- 15th: What About $$$ You CAN'T Afford to Lose?
- 14th: Here We Go Again
- 11th: Not a Slurpee Drinker Myself, But . . .
- 10th: Bubbles
- 9th: Sally and the Surge; SYMS and a Hiss
- 8th: Cheer Up! Soon I'll Be Able to Enlist
- 7th: Touring the Devastation
- 3rd: Clay
- 2nd: $$$$$
- 1st: Not Good Enough
- June 2008 (21)
- 30th: If At First . . .
- 27th: Today . . .
- 26th: Pediatrics and Politics
- 25th: Eisenhowers for Obama
- 24th: Yankee Ingenuity
- 23rd: Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry
- 20th: 96 Barrels of Beer on the Wall
- 19th: The Enron Connection to $135 Oil
- 18th: By the Power Vested in Me . . .
- 17th: Bullish on America
- 16th: Let's Go Viral
- 13th: Lost
- 12th: Farming Wind
- 11th: 18 Million Cracks
- 10th: Bar Bets You Can Win
- 9th: It's Not All Bad News
- 6th: What Ketchup and a Map of the United States Have in Common
- 5th: Why Chlorinate Your Pool When You Can Grow Algae in It?
- 4th: Anger Management
- 3rd: Winning Bar Bets
- 2nd: Three-Minute Video (and What You DIDN'T See on TV)
- May 2008 (21)
- 30th: Fundraising Letters to Look Forward To
- 29th: Quit Smoking, Brush Your Teeth, Pay Off Your Credit Cards
- 28th: Honest Tea and Straight Talk
- 27th: Hope for Energy Efficiency - and Perhaps Even for FMD
- 23rd: How Borealis Could Save the World
- 22nd: Little Corporate Dishonesties
- 21st: We Do A Lot of Good Things in the World
- 20th: Snippets from the End of the World
- 19th: You Just Never Know
- 16th: So Sayeth the (California) Supreme Court
- 15th: Dick Cheney Has Better Health Insurance than You
- 14th: Inflate, Investigate, Instigate
- 13th: Tuesday, Bluesday
- 12th: Viewer Discretion Advised
- 9th: The K Street Express
- 8th: The True Inflation and Unemployment Rates
- 7th: This Man Gets on a Bus . . .
- 6th: Cake
- 5th: Fun / Not Fun
- 2nd: Putting the Con in Economics
- 1st: May Day! May Day!
- April 2008 (22)
- 30th: SPACs
- 29th: There May Be Hope Yet
- 28th: Allocating Among Vanguard Funds
- 25th: Money and Politics
- 24th: The Debt; The Race
- 23rd: Goose Bumps
- 22nd: The Court, Our Debt
- 21st: I'd Vote For You First, But Then For Someone Who Could WIN
- 18th: Filling Your Tank for Just $2 Someday
- 17th: BOREF, GLDD, RSW, COFFEE, OPERA - AND VOTING
- 16th: Equality
- 15th: Food
- 14th: Energy
- 11th: Volunteer
- 10th: Customer Service
- 9th: FMD and Senator McCain's Finance Guru
- 8th: A Night On Safari at the Opera with Your Chumby and Your Jungle Disk
- 7th: But Can an Elephant Rebalance Asset Classes?
- 4th: Pachyderm or Picasso?
- 3rd: Well, I Sure Got My Money's Worth Out of THIS Sunday's New York Times
- 2nd: Finally: A Liar to Admire
- 1st: April 1
- March 2008 (21)
- 31st: And How, Exactly, Will Living in a Cave Help?
- 28th: Dazzling Digital Deals
- 27th: An Orange Juice Tanker Hit Our Barge
- 26th: If the Taiwanese Go Nuclear, We Could Send in the British Navy
- 25th: Will These Sites Suit?
- 24th: Make Widgets, Not Warships
- 21st: A Very Funny Clip
- 20th: My Fourth iPhone
- 19th: How Bad? How Long?
- 18th: The Will of the People
- 17th: How Superdelegates Should Vote
- 14th: The Biggest Threat We Face
- 13th: Chickens Flying In From All Points
- 12th: Superpowers, Nose Rings, and Buddhism
- 11th: There Is A Pattern Here
- 10th: Nervous, Yes; Gorgonized - Never!
- 7th: Ah, the Smell of Carbon Paper in the Morning
- 6th: The Rules Rule
- 5th: Tips and Dips
- 4th: Less Than Zero
- 3rd: The WB
- February 2008 (21)
- 29th: It's Leap Year -- Take the Day Off
- 28th: TXCO, ACAI, CZAR, WFBJ
- 27th: Why You Have to Be 18 to Vote
- 26th: Acquitted in Under Two Hours
- 25th: Nader, McCain, and Rove
- 22nd: Three Good Ideas
- 21st: 18 Years Shacked Up with the Birds and the Bees
- 20th: Now, That's One Hot Grain of Sand
- 19th: This Can't Be Good
- 18th: This Can't Be Good
- 15th: The Check List and the Commish
- 14th: Landing Gear Down - Check; Hands Washed - Check
- 13th: The Life-Saving Checklist
- 12th: Superdelegates - Click the Link
- 11th: If the World IS Ending, Why Not Visit Paradise?
- 8th: One Republican Grandfather's View
- 7th: Good News, Bad News, Smartypants
- 6th: Seeing the Sunshine
- 5th: The Recycled Industrial Mesh that Holds Up Our Pouf
- 4th: Super Bowl, Super Tuesday
- 1st: Your Two Cents on My Two Cents
- January 2008 (23)
- 31st: Read This
- 30th: One Thin Dime
- 29th: If I Were a Rich Man - AII dil AII dil AII dil AII dil AII dil AII dil AII dil d'AII
- 28th: Go Dutch, Save Money
- 25th: Another Survey
- 24th: Is That Guacamole on Your Face or Are You Just Green with Envy?
- 23rd: Take My Survey -- Please!
- 22nd: Cucumbers
- 21st: Happy Birthday, Reverend
- 18th: Remember Bidil?
- 17th: Simulating a Florida Primary
- 16th: If We're Not Real, Why NOT Give Everyone Health Insurance?
- 15th: Snow Day
- 14th: And Here You Thought You Were Real
- 11th: Checking on Your Mutual Fund with Your iPhone from Costa Rica
- 10th: My Politics in 30 Seconds
- 9th: Dealing with the Stress of the Strike
- 8th: I'm Radioactive!
- 7th: Winning the Popular Vote
- 5th: The Recycled Industrial Mesh that Holds Up Our Pouf
- 4th: Kristol, Krugman, Sex, Etc.
- 3rd: 20 Financial Predictions
- 2nd: Happy New Year!
- December 2008 (22)
- 2007 (251)
- December 2007 (19)
- 31st: Bill Joy to the World: The Downside of Technology
- 28th: Give Mama a Llama
- 27th: Sunshine
- 24th: A Christmas Eve Message
- 21st: The 140-Degree Latte
- 20th: They Hate That
- 19th: Chickens Coming Home to Roost on Spaceship Earth
- 18th: A Grand Time to Make $1 Billion Teaching Computers to Write Software
- 17th: More Kurzweil
- 14th: Oh, Boy
- 13th: The Genius of Dual Flush
- 12th: The Earth Has a Fever
- 11th: Buy a Cactus
- 10th: 2011 Is Right Around the Corner
- 7th: FMD Changing Symbol to UGH
- 6th: What Was THAT?!
- 5th: Mozy
- 4th: Solutions
- 3rd: Anti-Symantecism
- November 2007 (21)
- 30th: Lights Out
- 29th: Symantec
- 28th: Obit
- 27th: Of Borrowers, Lenders, and 6,000 Applicants for 300 Unskilled Jobs
- 26th: If the Bank Fails, We Could Always Open a Restaurant
- 23rd: A New Spaculation
- 21st: TG
- 20th: Healthy, Wealthy, and With It
- 19th: A Clip You Should Watch to Save the World - With Hats
- 16th: Drive Smart and Social Security Will Be There When You Retire
- 15th: Green Laptops and the Unbox
- 14th: Tom Brokaw And Warren Buffett Write Today's Column
- 13th: Smart Cars to Drive in Palm Beach
- 12th: Mint, Green, and Purple
- 9th: Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome
- 8th: WaMu, Citi, and Chase
- 7th: American Business At Its Best
- 6th: Lenovo Recommends Vista - II
- 5th: Why We're In Iraq But You Should See Bee Movie Anyway
- 2nd: Our Less-Than-AAA Rating Agencies
- 1st: High Interest Checking and a Super Yield Money Market Account
- October 2007 (23)
- 31st: With His Severance, ex-CEO Could Buy Four BOREF's
- 30th: Who Got Merrill's $8.4 Billion?
- 29th: Big Ifs
- 26th: A $100 Investment for Your Kids
- 25th: A Good Day
- 24th: Finally -- Something Not Boring
- 23rd: Welcome!
- 22nd: Boring!
- 19th: Mud, Paper -- "Not Dollars" -- and Ambulatory Infusion Pumps
- 18th: The Most Boring Column I Ever Wrote
- 17th: Napping
- 16th: It May Be HAPNing
- 15th: 20 Calories Per Serving
- 12th: What Have We Done?
- 11th: Getting Mine
- 10th: Apple's Insensitivity (and Other Dating Tips)
- 9th: Design Your Own Pet
- 8th: For What Purpose Does the Gentlelady Rise?
- 5th: Whizzing Past Security
- 4th: Optimism
- 3rd: The Soul of Capitalism
- 2nd: Your Commitment
- 1st: Tough Year/s Ahead
- September 2007 (19)
- 28th: More Napping
- 27th: Just Nap for Two Weeks
- 26th: Competition, Junk Mail, and Condos
- 25th: I Am an Idiot
- 24th: The 400
- 21st: Legalize Wal-Mart
- 20th: Thanks, Mayor
- 19th: Stocks Up, Times Free, Sheik Fake
- 18th: Who ARE These Other 4 Billion People?
- 17th: Hoping for a Salad Spinner
- 14th: Scarred for Life by Friendly's Merger
- 13th: Don't Sell
- 12th: Reason Enough
- 11th: Cantango!
- 10th: First Mud, Now Paper
- 7th: Rudy Video and More
- 6th: Money Angles and Disposable Cups
- 5th: Commodity Funds; Gonzales and Rove
- 3rd: The Easter Bunny, The Planet, Warrants and Student Loans
- August 2007 (23)
- 31st: Eggplant And Asperger's
- 30th: Eggplant And Asperger's
- 29th: Worst Hotel -- Part Deux
- 28th: Fear of Cheesecake
- 27th: The Worst!
- 24th: A TSA Screener Responds
- 23rd: Magically Making Crest Disappear
- 22nd: View from Boots on the Ground
- 21st: Carpooligans
- 20th: Lower, Less, Less
- 17th: Should You Sell?
- 16th: More Galbraith
- 15th: Battery Life
- 14th: Find Me, Mine Me, Grind Me
- 13th: What to Sell? What to Sell?
- 10th: A Dictatorial Police State
- 9th: A Few Words About the French
- 8th: Pretty Stamps
- 7th: A Galbraith Quote You May Not Find in the Wall Street Journal
- 6th: Back Pain from Forever Drilling Through Metasediment
- 3rd: Reading Grantham Could Give YOU Debilitating Back Pain
- 2nd: Imagine
- 1st: Iran, Your Pool, My Tea
- July 2007 (21)
- 31st: Boiling Eggs in Your Pool
- 30th: Purple America
- 27th: Lots to See and Read This Weekend
- 26th: Young At Heart?
- 25th: Airplane 2
- 24th: Falling Behind the French
- 23rd: If We Don't Nuke Iran, We Could Nuke Your Pool
- 20th: Did He Shoot California in the Face, Too?
- 19th: Roosevelt, Vitter, & Bartlet
- 18th: Everyone Into the (Impeachment) Pool
- 17th: Wealthy, Healthy, and Wise
- 16th: 8.5 Stars, $8.50 a Share
- 13th: Serge Protectors
- 12th: Chlibby
- 11th: (Burn) This Old House
- 10th: SiCKER
- 9th: I'm Hurt! Call a Clerk!
- 6th: Live!
- 5th: Libby-rated
- 3rd: Up, Up and Away!
- 2nd: Which Finger Would You Reattach?
- June 2007 (20)
- 29th: Sex and the CFL
- 28th: Ask Not Watt Your Country Can Do for You
- 27th: WiFi Make You Itch?
- 26th: Can Openers
- 25th: I'm Back
- 21st: Isn't Life Wonderful?
- 20th: Alison - At Last
- 19th: People's Stories About Their Health Insurance
- 18th: People's Stories
- 15th: Four DON'Ts and a Bomb
- 14th: Bob Barr and Jon Stewart Agree
- 13th: Save 45% Even If You're Not Speaking to Each Other
- 12th: Don't Ask, Don't Translate
- 11th: The Iniquity of Inequity
- 8th: Borealis Gets a Dividend
- 7th: Fun and Games
- 6th: Cauliflower and Your Prostate
- 5th: Iran and Your Prostate
- 4th: The Boy with Spiders Living in His Ear
- 1st: Hanging Teenagers
- May 2007 (22)
- 31st: This Bank Will Throw Your Dog a Bone
- 30th: The Pinchot Retirement Program
- 29th: Iran, Iraq, Irat; Iranus, Iraqus, I Rant
- 25th: Views
- 24th: Flashlights to the Amazon
- 23rd: Time to Pay Attention
- 22nd: Like Father Like Son
- 21st: WATCH The Plane Move
- 18th: Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!
- 17th: These Six Year Olds Wear Ties
- 16th: Winning In Iraq and Fort Lauderdale
- 15th: 1.8 Million Species, But a Single Stamp
- 14th: Listen to the General
- 11th: A Graduation Day Gift
- 10th: I Miss You!
- 9th: Or You Could Buy Mom Some $3 Gas
- 8th: Yet More o' Borealis
- 7th: Borealis, Mud, and Cauliflower
- 4th: Forty-One Years
- 3rd: A Boy Named Sue
- 2nd: Road Trip!
- 1st: May Day
- April 2007 (21)
- 30th: Randy and George
- 27th: Really Good
- 26th: Moolah
- 25th: Be Your Own Little Credit Card Company?
- 24th: Your Fleks; Your Pooch
- 23rd: Sprint Mobile Cards
- 20th: Long Weekend
- 19th: We Are Now!
- 18th: Three Quick Ones
- 17th: Good News, Bad News
- 16th: Who's Running the Show
- 13th: Friday the 13th -- A Terrible Day To Do Your Taxes
- 12th: 1274 Pages, Unabridged
- 11th: Two Things
- 10th: My Turn
- 9th: Which Would You Choose: Love or Country?
- 6th: Mitt and Mawidge
- 5th: Rolling through Baylor with the East German Secret Police
- 4th: The Difference Is Day and Night
- 3rd: Citizenship
- 2nd: News From All Over
- March 2007 (22)
- 30th: Might 4,000 Planes Move?
- 29th: Net Magic
- 28th: Watch!
- 27th: The Forever Stamp
- 26th: YouTube Without The Cr*p
- 23rd: Good Deal on a Country Club Membership
- 22nd: I Can Still Smell That Wonder Bread
- 21st: When It Comes to Elections, These Guys Are Tough
- 20th: Israel, Interest Rates, and Absurdistan
- 17th: Those U.S. Attorneys (and TXCO and Designer Babies)
- 16th: Unintended Consequences
- 15th: Bite By Bite
- 14th: Magic Tweak and a Case for (Some) Cash
- 13th: Two Civil Wars (One Fictional)
- 12th: Trust Your Common Sense
- 9th: Magic
- 8th: You Give This Video 6 Minutes, It'll Give You the Next 40 years
- 7th: Er, Er, Costa Rica and Iran
- 6th: Big Cities
- 5th: Two Movies, One Hero, A Book, and an Idiot
- 2nd: Barbs, Barbara, and Borealis
- 1st: The Per Diems Will Last Longer If You Don't Smoke in Iraq
- February 2007 (18)
- 28th: Oops
- 27th: Budget Priorities
- 26th: The Words from Wyoming and Minnesota
- 23rd: One Continent Down . . .
- 22nd: Don't Sell
- 20th: Don't Lick the Toads
- 16th: From Lincoln to Lettuce to Lamb
- 15th: Patience
- 14th: No More Lightbulbs
- 13th: Borealis Sends a Demon Boy to Warn Me
- 12th: Abe
- 9th: 1001 Horsepower - I Want One!
- 8th: A Road to Peace
- 7th: More Free Food
- 6th: Free Shishkabob at the Hilton
- 5th: The . . . The . . . The . . .
- 2nd: Malcolm, Morgan, Joseph, Molly, Keith
- 1st: Molly
- January 2007 (22)
- 31st: Straight Talk About Tea and College Aid
- 30th: From Minimum Wage to the Wall Street Journal
- 29th: Strategy and Chocolate
- 26th: More Hope for Earth
- 25th: A Brighter Day
- 24th: Loco
- 23rd: Yes, MORE About CFLs - And Here's Why
- 22nd: Annoying Books
- 19th: A Great Idea
- 18th: The Anonymous Company Spokesman
- 17th: Four Minutes on Al-Jazeera
- 16th: This Rabbi Walks Into a Bar
- 15th: Doing My Taxes
- 12th: Beating the Market, Shattering Your Hand, Saving on Diamonds
- 11th: IIfx, CFL, WMT, FMD, FWIW
- 10th: Yummy, Honey
- 9th: The Hertz Lady, the Apocalypse, and $2.06 for Your Warrants
- 8th: The President Would Be More Effective If He Stopped Making Things Up
- 5th: The Hertz Lady
- 4th: And Yet Maybe They Shouldn't Recycle It Into Napkins
- 3rd: The Quarter-Billion Dollar War Games We Ignored
- 2nd: Betavacation
- December 2007 (19)
- 2006 (252)
- December 2006 (20)
- 29th: Chocolate Diet Coke
- 28th: $30 to Buy Better Bulbs
- 27th: Pet Stains, Exploding Light Bulbs, and Immortality
- 26th: Hope You Had a Great Christmas
- 22nd: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
- 21st: More Light
- 20th: Stanley Gets His Steemer to the 11th Floor
- 19th: Sorry; We're Closed
- 18th: We're All In the Top 40%
- 15th: How To Invest Your Money
- 14th: Snow Day!
- 13th: Chile
- 12th: Why This Column May Look Messy
- 11th: It's Not the Dogs' Fault
- 8th: Name This Column
- 7th: Leaving Sticky Notes for Your Kidnappers
- 6th: Polonium 210, FMD 53
- 5th: Party On!
- 4th: Topless Women
- 1st: Kuo
- November 2006 (21)
- 30th: Google on Your Cell Phone
- 29th: Michael Moore, Sy Hersh, Ted Koppel
- 28th: Ben Stein Gets It Right
- 27th: Dirty Dancing
- 24th: Burp
- 22nd: Thanksgiving
- 21st: Figs, Blimps, and Borealis
- 20th: Just How Rich Are You?
- 17th: Say You Win the Lottery
- 16th: Save a Fortune on Drugs
- 15th: Now the Gypsies Are Suing Borat
- 14th: Finally, Steve Forbes Has a Good Idea
- 13th: Borat
- 10th: More Hope
- 9th: Lou Gehrig Eating Pumpkin Spice Muffins in a Blimp
- 8th: 🙂
- 7th: Hope
- 6th: Short Strokes
- 3rd: Give It Up for Dick Armey
- 2nd: Good Clean Fun
- 1st: A Little Ribbing
- October 2006 (22)
- 31st: Let's Dress Up as an Ambassador
- 30th: Half a Brain
- 27th: Short Films
- 26th: The First 100 Hours
- 25th: The Well-Exercised Brain Does Not Misdial For Boobies
- 24th: If There's More Than One Of You, Can You Vote Twice?
- 23rd: How Much Sex Can You HAVE for $1.25?
- 20th: The Market, the Meanness, and the Magic
- 19th: Magic in a Microwave
- 18th: Leverage and Loverage
- 17th: It Was One of You Who Invented the Bleep
- 16th: Hope Is On the Way
- 13th: North Korea
- 12th: Apocalypse Now
- 11th: From Buffett to Borealis
- 10th: More Must See TV
- 9th: Chilled Fruit
- 6th: -Half- As Good As Gold
- 5th: On the Pews in Gander
- 4th: From His Lips . . .
- 3rd: Morons
- 2nd: Pirates Attack Rome
- September 2006 (20)
- 29th: Teach English in China Next Summer!
- 28th: Bill's View
- 27th: Inside
- 26th: Democracy and Aldabra
- 25th: Gas Prices
- 22nd: You Are Cordially Invited to Breakfast with Bishop Tutu, President Karzai and Queen Rania
- 21st: My Sediments, Exactly
- 20th: Is Your Brain Big Enough to Drive a Hydrogen Car?
- 19th: Hey Kids: Stay in School and Don't Smoke
- 18th: FMD, AK-47, and Balance
- 15th: Independents Day
- 14th: Your Spleen, My Spleen, We All Scream for . . .
- 13th: Maps
- 12th: Corrections
- 11th: Jujitsu
- 8th: Toothless Grin at the 18th Hole in Kabul
- 7th: Earn Cash in Your Spare Time: Be a Poll Worker
- 6th: On This Map, Almost All the States Are (in the) Red
- 5th: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld . . .
- 1st: Better Coffee for a Labor Day Weekend
- August 2006 (23)
- 31st: World's Deadliest Animal
- 30th: Palestinian Self-Criticism
- 29th: Once Again, A Positively Grand Time
- 28th: Happy Planet
- 25th: You'll Just Have to Feed the Hippo Something Else
- 24th: MY Readers (and a Housing Note)
- 23rd: $2.42. Here - Take It
- 22nd: Electric Cars II
- 21st: The Electric Car in Your Future
- 18th: Hilton Internet Connection
- 17th: It's WAY Broader than New Orleans
- 16th: Natural Selection
- 15th: Israel
- 14th: But I Regress . . .
- 11th: Back On Line
- 10th: The Skinny from Two Real Estate Insiders
- 9th: A Peculiar People
- 8th: The Real Estate Recession - Ouch!
- 7th: Cinnamon Tea and the 72 Vestal Virgins Who Await
- 4th: Mr. Sabatin's Dunums
- 3rd: More Good Green News
- 2nd: Don't Sell Your Borealis
- 1st: Lebanon
- July 2006 (20)
- 31st: Walmart Goes Green
- 28th: The Other Side of the Debate
- 27th: Hot and Bothered
- 26th: The Dog That Moos
- 25th: We Got Stucco
- 24th: Real Estate (Really)
- 21st: Bob's Father Was An Ape
- 20th: Billy Crystal on Global Climate Change
- 19th: Underarm Deodorant
- 18th: Inadvertant Andy Day
- 17th: Your Slice of the Pie
- 14th: Save July 29
- 13th: One Other Movie
- 12th: One More Movie and Frozen Peas
- 11th: How My Cell Phone Battery Could Save Medicare $100 Billion
- 10th: Extreme Cinema
- 7th: A Constellation of Pies
- 6th: Free Bumper Sticker, Your First-Class Dog
- 5th: Give Me a Break (Through)
- 3rd: Let Freedom Ring
- June 2006 (22)
- 30th: Good News and the Flag
- 29th: Kathi Sees the Movie
- 28th: Flag Burning
- 27th: The Irony of the 1% Doctrine
- 26th: A You-Tube, Two Stocks, and a Movie
- 23rd: Listen to the Poets of the Ocean
- 22nd: Merger!
- 21st: Light Summer Reading
- 20th: Create Your Own
- 19th: Caffeine-Free Diet Coke? Are You Kidding?
- 16th: See It Tonight
- 15th: Honest Tea-V
- 14th: Save $83,000 on Coffee
- 13th: Loose Ends and Monkey Mail (Really)
- 12th: Loose Ends and Monkey Mail
- 9th: One Way We're Like Bulgarian Newlyweds
- 8th: And Now THIS
- 7th: Why Not Pull for These People?
- 6th: More Monkey Mail
- 5th: Two Inconvenient Truths
- 2nd: Marry Me?
- 1st: The Tricycle MOVED
- May 2006 (22)
- 31st: Sell Your Puts
- 30th: The IQ of Bean Dip
- 26th: Memorial Day
- 25th: Seriously: See It
- 24th: Scary Movie 5
- 23rd: Bogle Blog Bog Log Loge Ogle Gob Glob Gel Leg
- 22nd: Karl Rove Indicted Last Week?
- 19th: Radioactive Bananas at the Center of the Earth
- 18th: The Absolute Power of Bananas at the Center of the Earth
- 17th: Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- 16th: The Dancing Dean
- 15th: One Cheer for Bananas, a Second for Shamos
- 12th: Join the Chorus
- 11th: Can You Tell Me Where the Camcorders Are?
- 10th: Cutting through the Medicare Drug Thing
- 9th: By Far the Biggest Stick. But . . .
- 8th: Can You Beat Gas Prices?
- 5th: Let's Put Dorian Gray's Picture on that Stamp
- 4th: Our Financial Box
- 3rd: Siberia By the Sea
- 2nd: Can You Hear Me Now?
- 1st: Self-Cleaning Government
- April 2006 (20)
- 28th: This Changes Everything
- 27th: Koko Speaks
- 26th: SPAC Spec
- 25th: Europe on $2,800 a Day
- 24th: Not As Lame As You Think
- 21st: 33 More Months
- 20th: Of Memoirs and Annuities
- 19th: Time for an AndyDay
- 18th: Moo
- 17th: Clare and Lulu
- 14th: Free Tax Prep
- 13th: I Want My Money Back
- 12th: Roses are Redolent; Violets, Pluperfect
- 11th: Annuities
- 10th: Barrels, Bibles, Bangles and Beads
- 7th: So Why Don't YOU Run for Office?
- 6th: When Would Jesus Bolt?
- 5th: Shifting Republican Priorities
- 4th: Without DeLay
- 3rd: Who Will Buy My Cookbook?
- March 2006 (23)
- 31st: How to Manage (Your Mother-in-Law's) $250,000
- 30th: Seduzione
- 29th: Did I Tell You to Click There? Oy! I Meant HERE!
- 28th: Call Home
- 27th: Jugglers Gone Bananas
- 24th: Wal-Mart, How to Manage $500,000, and a Great Speech
- 23rd: Fun and More Fun
- 22nd: I Before E Except After C
- 21st: Is This the Dawn of the Next Bull Market?
- 20th: Smarter to Book Two One-Ways?
- 17th: Hey, Plastic Brain
- 16th: A Must-Watch Video
- 15th: The Man Who Ate Five Democrats
- 14th: TOMORROW, The Man Who Ate Five Democrats
- 13th: A Strong Voice
- 10th: You'll NEED a Kitten After You Read This
- 9th: Taking the Day Off
- 8th: A Penny at 2% . . .
- 7th: Making $7.8 Billion for Yale
- 6th: FMD in Better Shape than USA?
- 3rd: How Your Government Works
- 2nd: A Talent Show and a Presidential Requirement
- 1st: Could Your Kid Win $6 Million a Year Playing Bridge or Shooting Baskets?
- February 2006 (19)
- 28th: The Latest From Bulgaria
- 27th: Say Your Aunt Owns an Airbus A320
- 24th: Leapin' Roombas!
- 23rd: Ooga Chakka, Ooga Chakka!
- 22nd: New Photo Breaks the Server
- 20th: Geo. Washington and Demeaning of Demeanor
- 17th: Up 79% - Now What?
- 16th: This Will Probably Just Annoy You
- 15th: So, When ARE We Going to Stand Together and Fight?
- 14th: Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People
- 13th: Supply Your Own N.R.A. Joke
- 10th: But Let's Get Back to Self Interest
- 9th: Girlawhirl
- 8th: That List of 14 Criteria - Again
- 7th: Every Steeler Got a $57,500 Watch
- 6th: Pretty
- 3rd: The State of Your Stem Cells
- 2nd: A Bummer for Your Hummer
- 1st: The Responsible Thing to Do Is to Borrow More
- January 2006 (20)
- 31st: Haben Zie Ein Seinfeld, Por Favor?
- 30th: Abramoff and Alito
- 27th: Tidbits
- 26th: Singing Nuns
- 25th: Can't We All Just Get Along?
- 24th: Bad
- 23rd: Medicare Part K
- 20th: Attack of the Angry Chihuahuas
- 19th: Gather Round My Luxury Sub
- 18th: And You Think YOU Have Problems
- 16th: Save $100 and a Loved One's Brain
- 13th: You're Doing a Heck of a Job
- 12th: A Grand Time - And Nobody Threw Up
- 11th: The Optimists Expect a Loss of $38 Million
- 10th: Beating the Market, Saving Democracy
- 9th: A Book Review
- 6th: Old News / New Observations
- 5th: Sit Right Down and Write Yourself a Letter
- 4th: Of Monomania and the Laffer Curve
- 2nd: How Do the Locusts Know?
- December 2006 (20)
- 2005 (250)
- December 2005 (21)
- 29th: A Secret about Your Heart
- 28th: $32 a Share No Matter WHAT
- 27th: Honey, Can You Get the Christmas Lights from Down in the Basement?
- 24th: The Perfect December 26 Message
- 23rd: 72 Hours - No Time for DeLay
- 22nd: Ad Homonym
- 21st: Best Christmas Card of the Year
- 20th: WWJD, TIVO, BOREF, NTMD
- 19th: Days of the Week
- 16th: Much To Say
- 15th: Good, Ears, Carrots, and Cards
- 14th: Sweet Carrots
- 13th: Spaceship Earth
- 12th: Good News If You Make $10 Million a Year in Dividends
- 9th: Snow Day
- 8th: On the Front Page in Norway . . .
- 7th: TEEVEE, TIVO, N-T-M-D, HO, HO
- 6th: Grades
- 5th: Market Timing
- 2nd: One Republican's Thoughts
- 1st: Ideas! Ideas! Ideas!
- November 2005 (21)
- 30th: Joan's Dad
- 29th: Good Deals and Turkey Drippings
- 28th: Dow 11,000 and Your House
- 23rd: Thanksgiving Reruns
- 22nd: NTMD, BOREF, LUX
- 21st: Confusing Drug Plans, Confusing War Plans
- 18th: George Abbott Was Still WORKING at 107
- 17th: Stocks and Real Estate
- 16th: Three Great Broadway Shows
- 15th: Party!
- 14th: Borealis Makes Page Six
- 12th: Holiday Gifts for Every Budget - II
- 11th: 051111 [and, a link to 051112]
- 10th: Beating the Market (Really, I Think)
- 9th: Why? Why? Why?
- 8th: What's Really Going on with France
- 7th: What's Really Going on with Libby
- 4th: Free Samples, Buddhist Pizza, and a Theory
- 3rd: People In Grass Houses . . .
- 2nd: Free Money (Better Flush Than Fluish)
- 1st: If Al Franken Had a Machine Gun in Diebold's Executive Suite
- October 2005 (20)
- 31st: Boo!
- 28th: FDR and Gandhi
- 27th: Go Back and Read Mon-Tues-Weds
- 26th: The Latest Borowitz Shocker
- 25th: Tamiflu - Now There's a Drug with Legs
- 24th: Remembering the Risks
- 21st: Wilma!
- 20th: Our Lack of Preparedness Could Make You Pull Out Your Hair
- 19th: Bulls, Bears, and Woodpeckers
- 18th: Priorities
- 17th: More of Your Wisdom for an October Monday
- 14th: Tips, Dips, and Quips
- 13th: Trojan.Vundo, No Less
- 12th: A Minister, A Priest, and a Rabbi
- 10th: Profits and Corruption
- 7th: Take These Jokes - Please!
- 6th: Send Me Some Jokes
- 5th: A DeLay in Our NTMD Profit?
- 4th: Country Funds, Mutual Funds, and Tobacco
- 3rd: The Republicans' Deep Bench
- September 2005 (21)
- 30th: Boring Money Stuff
- 29th: Profit Taking- 11 a.m. Update
- 28th: Books, Looks, and Schnooks
- 27th: The Work Penalty
- 26th: The Debt We Owe Republican Leadership
- 23rd: Press 1 for a Job, Press 2 for Pork, Press . . .
- 22nd: Of Debt and Penguins
- 21st: Economy: Meet Astronomy
- 20th: Debtors, Psychos, and Puts
- 19th: Oink, Oink
- 16th: Einstein's Bird
- 15th: Tomorrow: Einstein's Bird. But Today . . .
- 14th: Don't Sell Your Puts
- 13th: Drugs
- 12th: Marriage, Maher and More
- 9th: They Had Telephones In 1898?
- 8th: And We Got Hawaii!
- 7th: Two Questions for You
- 5th: We Found a Family to Help!
- 2nd: Falwell, FEMA, Floss, MRK
- 1st: The Catastrophe; Jude Law; Saving Big on Dental Care; NTMD
- August 2005 (22)
- 31st: Teeth, Science, Inflation
- 30th: Spicing Up Your Index Funds
- 29th: The Relative Merits of Teeth, Hummers, Puts and Shorts
- 26th: TIAA-CREF and Dwarf Tossing
- 25th: Amen
- 24th: Tomorrow: Interesting Salt. But Today . . .
- 23rd: Slingbox
- 22nd: Drugs, Generics, Puts, Iraq
- 19th: Funny Hats and Smelly Cheese
- 18th: A Tale of Two Stocks
- 17th: Look Who's Selling
- 16th: Don't Sell Your Oil Stocks II
- 15th: Don't Sell Your Oil Stocks
- 12th: Today's Column . . .
- 11th: Further Thoughts from a Lifelong Republican
- 10th: This Is Some Watermelon!
- 8th: Into the Woods
- 5th: China
- 4th: More Evolution
- 3rd: Can Borealis Evolve into a $100 Stock?
- 2nd: Borealis!!!
- 1st: Summer Browsing for a $5 Million Open Mind
- July 2005 (20)
- 29th: Married to an FBI
- 28th: I Think I'll Try Firefox
- 27th: It's Showtime (and a Few Words about Cults)
- 26th: 5 Reasons to Switch to Firefox
- 25th: Unless We Have Global Collapse . . .
- 22nd: Just a Few Quick Follow Ups
- 21st: Marrying for Money
- 20th: He Drank the Kool-Aid
- 19th: NTMD, 'Nightline' Rocks, 8-Year Marriages . . .
- 18th: Nitromed's 2 Cents
- 15th: From a CIA Classmate
- 14th: Whipsawed
- 13th: Maudlin
- 12th: You Gotta Read This Transcript
- 11th: The F Word and the M Word
- 8th: The Liberal Press
- 7th: Oil -- Here Come the Chinese
- 6th: A Tale of Two Stocks
- 5th: Can Prices Really Climb? Real Estate in Rhyme
- 1st: The Bubble
- June 2005 (21)
- 30th: PPD, World Domination, and Thy Neighbor's Ass
- 29th: PUCHA?
- 28th: He Quits
- 27th: News Flash: We've Been Conned
- 24th: Barack Obama's Commencement Address
- 23rd: SYM, PPD and a Yak
- 22nd: America First
- 21st: Saving Children's Lives Actually REDUCES Population Growth
- 20th: DO NOT!
- 17th: Quote, Unquote
- 16th: Questioning Fundamentalism
- 15th: Fascism Watch
- 14th: Gone Fishing
- 13th: Borealis and the Chairman
- 10th: Exxon Calls the Tune
- 9th: Whew! Uranium and Your Credit Card Junk Mail
- 8th: Any Enviro Docs Out There?
- 7th: Done Him Wvong
- 6th: And The Best News Of All Is That They Got A Tax Cut!
- 2nd: Take the Red Pill
- 1st: Cry for Me, Argentina
- May 2005 (20)
- 31st: Crew, Lacrosse, and Your PriUPS
- 27th: Love It Or Leave It
- 26th: Marty Is Breathing Again
- 25th: Of Quicken, Flypaper and Moyers
- 24th: Those Were the Days, My Friend
- 23rd: 911 for PBS
- 20th: Newsweek
- 19th: Bumper Sticker
- 18th: Of Nobel Prizes and Priuses
- 17th: What's Wrong with These Nobel Laureates?
- 16th: Team America? Team Freedom? No, Team . . .
- 13th: What's Wrong with This Picture?
- 12th: We Like Ike
- 11th: De Rekening
- 9th: Gas Mileage and Fascism
- 6th: Astonishing
- 5th: One Wonders Two Things
- 4th: Versus
- 3rd: Surgery
- 2nd: Are We Lagging Technologically?
- April 2005 (22)
- 29th: The Link That Explains It All
- 28th: The Prince and the Pauper
- 27th: Pills for Your Porc and the Cinnamon Play (Really)
- 26th: Pills for Your Porc and the Cinnamon Play
- 25th: Barry Goldwater's View
- 22nd: The Meek? They're Just Lazy
- 21st: Comforting the Comfortable
- 20th: Is the News Bad in a Forest If No One Reports It?
- 19th: It Gets Worse
- 18th: Dow Update
- 15th: Print Your 4868 Here
- 14th: Energy Crisis? What Energy Crisis?
- 13th: Apples, Sprouts, and Coffee
- 12th: A Grand Time and a Grand Bargain
- 11th: 90% off the Philharmonic
- 9th: Compassion
- 8th: Compassion
- 7th: And the Winner for the Best Economy Is . . .
- 6th: Viewing Your Roof from Outer Space
- 5th: Maureen Dowd on Curveball
- 4th: Absolute Power
- 1st: Islands in the Stream
- March 2005 (23)
- 31st: David Bruce Has Done His Taxes
- 30th: Basic Fairness
- 29th: Do Home Prices Need a Living Will?
- 28th: The View from Morgan Stanley
- 25th: Neigh, A Living Will Is Not Enough
- 24th: The $64,000 Question
- 23rd: From Mogambo to the Comptroller General
- 22nd: Click for Mogambo
- 21st: How to Play the Real Estate Bubble
- 18th: Visit the Monkeysphere
- 17th: Free Calls, Free Trade
- 16th: Dog, God, $$$, Flu, Hump
- 15th: Paws with a Cause
- 14th: Woof!
- 11th: Minimum Wage Bankruptcies Sprouting Up All Over
- 10th: Boil, Salt, Eat, and Click
- 9th: A Global Minimum Wage
- 8th: A Grand Time to be Rich and Powerful
- 7th: Good Advice from Jezediah Squimatsu
- 4th: The Little Engine that Could
- 3rd: Summer Shares
- 2nd: Computer Hell
- 1st: Enough with the Rebates
- February 2005 (19)
- 28th: Your Stocks, Rebates, Lint, Tivo - and House
- 25th: Washing Your Dryer
- 24th: TiVo and Rebate Mavens
- 23rd: The Hump and the Jump
- 22nd: Name Your Child Tivo and Get $100 Rebate
- 18th: Visitor Discretion Advised
- 17th: Finally, Some Financial Advice
- 16th: More Free Software
- 15th: That Hump
- 14th: Maps and Boots
- 11th: Over the Top
- 10th: Dean LeBaron's View
- 9th: We Could Borrow Another $150 Trillion
- 8th: $900 Billion - for a CROWN?
- 7th: Ah, Brave New World of Dentistry
- 4th: He Keeps Talking About It, So So Will I
- 3rd: We Already HAVE Private Accounts
- 2nd: Jailing the Social Studies Class
- 1st: His Grandpa INVENTED Social Security
- January 2005 (20)
- 31st: Free Calls, Chinese CDs, Terror
- 28th: Something for Democrats to Chew On
- 27th: Guns, Butter, and Caviar
- 26th: Would You Filch Your Daughter's College Fund?
- 25th: A Difference in Philosophy
- 24th: Should You Bet Everything on the Dollar?
- 21st: Chinese Money
- 20th: Jeb
- 19th: The Skype Is Falling! The Skype Is Falling!
- 18th: In Diebold We Trust
- 14th: A Lot More of Your Tax Dollars at Work
- 13th: Words To Live By
- 12th: Google Puts and Soap Slivers (Really)
- 11th: Google Puts and Soap Slivers
- 10th: Frango Mints and A.G. the New A.G.
- 7th: Pat Revealed
- 6th: Disrobing Pat
- 5th: Gee-Gees
- 4th: A Word, A Scam, And More
- 3rd: A Story and a Quiz
- December 2005 (21)
- 2004 (249)
- December 2004 (22)
- 30th: The Rapture Index Hits 155
- 29th: Bearish Buffett
- 28th: A Word About Our Planet
- 27th: A Trillion Here and a Trillion There
- 24th: You Want Reindeer? Click Here.
- 23rd: More Social Security
- 22nd: Calling Home for the Holidays
- 21st: Social Security Crib Sheet
- 20th: Social Security Crib Sheet
- 17th: Shake a Snow Globe
- 16th: Oh, Me, Oh MY, oh.
- 15th: China 2.2 cents, Cleveland 2.5 cents
- 14th: Flying Your IRAs to Costa Rica First Class
- 13th: Russia, China, Chile, Chad . . . This Diamond Fake is Really Rad
- 10th: Sell Apple, Eat a Strawberry
- 9th: Buy a Scarf, Sell an Apple, Eat a Strawberry
- 8th: Invisible Buttons - A Neat Bit of Programming
- 7th: Can YOU Beat the Market?
- 6th: Beating the Airport Slots
- 3rd: And CBS Said: Thou Shalt Not Advocate Inclusion On THIS Network
- 2nd: Out of Print Books, Out of Guts Networks
- 1st: Well, Do YOU Wear Pajamas?
- November 2004 (19)
- 30th: Two Views
- 29th: Presto! You're Up 49%
- 24th: Free Books, Cheap Calls, I Called Borealis, Burning in Hell for Eternity
- 23rd: Safe and Secure
- 22nd: Free Books
- 19th: Shhh! - Part 2
- 18th: Shhh!
- 17th: Of Acorn Squash and Condoleezza Rice
- 16th: Duccio di Borealis
- 15th: Tugging Jets Through Kansas
- 12th: Come Back Tomorrow
- 11th: Bin Reading
- 10th: Tugging Les Voters
- 9th: Good News on Borealis?
- 8th: Notes From a Fundamentalist
- 5th: Haricot Vert
- 4th: Four More Years
- 2nd: A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind
- 1st: Catholic? Born Again? Jewish?
- October 2004 (21)
- 29th: An Update on Your Stocks. But First . . .
- 28th: One Curse Down, One To Go
- 27th: John Bogle Knows Value
- 26th: It's Kerry, 31 to 2
- 25th: I Made a Big Mistake Friday
- 22nd: Joke, No Joke
- 21st: The Fat Lady Has Grasped the Armrests of Her Chair
- 20th: President Kerry and Your Money
- 19th: Orwell, Orwell, Orwell
- 18th: Googapuss
- 15th: The 394-Year Download
- 14th: Your Money
- 13th: Debate Prep
- 12th: Wanna Buy Some Wood?
- 11th: It Was All Paul O'Neill's Fault
- 8th: A Compassionate Conservative
- 7th: Bombs, Breasts, and an 8.8% Yield
- 6th: Just the Man to Call If You Oppose Head Start
- 5th: Timber Profits and a Little Melondrama
- 4th: Timber Profits and a Must-See Movie
- 1st: A Good Night
- September 2004 (21)
- 30th: The Word from Crawford
- 29th: 5 Quick Ones
- 28th: Change Horses or Drown
- 27th: Seven E-Mail Rules That Will Change The World
- 24th: The Word from the Right
- 23rd: E. L.
- 22nd: If This Is My Last Column, You'll Know Why
- 21st: Nits, Gnats, Cats and More
- 20th: Talking Points
- 17th: We're Going to Win
- 16th: Reassuring Prasanth - 2
- 15th: Reassuring Prasanth
- 14th: Nader, Kerry, Bush
- 13th: The Issues Made Simple
- 10th: Pretty Rotten
- 9th: We Are All Campaign Strategists Now
- 8th: A Smart System for Thinning Junk Mail; Smart Thoughts on Roth IRA Conversions
- 7th: The Keynoter, the V.P., and the A.G.'s Wife
- 3rd: 30 of Bush's Flip-Flops
- 2nd: Please Read This One
- 1st: Garrison Keillor
- August 2004 (22)
- 31st: Some Mora Borealis
- 30th: Welcome, Republicans
- 27th: Your BCCI Account Has Been Closed
- 26th: Oh, Heck - Let's Hear from Someone Who Was Actually There
- 25th: Of Index Funds and Politics
- 24th: Don't Mess With Texas (REALLY Really)
- 23rd: Don't Mess With Texas (Really)
- 20th: What Matt Miller Has Learned from Charley
- 19th: Why We're Gonna Win
- 18th: Krugman on the News
- 17th: Do YOU Carry Three Photo IDs and Know Kerry's Health Plan?
- 16th: Where To Put Your Money Now?
- 13th: The Ever Narrowing Free Speech Zone
- 12th: Please Watch This
- 11th: Pray for Us
- 10th: Pickles
- 9th: Neither Compassionate NOR a Conservative?
- 6th: You've Got to Watch This Video
- 5th: Can Comedy Central Really Have the Best News Show?
- 4th: Protecting America
- 3rd: Reagan on Bush, Oliphant on Kerry
- 2nd: Ye Olde Tax Cuts
- July 2004 (21)
- 30th: Speeches, Debates, and Your Money
- 29th: Watch THIS
- 28th: How It Looks NOW
- 27th: $800,000 for Him, $4 for You
- 26th: Your Taxes; Your Country
- 23rd: Do You Know Anyone Who Lives Abroad?
- 22nd: Two Perspectives
- 21st: The Two Things About The Two Things
- 20th: Just Because He's Smarter and Got More Votes Doesn't Mean He's Wrong
- 19th: They Distort, You Decide
- 16th: Verizon Ate My Homework
- 15th: A Good Day for America
- 14th: And the Free-o Treo Goes to . . .
- 13th: Bruuuuuce!
- 12th: What's Next?
- 9th: Free the Treo 300
- 8th: You're Not in the Bottom 97% - You're in the Top 100%!
- 7th: More Good News
- 6th: Good Apples
- 2nd: Have a Great Weekend!
- 1st: Conservative Critics
- June 2004 (22)
- 30th: John Maynard Keynes on Fahrenheit 9/11
- 29th: Real Soon Now? Fat Chance!
- 28th: How Will These Stories End?
- 25th: Take in a Movie
- 24th: Borealis, Again
- 23rd: Sculpture
- 22nd: Stupid
- 21st: Personal Loans
- 18th: Listen to Molly
- 17th: Laying Blame Where's It's Due
- 16th: A Smidgeon of Personal Finance
- 15th: Your Last Words on This Topic
- 14th: If You Own No Oil Stocks
- 11th: The Presidential Debates - Really
- 10th: The Presidential Debates
- 9th: Apples and Corn
- 8th: Dollar v. Euro; Neutral v. Objective
- 7th: Two Deaths
- 4th: Nutty Stocks, Corn for Guys on the Go, Jogging in Iraq
- 3rd: Smelly Bonds
- 2nd: The Real Economic Plan
- 1st: Good Food, Good Works, Good Grief
- May 2004 (20)
- 28th: Have a Great Weekend
- 27th: The Other Two Movies
- 26th: Three Movies
- 25th: Fun with Economic Statistics
- 24th: Winners for the New World
- 21st: What the Party Believes
- 20th: 1% More Interest; 4.4 Fewer Divorces
- 19th: The Deep End
- 18th: Welcome to Los Angeles
- 17th: From Pat Buchanan No Less
- 14th: Measuring Inflation, Yield, and God
- 13th: Work Harder - My Taxes Are STILL Too High
- 12th: 501c-6's (Did You Say SIX-es???)
- 11th: Meet 43
- 10th: Your Money - A Slew of New TIPS
- 7th: Counting the Votes
- 6th: Scary Stuff
- 5th: Spelling Radiation CensoRship and More
- 4th: Let's Talk About Money
- 3rd: Cycling Through the Dead Zone
- April 2004 (22)
- 30th: Other Points of View
- 29th: Next Week - Back to Money, I Promise
- 28th: And Now for the Conservative View
- 27th: Holding a Wolf By Its Ears
- 26th: Woodward, Albright and Berger
- 23rd: But Can This Chicken Juggle?
- 22nd: Egg On My Face
- 21st: King of Your Own Domain
- 20th: Cheapless in Seattle
- 19th: Woodward (Oh - and Should We Abolish the Senate?)
- 16th: LEAPs, TIPS - and a Movie!
- 15th: A Tremendous, Immediate Yawn
- 14th: Numbers
- 13th: Watch Out Dell - Here Comes IBM!
- 12th: Hole In One
- 9th: TGIGF
- 8th: Condo, Condi, and More
- 7th: Real Estate - Part 2
- 6th: Real Estate
- 5th: Yawning Penguins Let Al-Qaeda Metastasize
- 2nd: Closed-End Funds and a Graphic
- 1st: April Fun
- March 2004 (22)
- 31st: Listen to Al!
- 30th: Democrats Are Wimps
- 29th: A Possible Pattern
- 25th: Transcripts
- 24th: Two Thousand Bottles of Beer on the Wall
- 23rd: Selling Some TIPS
- 22nd: Ignoring the Threat
- 19th: Give It Up for Krugman
- 18th: The Bears and the Bushes
- 17th: Shrimp and Shrub
- 16th: Give It Up for Granny
- 15th: Matt Miller, Bette Midler (and Chicken)
- 12th: Which Would YOU Choose?
- 11th: Money - Little and Big
- 10th: Protect Your Pet, Soop Up Your Google
- 9th: Could This Make YOU Money?
- 8th: Science Schmience; Martha and George
- 5th: Wait a Second!
- 4th: Politics!
- 3rd: Polyamorous Mutual Funds
- 2nd: $ocial $ecurity, TIPS, Polygamy
- 1st: Mayor Richard Daley
- February 2004 (18)
- 27th: Let's Spend the Weekend Together
- 25th: Getting Rich Slow, Quick, and Til Death Do (Some of Us) Part
- 24th: Trust the CEO?
- 23rd: Science, Schmience
- 20th: Betting on Bush
- 19th: Converting Pounds to Dollars
- 18th: More on Marriage, Pounds to Dollars
- 16th: Buy! Sell! Marry!
- 13th: Golly, Miss Molly!
- 12th: Bonds, Priceline Refunds, Treasury Secretaries, Returning Vets
- 11th: Converting Pounds to Dollars
- 10th: Your Further Thoughts About Taxes
- 9th: Meet The Press
- 6th: "What Do You MEAN, 'I Don't Pay Taxes?!'"
- 5th: "What Do You MEAN, 'I Don't Pay Taxes?!'"
- 4th: What SHOULD the Top 1% Be Taxed?
- 3rd: What SHOULD the Top 1% Be Taxed?
- 2nd: Is This a Great Country Or What?
- January 2004 (19)
- 30th: Debbie Does Dartmouth
- 29th: You Mean You DON'T Make $250 Million a Year?
- 28th: 401(k) vs 529 . . . Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
- 27th: Lieutenant Bush
- 26th: Polish and Politics
- 23rd: January Bounce, Etc.
- 22nd: Scoobie - Don't!
- 21st: State of the Union
- 20th: Still Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
- 16th: Earth in the Balance -- Watch This
- 15th: Advice For An 84-Year-Old Mom
- 14th: Straws and Blimps in the Wind
- 13th: You Need a Blimp Like You Need a Hole in the Head
- 12th: Two Books and a Movie
- 9th: Tidbits
- 8th: A Republican Take on the Bushes
- 7th: Inadvertent Hindsight - A Y2K04 Problem
- 6th: Making Twelfth Grade Optional
- 5th: I'm Back
- December 2004 (22)
- 2003 (244)
- December 2003 (21)
- 30th: Googling Over Audible As We Married Guys Support the Troops
- 29th: Paul Krugman's New Year's Resolutions
- 26th: Absquatulate
- 24th: Holiday Joy
- 23rd: Year-End Tax-Selling -- And Buying
- 22nd: US Against the World
- 19th: Your Thoughts on Marriage
- 18th: Don't Click Here
- 17th: My Bad
- 16th: Three Sites Without Machine Guns
- 15th: A Great Day for Freedom
- 12th: Madam, I'm Tomlin
- 11th: Transferring Joe's Videos to DVD
- 10th: Medical Research - and More
- 9th: Yet Mor-A Borealis
- 8th: Fun for the Whole Family - and More
- 5th: Amending the Constitution
- 4th: The Economy on Speed
- 3rd: Watch It!
- 2nd: Music (and Books)
- 1st: How I Know Time Travel Will Be Possible (Though Maybe Not Stem Cell Research)
- November 2003 (18)
- 26th: Music, Mortgages and More
- 25th: Music!
- 24th: Bi-Monthly Umbrellae
- 21st: One More Reason to Avoid Actively Managed Funds
- 20th: Free Money; Real Stories
- 19th: Marriage TIPS
- 18th: Borealis' Boeing Hire
- 17th: More Free Money
- 14th: Molly on the GWB Disconnect
- 13th: Putting Your Mouth Where George Soros' Money Is
- 12th: Can Isaac Get a Mortgage If He Dismembers His Neighbor?
- 11th: Is There ANYTHING They Do Right?
- 10th: A Speech Worth Reading
- 7th: Unprecedented
- 6th: Bananas - and Another Radioactive Topic
- 5th: Bananas
- 4th: GWB: Reluctant Warrior; John Lewis: Warrior for Civil Rights
- 3rd: 7.2%, the Yuan, Car Insurance
- October 2003 (21)
- 31st: A Way to Play the Dollar?
- 30th: Warren's Warning - and Way Out
- 29th: Hoax Busters, Earbuds, Bananas
- 28th: You Could Buy One Share or Two Light Bulbs
- 26th: Air France, Genocide, and the Plague
- 23rd: The Kid Stays in the Picture
- 21st: If the Man in the Moon Owned Palestinian Mutual Funds
- 20th: Google THIS, Henry Fonda
- 17th: A Penny for My Thoughts
- 16th: Extraterrestrials Are Not Buying Borealis
- 15th: Site Is Down
- 14th: More Cheap Calls for Better 403(b) Plans
- 13th: I Predict: No Mail Today
- 10th: Of Moonies and Marriage - Part 2
- 9th: What Have These Real Estate Prices Been Smoking?
- 8th: Before You Inhale
- 7th: Agreeing on The Legacy
- 6th: Sam Waksal & George Bush
- 3rd: Uh, Oh -- Religion
- 2nd: Former Senator Max Cleland's View
- 1st: Insuring Wasteful Credit Card Marriage
- September 2003 (21)
- 30th: A Leaky Environment
- 29th: Whose Math Do You Trust - Allan Sloan's or W's?
- 26th: #1 Best Seller
- 25th: Constitutional Amendments
- 24th: Champagne and Chickens
- 23rd: You're Richer Than You Thought
- 21st: John Adams Re-reconsidered
- 19th: Generalissimo Francisco Franco Is Still Dead
- 18th: How Often Does a 38-Year-Old Go Out?
- 17th: Give It Up for Matt Miller
- 16th: 9/11
- 15th: "The OC"
- 12th: Your Feedback On Taxes
- 11th: 9 - 11
- 10th: Feedback
- 9th: The Fog of War and Tax Policy
- 8th: See Biscuit
- 5th: Of Subbookkeepers, Old Folks, and Dirty Power
- 4th: Googling a Chorus of Consonants
- 3rd: Social Security
- 2nd: Fair and Balanced -- or a Scam?
- August 2003 (20)
- 29th: Somora Borealis
- 28th: Googling the Education Gap
- 27th: More Google
- 26th: The Utility of Deregulation
- 25th: Google Wins
- 21st: Is There a Pattern Here?
- 20th: A Maniac for Two Bits Lying in the Street
- 19th: Found Money
- 18th: Timber 2
- 15th: Doing My Taxes By Candle Light
- 14th: Wood
- 13th: It's the 13th
- 12th: Cod to Queen's Bishop Fox
- 11th: Ooo, Le, Le!
- 8th: Talking Cod
- 7th: From the Right and the Left
- 6th: Rhodes, Cod, TIPS, Bishops
- 5th: A Radio Hightower
- 4th: Reading the Social Cues
- 1st: Schmorealis
- July 2003 (22)
- 31st: With This Refund, You Could Buy Salt
- 30th: Your Feedback
- 29th: TIPS and Other Tips
- 28th: Alchemy for the New Age
- 25th: Hydrogen Cars -- The Real Energy Story
- 24th: Cheap Sleep, Your Credit, Our Candidate
- 23rd: Putting Kevin's Kin Through Kollege
- 22nd: Foolish Calculators and Griping GIs
- 21st: Tax Cuts for the Average Joe
- 18th: Have a Crazy, Fake, Bi-Partisan Weekend
- 17th: Crazy Hospital Charges
- 16th: Beating Uncle Out of $600
- 15th: Compensatory Time Off
- 14th: The Texas Miracle, The Florida Miracle, and Rush
- 11th: Crazy
- 10th: More Advice for Daniel S.
- 9th: More On Your Credit Score
- 8th: If . . .
- 7th: Erik Gordon Is Not Dead
- 3rd: Out Trapping Lobsters
- 2nd: Daniel: Don't Read This. Will Make You Too Crazy.
- 1st: The $495,000 Starter House
- June 2003 (22)
- 30th: Al Franken on Class Warfare
- 27th: 6-3
- 26th: Icy Indifference
- 25th: Watch What You Say
- 24th: What Do Scientists Know?
- 23rd: Where, Oh, Where Are Woodward & Bernstein?
- 20th: How's Your Credit Rating?
- 19th: Praisin' the Raisin
- 18th: Free at Last . . .
- 17th: Two Minute Movies
- 16th: The Chair of the New York Fed - Fed Up
- 13th: Paying Your Bills - The Sequel
- 12th: Double Click
- 11th: Should the Dow Go to Jail for Speeding?
- 10th: Help Me Win a Bumper Sticker
- 9th: Real Estate, Real Inflate
- 6th: ABBA
- 5th: Tell Him Your Plans
- 4th: Does It Matter?
- 3rd: TIPS - Tipsy?
- 2nd: The Revolting and Unforgivable Taxcut
- 1st: The Revolting and Unforgivable Tax Cut
- May 2003 (20)
- 30th: No (Rich) Child Left Behind
- 29th: The New Tax Bill And Your Retirement Plan
- 27th: Mark Foley Wants to Be My Senator
- 25th: I'm Rich! I'm Rich! This Is So Cool!
- 23rd: Long Weekend
- 22nd: Bush versus Buffett
- 21st: Your Government at Work
- 20th: My Stupid $20.91 Bill
- 19th: Monday Fun
- 16th: My Woman
- 15th: 24 Hours
- 14th: Four Things
- 12th: Four Voices: Three Strong, One Weak
- 9th: Up 63% on a Filibuster
- 8th: But What If You Make $30,000 and Have Two Kids?
- 7th: Sanctimony
- 6th: Few Things Make Me Prouder
- 5th: A Few More Questions and the Final Word
- 2nd: All Hands on Deck
- 1st: And Now, A Word Or Two About Money
- April 2003 (21)
- 30th: Not ONE of You Favors Incest -- Or Santorum
- 29th: Your Mutual Fund: A Raspberry or a Tomato?
- 27th: The President v Andrew Sullivan
- 24th: OK, Let's Get REALLY Jiggy
- 23rd: Talking Trash
- 22nd: Starving the States
- 21st: You Paid for It - Enjoy!
- 18th: Take the Quiz!
- 17th: More Price Grabbin'
- 16th: Become an eCaptain?
- 15th: How Come You All Know So Much about Vlad the Impaler?
- 14th: Price Grabber
- 11th: Vlad the Impaler; Soros Redux
- 10th: Hurry! Hoorah! HooIRA!
- 9th: Of Soapy Baptisms and Budget Deficits
- 8th: Macroeconomics and Your Money
- 7th: Red, White, and Broke
- 4th: Dinky Winky
- 3rd: The Hawk at the Village Voice
- 2nd: Praying for Bush, A Tooth Lengthening - All That and Andy Rooney
- 1st: Your Feedback
- March 2003 (20)
- 31st: TIPS (and Other Tips)
- 28th: Other Voices
- 27th: When You Have Nothing Nice to Say
- 26th: One More Reason Not to Sun-Bathe Naked on Your Roof
- 25th: Borrowing Massively to Cut Taxes for the Best Off
- 23rd: Buying Uranium from Niger
- 20th: A Hopeful Prediction
- 19th: Watch What I Do, Not What I Say
- 18th: Did My Florida Tax Today
- 17th: How About a Lamb Chop on Your Head?
- 14th: Oh, Yum!
- 13th: Food for Thought
- 12th: Maybe Get a Little Duct Tape After All?
- 11th: The Boss Speaks
- 10th: The Cop and the Firefighter
- 7th: Our National Debt
- 6th: What's Fair?
- 5th: Rest Easy, God Is On Our Side
- 4th: Cutting Uncle Sam's Deficit and Your Own
- 3rd: If Only Iraq's CEO Would Open a Roth and Go to Hell
- February 2003 (18)
- 28th: Tyson - Enough to Make an Investor Chicken
- 26th: Having To Pay $40 Million In Tax On $100 Million In Income
- 25th: Oy - Such a Film Trove!
- 24th: Relax - It's Just Plague
- 21st: Corrections and Amplifications
- 20th: Trizonality
- 19th: Handy On-Line Financial Calculators
- 18th: Insane, But in a Good Way
- 14th: Taxation Without Representation
- 13th: Molly's Bose Earphones in Lizard Lick, Iraq
- 12th: Out Buying Duct Tape
- 11th: All Ears
- 10th: Iraq: Pro and Con
- 7th: Dam - Toad Suck is a DAM!
- 6th: Today Has Been Canceled
- 5th: Slamming Spam in Knockemstiff, Ohio
- 4th: Conglomeration
- 3rd: Cell Hotels.com, Buy Jet Blue
- January 2003 (20)
- 31st: Mr. Sterling - Tonight on NBC at 8
- 30th: Where Would We Be Without Molly?
- 29th: The State of the Chicken
- 28th: Nineteen Percent of Us Are in the Top One Percent
- 27th: More Thoughts About the 10 Men and the $100 Dinner
- 24th: Your Thoughts on the Idiotic Thing About the 10 Men and the $100 Dinner
- 23rd: Have You Forfeited American Express Points?
- 22nd: Who Owns Mickey Mouse?
- 21st: Two Short Must Reads
- 20th: That Idiotic Thing About the 10 Men Going to a $100 Dinner
- 17th: Come Back Tomorrow, Please
- 16th: Wide-Eyed, I'd No IDEa, divIDEends, That ID-iotic Thing
- 15th: Wishful Thinking
- 14th: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm 94?
- 13th: More . . .
- 10th: Tang, Time, and Tax
- 9th: Freeing Dividends from Tax
- 8th: A New Apollo Project
- 7th: Well, IS the Stock Market Safe Again?
- 5th: Is the Stock Market Safe Again?
- December 2003 (21)
- 2002 (246)
- December 2002 (18)
- 30th: Madam, I'm Addled
- 27th: Abducted By Elves
- 23rd: 2002 1221 2002
- 20th: OnLine Home Base
- 19th: A Little of Everything
- 18th: Here's an Idea: Let's Fund the S.E.C.
- 17th: TIPS: Buy Direct or Via Vanguard?
- 16th: IBM 4 - But No More!
- 13th: Time for More Bonds? (Probably Not.)
- 12th: Twelve Twelve Twelve
- 11th: IBM - Part 3
- 10th: Poor IBM - Part 2
- 9th: Poor IBM
- 6th: Earn 37% Tax-Free
- 5th: Ad-Aware; Let's Fund the SEC
- 4th: More 529 Choices
- 3rd: Is that a 529 I See on the Verizon?
- 2nd: A 14.85% Yield?
- November 2002 (17)
- 27th: Poor Mother Earth
- 26th: Cleaning Like a Guy
- 25th: Time to Rebalance?
- 22nd: Cleaning Like a Guy
- 21st: Of Peruvian Chickens and Referees
- 20th: Does Dave Need Life Insurance?
- 19th: Your Thoughts - From Iraq to Carrots to Horse Meat
- 18th: Jury Duty: Not So Bad
- 14th: I Don't Want to See the Factory - Please Pass the Salt
- 13th: Next You'll Be Wanting Me to Clean the SOAP
- 12th: A Real Estate Correction and One Other
- 11th: Overview
- 7th: Your Feedback
- 6th: When You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say . . .
- 5th: Turn-Out
- 4th: Vote for the Slimeball?
- 1st: Things You May Not Have Known About Jeb Bush
- October 2002 (21)
- 31st: The Diamond, the Doofus, and the $80 Deluxe Suite
- 30th: It's the Courts, Stupid!
- 29th: Slimeball
- 28th: Diamonds Are for . . . ?
- 25th: Buy Her a DVD? A Car? A War Bond?
- 24th: Jack Bogle; Cheap Software
- 23rd: Your Comments
- 22nd: OK
- 21st: Let Them Do Sit-Ups
- 18th: Of Taxes, the Church, War and Mammy
- 17th: War and Peace
- 16th: Jeb
- 15th: Two Thoughtful Statements on Iraq
- 11th: Rob Responds
- 10th: A Pro-Palestinian View
- 9th: Bubble, Bubble -- Real Estate Trouble?
- 8th: Dick Davis #35
- 4th: Bush Rules!
- 3rd: In the Old Days, You'd Check with the Better Business Bureau
- 2nd: Is Anyone to Blame?
- 1st: Harvard's President on Anti-Semitism
- September 2002 (22)
- 30th: Using Uncle Sam's Money
- 28th: Less Casual Saturday
- 27th: ANOTHER Very Casual Friday
- 26th: CAESAR, TIVO, SEASONS, PICKS, AOL
- 25th: The Difference Between Airlines and Drug-Makers
- 24th: Pledging Allegiance To AOL
- 23rd: False Alarm: It's OK to Drink Pepsi
- 21st: Patrick Buys a New Motorcar
- 20th: Casual Friday
- 19th: An Anchovy Pizza with Dick Davis #34, Hold the Fed
- 18th: Maybe They Should Hire the Scientists from the Tobacco Institute
- 17th: Dick Davis #33: The Market Has Its Own Agenda
- 16th: A Further Point About Points
- 13th: Good News, Macro and Micro
- 12th: Dollar-Cost Averaging, Again
- 11th: 9/11
- 10th: BULL, Says Less to the Bears
- 9th: Bull or Bear
- 6th: Dow 5000
- 5th: Dick Davis!
- 4th: Coffee, Tea and TiVo
- 3rd: A Second Cup
- August 2002 (22)
- 30th: A Cup of Coffee
- 29th: Are You in the Wrong Section 529 Tuition Plan?
- 28th: Traditional Deficit Republicanism
- 27th: More Real Estate
- 26th: Is It Worth Paying Points?
- 23rd: Salty Weekend Reading
- 22nd: Are We the Next Japan?
- 21st: Jeb - Part 2
- 20th: Jeb Bush Stands By His Man
- 19th: Pressing Matters
- 16th: Under Six!
- 15th: Health Notes
- 14th: Grapefruit
- 13th: Talk Among Yourselves
- 12th: The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow. Or One of These Days.
- 9th: Psycho-Shift
- 8th: Roses . . .
- 7th: Another Rate Cut?
- 6th: Summer Rerun
- 5th: Hotels and Hoffer -- in Haifa?
- 2nd: Stupid AND Evil?
- 1st: One Stupid Liberal Curled Up at the Movies with a Diet Coke
- July 2002 (22)
- 31st: Your Cell Phone Has an E-Mail Address!
- 30th: Gloating and Floating
- 29th: Eureka! Coke Sinks!
- 26th: Should We Be Able to Deduct MORE than $3,000 in Losses?
- 25th: Well, THAT Was Fun!
- 24th: Time to Nibble? I Bought Stocks Today!
- 23rd: Are We There Yet?
- 22nd: Market Can Only Go Up from Here, Says Dick
- 19th: Three Good Ones
- 18th: Despair, Get Your Butt on Down Here
- 17th: Our CEO
- 16th: Now, Harvey
- 15th: Good News Would Be Bad News - If There Were Some
- 12th: Dick Davis: Why Markets Go to Extremes
- 11th: Thoughts on the Market
- 10th: Is That a Bic in Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Trying to Blow Up the Plane?
- 9th: Pray All You Want
- 8th: How About It?
- 5th: Who You Callin' Rich?
- 3rd: Well? IS There a Real Estate Bubble?
- 2nd: Is There a Real Estate Bubble?
- 1st: Is This the Bottom? - Part 2
- June 2002 (20)
- 28th: Is This the Bottom?
- 27th: Fatten Your Wallet AND Your Recording Capacity
- 26th: Three Little Speculations
- 25th: Dick Davis #23-#24
- 24th: The Real Estate Bubble
- 21st: Less, Robert, Steve, Debra and the Mystery of the Pregnant Queen
- 20th: True
- 19th: Dick Davis on the Insignificance of News
- 18th: Let's Write a Novel
- 17th: More Dick Davis (20-21)
- 14th: Indeed
- 13th: The Estate of French Nurses
- 12th: Should the Estate Tax Apply to Index Funds?
- 11th: The Estate Tax Bite on Some Who Oppose It
- 10th: Borrowing from Your Kids
- 7th: Wise Ass
- 6th: Dick Davis on Index Funds
- 5th: A Billion Here and A Billion There and . . .
- 4th: And What If You Were Using Your Fingers Instead of a Calculator?
- 3rd: It Depends on What Your Definition of "Obscene" Is
- May 2002 (22)
- 31st: Take the Money You Save on Hotels and Keep It Fully Invested
- 30th: Kill the CFO? Put Him to Work? Boycott Exxon
- 29th: Dick Davis, Breasts, and More
- 27th: Who's Looking Out for the Other Shareholders?
- 24th: Dick Davis - Items 8-11
- 23rd: Dick Davis - Item #7
- 22nd: Dick Davis - Part 2
- 21st: Who's Dick Davis?
- 20th: Should We Make the Tax Cuts Permanent?
- 17th: An e-String Around Your Finger
- 16th: I-Bonds Again
- 15th: More on Financial Planners
- 14th: Steward! There's a Financial Planner in My Overhead Compartment!
- 13th: Adopt a Classroom
- 10th: Am I Too Gloomy?
- 9th: A Lone Voice in the Liberal Wilderness
- 8th: Mergers, 529s, Pocket Holes
- 7th: What They're Saying In the Official Arab Press
- 6th: Fixing Our Finances
- 3rd: Is 63 Too Old to Start?
- 2nd: Cheap Digs and the Three-Kick Rule
- 1st: Getting a Cheap Room in Jerusalem for Your Friend's Gay Son
- April 2002 (22)
- 30th: Can I Switch IRA $ to a 529?
- 29th: An eMail from Saul Kramer
- 26th: Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be -- But This Could Help
- 25th: Brain Closed for Repairs
- 24th: Short-Term Bonanza, Long-Term Crunch?
- 23rd: Trapped with My Broker - Part 2
- 22nd: An Stock to Consider
- 19th: Click . . .
- 18th: Can Value Line Beat an Index Fund?
- 17th: Hey, Kids -- Free Smokes!
- 16th: Life Is Not a Business
- 15th: A Look Back at November 27, 2000
- 12th: Your Wife, Your Copyright, Your Professional IQ
- 11th: Help! My Home's Getting Too Valuable!
- 10th: Pedal, Please
- 9th: Vision Warrior
- 8th: Miles for Tax Payments
- 5th: Feedback
- 4th: Oy.
- 3rd: Closed for Refueling
- 2nd: 2.9 Cents a Minute?
- 1st: Cheap Phone, Flat Tax, Mint Coke
- March 2002 (20)
- 28th: Drink to Peace
- 27th: Wino, Wino, Wino Did I Ever Start This Thread?
- 26th: Three Good Reasons
- 25th: Good Question
- 22nd: Springtime Diversification
- 21st: Goldie Goes to Bhubneshwar
- 20th: Brock Inverses - Switching From Left to Right
- 19th: Then Why Not Give Greenspan the Vestal Virgins?
- 18th: Covering the Boob and Drawing the Line at Justice
- 15th: A Slightly Higher Yield
- 14th: Clever Headline TK
- 13th: Another Roth Plus and an Open Letter (Not Mine) to Crown Prince Abdullah
- 12th: The Three-Account Strategy; Funds-of-Funds; Tivo
- 11th: When To Use Limit Orders
- 8th: More Short Stories
- 7th: Lucy, Tivo and the Peso
- 6th: Really? He Anointeth His Head with Oil?
- 5th: What to Hold in a Roth vs. a Traditional IRA
- 4th: Investors: This Is Really Important
- 1st: Short Iraqi REITs at Twice the Price
- February 2002 (20)
- 28th: Andy Day: No Columns Feb 29 or 30
- 27th: UGMA, Ugh and TiVo
- 26th: Demystifying . . . Something?
- 25th: UGMA - and Enron
- 22nd: David and Arianna
- 21st: More Free Money
- 20th: Buy on Bankruptcy
- 19th: Free Money
- 18th: My Favorite Valentine
- 15th: If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead?
- 14th: Where Does the Money GO?
- 13th: Boref & Noble
- 12th: The Pro Who Shorted Enron
- 11th: More Long-Term Care Insurance
- 8th: Rolling Down the Yield Curve
- 7th: From Lithuania to Long-Term Care Insurance
- 6th: Priorities: YOU Decide
- 5th: McWhortle: A Very Small Cap Indeed
- 4th: Ah, the Things We Take for Granted
- 1st: Lowering the Capital Gains Rate To ZERO
- January 2002 (20)
- 31st: Discourage Waste, Not Work
- 30th: Ground Hog Day
- 29th: Lowering Your Capital Gains Rate (Really)
- 28th: Lowering Your Capital Gains Rate
- 25th: Spaceship Earth
- 24th: Amazon; Cow Accounting
- 23rd: Could Ken Lay Afford an Italian Mortgage?
- 22nd: Japanese Vampire Tanks Up at Sunoco, Not Enron
- 18th: Enron
- 17th: Minty Fresh Breath -- $2.99
- 16th: I Broke MuniDirect!
- 15th: Exxon's Response
- 14th: New Year's Review
- 11th: But Don't (Necessarily) Sell Your XOM
- 9th: Exxoff
- 8th: Hip Hop
- 7th: Over My QUIVERING Dead Body
- 4th: Piping Up for Bush
- 3rd: More New Year Mishmash
- 2nd: Happy New Year!
- December 2002 (18)
- 2001 (249)
- December 2001 (19)
- 28th: The Treaty of Tripoli
- 27th: He's Not Gonna Resign - Get Over It
- 26th: Have a Donut
- 24th: We Did It!
- 21st: Our Country, Our Constitution, and the Bible
- 20th: Poor? It's Your Own Fault
- 19th: Marble? Shag? Parquet?
- 18th: Buy the Book?
- 17th: Oysters - Part II
- 14th: Oysters
- 13th: Anything Here Worth Our Attention?
- 12th: Removing Wallpaper
- 11th: How Much of YOUR Money Is in the Cayman Islands?
- 10th: Meet the Vice Pressident
- 7th: The Rich Get Richer (Thank Heavens!)
- 6th: Schedule Change
- 5th: A Grand Time
- 4th: Ah, Hindsight
- 3rd: Boing!
- November 2001 (20)
- 30th: Earn 45% -- Fully Secured
- 29th: Smoking Potpouri
- 28th: Going Up?
- 27th: Calico Cats - II
- 26th: Let the Private Sector Do It
- 21st: Conservatives Who Part Ways with Ashcroft On This One
- 20th: Turns Out It's Not the Black Cats You Have to Watch Out For
- 19th: Energy Policy: Le Boeuf et Le Salmon
- 16th: Getting Rich -- It's So Easy!
- 15th: Greed
- 14th: The New I-Bond Rate: 2%
- 13th: Mike Bloomberg, New York's Mayor-Elect
- 12th: John Adams with Bose Speakers
- 9th: What -- No Upgrade?
- 8th: Used Books
- 7th: The Tax Tirade
- 6th: Go, Cisco! Go vote!
- 5th: Travel Advisory
- 2nd: Taunt? Theme? Refrain? Lament?
- 1st: Stimulating Tax Cuts
- October 2001 (23)
- 31st: Boo! Scary Economic Policy
- 30th: It's Not Just ADRs!
- 29th: Is "Buy and Hold" Old Hat? (Really)
- 26th: Is "Buy and Hold" Old Hat?
- 25th: Is It Unpatriotic to Short the Dow?
- 24th: Homeopathy, Hackers and High Efficiency
- 23rd: Homeopathetic? 90 mpg? Your Geothermal Home?
- 22nd: Oscillococcinum, Not Cipro
- 19th: Rev?on, Seatbelts, and a Big Part of the Solution
- 18th: Columnists
- 17th: Your Next Vacation (Really)
- 16th: Your Next Vacation
- 15th: You've Lost Weight!
- 12th: Second Opinions
- 11th: Don't Worry -- Be Happy!
- 10th: Take Heart!
- 9th: Take a Tax Loss But Stay in the Game?
- 8th: I-Bonds, Idea, Iran, I Am that I Am
- 5th: Osama bin Laden -- a Transsexual?
- 4th: Fly Someplace, by God!
- 3rd: San Francisco, Gaza and Afghanistan
- 2nd: Blowback and The Jerusalem Post
- 1st: Israel
- September 2001 (19)
- 28th: Two Analyses
- 27th: Why They Hate Us
- 26th: How You Pay Your Bills - Part II
- 25th: The Economist, the Herald, and NPR
- 23rd: A Different Kind of War
- 21st: Overslept!
- 20th: A Marine's Mom Speaks
- 19th: We've Won!
- 18th: Letter from an Afghan
- 17th: It Was My Fault
- 14th: More
- 13th: Now What?
- 12th: No Words
- 11th: No Words
- 10th: Good Deal (Updated)
- 7th: Starting a New Business?
- 6th: PayTrust
- 5th: What Bibliophiles You Are!
- 3rd: WHO KNEW? An Important Money-Saving Tip
- August 2001 (23)
- 31st: Puff, Puff 2
- 30th: Puff Puff
- 29th: Borrowing to Buy Munis
- 28th: More TIPS Tips
- 27th: The Bullish Case for Stocks and 20 Specific Recommendations
- 24th: Summer Rerun
- 23rd: TIPS Tips and TiVo
- 22nd: Deep Thoughts.
- 21st: An American in Paris
- 20th: Bye-Bye Surplus; Hedging Your Portfolio
- 17th: The Widow Linda and . . .
- 16th: Searching My Archives
- 15th: Four Quick Ones
- 14th: The Missile Shield
- 13th: The President's IQ - Part II
- 10th: Mistaken Identity
- 9th: Of Undiversified 401(k)s and Unworthy Mutual Funds
- 8th: More 80-Year-Old Men
- 7th: More Good News If You're a Wealthy Oil Guy
- 6th: The Bush IQ (and Offshore Tax Havens)
- 3rd: Exercising Your Incentive Stock Options - Part III
- 2nd: Suited to a Tea; Trent Lott, Man of the People
- 1st: Exercising Your Incentive Stock Options - Part II
- July 2001 (20)
- 31st: Exercising Your Incentive Stock Options
- 30th: Junk Bonds Wobbly Gyros, and Marriage Bonds
- 27th: The Legal Blonde, the Sleazy Bank, The Begged Question, and the Gift Annuity
- 26th: How the World Really Works
- 25th: Prudential's Imminent Demutualization
- 24th: Sorry!
- 23rd: Here Come The $300 / $600 Checks!
- 20th: Painting the Tape
- 19th: Follow-Ups
- 18th: The $500 Billion Popsicle
- 17th: Dog, Gain, Link, Link
- 16th: QUIDS, Pros, and Cons
- 13th: My Lucky Day!
- 12th: Don't Buy My Book
- 11th: The 50-Year Loss Carryforward
- 10th: Money Market Funds
- 9th: CN, But First a Word About Bread
- 5th: Some Other Good Things About The Tax Cut
- 3rd: Lucky Us
- 2nd: Fuzzy Math
- June 2001 (20)
- 29th: Did You Say . . . Tobacco? Or 'To Backhoe'?
- 28th: Try, Try Again
- 27th: Cheap Eats, Cheap Sleep
- 26th: Berlin Braces for Tornado
- 25th: Ex-Dividend Date for Smokers on Santorini
- 22nd: Irish Need Not Apply
- 21st: Summer's Here!
- 20th: Or You Could Just Buy a Used Saturn
- 19th: Tobacco and Tax Havens
- 18th: Little Bank, Neat Idea
- 15th: Finding the Next Buffett
- 14th: Maybe We Should Give Orphans Marlboros . . .
- 13th: He's . . . Snortling?
- 12th: Is Your Mutual Fund Manager Gorgeous?
- 8th: When You'll Get Your $300 -- and What To Do With It
- 7th: Good Deals
- 6th: Did You Click on This Value Site?
- 5th: An Exasperation of Morons
- 4th: Calton - and (Keep Reading) a Few Words about Index Funds
- 1st: There's No W in the hite House Keyboard!
- May 2001 (21)
- 31st: Some Good Things about the Tax Cut
- 30th: The Name Game
- 27th: Memorial Day, TiVo, A Ridiculous Stock . . .
- 24th: London Observer
- 23rd: 42% -- Guaranteed
- 22nd: A Cabana in Havana
- 21st: Historical Footnote
- 18th: Calton Homes
- 17th: COO-BA - Part 2
- 16th: COO-BA!
- 15th: P/E HOG
- 13th: No Column Today
- 11th: Mom
- 10th: The Liberal Press
- 9th: Privatizing Social Security - Part II
- 8th: Fly Fishing
- 7th: Chicken Delight
- 4th: Privatizing Social Security
- 3rd: Fishing . . .
- 2nd: IBM and the Holocaust - II
- 1st: IBM and the Holocaust
- April 2001 (21)
- 30th: Voice Mail Tricks and Easter Eggs
- 27th: AT&T Wireless
- 26th: Uh-Ohs
- 25th: What You Didn't See on 'Meet the Press'
- 24th: TiVo and Tax-Frees
- 23rd: Floods and the Tooth Fairy
- 20th: Are You Ready for the Flood?
- 19th: Are You Ready for a Heart Attack?
- 18th: Gunning for a Tax Cut
- 17th: A House of Cards -- and a Plain Old House
- 16th: Credit Card Reflux; Reagonomics Redux
- 13th: Malcolm in the Middle, Florida in a Muddle
- 12th: Dinner Out: An Hour to Eat It, 39 Years to Pay It Off
- 11th: A Good Year to Convert to a Roth IRA?
- 10th: Free Stuff
- 9th: Analyze THIS
- 6th: Why Does Anyone Listen to Analysts?
- 5th: Awaiting the Fat Lady
- 4th: Are You Getting 100% or 3%?
- 3rd: What Advice Would YOU Give These 400 MBA Candidates?
- 2nd: More Puts
- March 2001 (22)
- 30th: Life's Asterisk
- 29th: Cheap Suits and Campaign Reform
- 28th: Ralph W. Nader
- 27th: Selling Puts
- 26th: How Low Can We Go?
- 23rd: Used Car Ad
- 22nd: Plugs and Poesy
- 21st: Ask Less
- 20th: It's Different This Time
- 19th: $end Ca$h
- 16th: Friday Wrap-Up
- 15th: Hoes, Butts, and Haikus
- 14th: Jewish Haikus
- 13th: Is THIS the Bottom?
- 12th: Power Shift
- 9th: Tainted Money
- 8th: Tidbits
- 7th: Step Right Up
- 6th: Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday . . .
- 5th: The Old Dog Ate My I-Bonds
- 2nd: Your Tax Feedback
- 1st: My Life Is Now Complete
- February 2001 (19)
- 28th: The Bush Tax Cut
- 27th: More TiVo
- 26th: Why There Are 24 Hours in a Day
- 23rd: Tax Nits
- 22nd: Quick Takes
- 21st: Don't Count Your Double-Digit Chickens
- 20th: Clickle Trickle
- 16th: Clickles - At Last!
- 15th: Loose Ends
- 14th: Your Options, L.J.'s Sweater, Etc.
- 13th: A Few Words of Caution
- 12th: Take the Day Off
- 9th: The Death Tax; Weekend Reading
- 8th: Two Things
- 7th: 401(k)s at 15% -- and More TiVo
- 6th: Airfares and Education
- 5th: Bird Guts and Cheap Shirts
- 2nd: Their Kids, Your Money
- 1st: TiVo!
- January 2001 (22)
- 31st: The A & P and the J
- 30th: Education vs. the Estate Tax
- 29th: Denim . . . the Sequel
- 26th: Do NOT Buy . . .
- 25th: Cancer, Anyone?
- 24th: My KEYCHAIN Has a Higher IQ Than Some PEOPLE
- 23rd: Four Suggestions for AOL
- 22nd: Your Annual Life Insurance Check-Up
- 19th: Kids and Money
- 18th: Bioterrorist Installs Dim Bulbs
- 17th: More Biotech
- 16th: Follow-Up: Books on Tape
- 15th: Follow-Up: Bio-Tech Root Beer from Equifax
- 12th: Our Astounding Bio-Tech Future
- 11th: A Uniter, Not a Divider
- 10th: Recommendations
- 9th: Is the Gloom and Doom Overdone? Too Rare?
- 8th: Get Rich Fast with Commodities Speculation
- 5th: Sending the Grandkids to College, Commutatively
- 4th: Rothschild Started as a Coin Dealer, Too
- 3rd: Oh, Wonderful!
- 2nd: Give me a T! Give me a U!
- December 2001 (19)
- 2000 (251)
- December 2000 (20)
- 29th: Drive Safely!
- 28th: Losers
- 27th: Tom Kabat's Excellent Idea
- 26th: Dimples, Pimples . . . Where Will It End?
- 22nd: Warm and Bright
- 21st: Important Two-Liners You May Not Have Considered
- 20th: QuickSearch, QuickBrowse, QuickStocks
- 19th: And Speaking of Dim Bulbs . . .
- 18th: President of ALL the People
- 15th: Closed-End Funds - IV
- 13th: The Planet's New Leader
- 12th: xgshfjg
- 11th: Two Reasons This Is a Great Country
- 8th: Closed-End Funds - III
- 7th: Source Code! Source Code!
- 6th: Closed-End Funds II
- 5th: Closed-End Funds
- 4th: Count or Concede!
- 3rd: Count or Concede
- 1st: Crashing Stocks, Hamlet, and More
- November 2000 (21)
- 30th: Hold the Fort, Waterboy!
- 29th: First-Hand Accounts
- 28th: I-Bonds, X.com, Junk, Spunk and Funk
- 27th: Going for Yield; Counting the Votes
- 24th: The Fifty-First State
- 22nd: Thanksgiving
- 21st: Three Things You Should Know
- 20th: More MONEY!
- 17th: MONEY!
- 16th: The View from Abroad - II
- 15th: Views from Abroad
- 14th: The Adams Family
- 13th: We Live in Interesting Times
- 10th: I've Got a Better Idea
- 9th: I'VE Got an Idea
- 8th: If I've Said It Once . . .
- 7th: Please Vote Your Self-Interest
- 6th: Are There No Orphanages?
- 3rd: Forget the DWI -- Where's the Trillion?
- 2nd: Question
- 1st: The Surplus vs the Debt
- October 2000 (22)
- 31st: Ghosts and Goblins
- 30th: Apparently, I'm Not the Only One Who Thinks Ralph Nader Is a Big Fat Idiot
- 27th: Saving for College; Hank Gillette for President
- 26th: Privatizing the Debt
- 25th: Gore is Going to Win - II
- 24th: Gore is Going to Win
- 23rd: The Market
- 20th: Potpouri
- 19th: Four Unrelated Items
- 18th: Equal Time
- 17th: Which Candidate Can You REALLY Trust?
- 16th: Tomorrow
- 13th: Friday the 13th
- 12th: The Market Collapse
- 11th: Tonight's Debate: A Kiss Is Just a Kiss, A Sigh is Just a Sigh
- 10th: Three Good Ones
- 9th: Lower Taxes
- 6th: The Death Penalty - II
- 5th: Life Insurance and Build Your Own Creature
- 4th: Adventures in IPO Land
- 3rd: Tonight's Debate
- 2nd: The Last Word on Watermelon
- September 2000 (20)
- 29th: How to De-Seed Watermelon
- 28th: Cooking Like a Guy™
- 27th: Steve Meyer's Wheel Of Misfortune
- 26th: Low-Cost Variable Annuities
- 25th: Betting the Ranch
- 22nd: Opting for Foreign Stocks
- 21st: Deep-In-The-Money Calls -- Who'd Sell 'Em?
- 20th: Feedback
- 19th: You Bought Options?
- 18th: Searching -- Archives and Buttons
- 15th: Top Ten
- 14th: Avoid that 10%-20% Retirement Surcharge
- 13th: Found Money!
- 12th: Feedback on the Issues of Our Day
- 11th: Feedback on the Lesser Issues
- 8th: Maybe I Should Give This Genius $20,000
- 7th: A Novel Mutual Fund Fee Structure
- 6th: I Give a Young Genius $20,000 to Beat the Market
- 5th: Could This Really Be Optimal?
- 1st: Risk Grades
- August 2000 (22)
- 31st: Investment Clubs
- 30th: Divisive Issues
- 29th: ValuEngine.com
- 28th: No Guts; Phone Home
- 25th: Are You Ready to Be Your Own Fund Manager?
- 24th: Read His Lips
- 23rd: Loose Ends
- 22nd: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
- 21st: On Being Partisan
- 18th: The Party's Over
- 17th: Amendments
- 16th: Net Worth / Self Worth
- 15th: Party On!
- 14th: The Convention Hasn't Started, and Already I'm Exhausted
- 11th: Internet Tidbits
- 10th: The First Embarrassment is Having to Find Mauritania
- 9th: Well, If He Couldn't Be a Doctor . . .
- 7th: Tax Cuts
- 4th: The Week's Feedback
- 3rd: Kill the One-Cent Stamp
- 2nd: Buy High, Sell Low
- 1st: Friends Write . . .
- July 2000 (20)
- 31st: Any Boy - II
- 28th: Hi-Yo Silver!
- 27th: Reversion to the Mean Coin Flippers
- 26th: A First Look at Dick Cheney
- 25th: No Column Today
- 24th: What's $1.70 Worth?
- 21st: The Long View II
- 20th: The Long View
- 19th: Short Takes
- 18th: Where to Put $15,000
- 17th: Of Extravagance and Parsimony
- 14th: A Good Site for Cheap Life Insurance
- 13th: SOME Dot.coms Are Still Willing to Give Away the Store
- 12th: Do You Need an Estate Plan? Do Your Folks?
- 11th: What Every Bartender Should Know about Magic
- 10th: Tech Stocks vs Tech Funds
- 7th: Free Palms, Hell, Lobster, and a Cash Stash
- 6th: Three Handy Things
- 5th: TIPS and I-Bonds As Investments Within a Roth IRA?
- 3rd: Where Do Maine Lobsters Come From?
- June 2000 (22)
- 30th: What They're Teaching at Medical School
- 29th: G.O.D. , Amazon, and Professional Money Managers
- 28th: Copenhagen and Copyrights III
- 27th: Copenhagen and Copyrights II
- 26th: Modern Magic
- 23rd: Zeke and Josiah
- 22nd: Summer Re-Runs?
- 21st: G.O.D.
- 20th: Copenhagen and Copyrights
- 19th: Thor He's a Jolly Good Fellow
- 16th: Stepped Out for Lunch, Back Soon
- 15th: Voting, Schmoting
- 14th: Would Ralph Nader Buy a Rolex?
- 13th: The Honor Virus
- 12th: Ralph Nader Really IS a Big Fat Idiot
- 9th: How the Housewife of 2000 Will Clean Up
- 8th: Dear Dr. Laura
- 7th: Has Warren Buffett Got a Deal for You?
- 6th: Imprudential, Yet Again
- 5th: More Stupidity
- 2nd: Stupid and It's the Economy, Stupid
- 1st: Buying a Single Share as a Gift
- May 2000 (21)
- 31st: Tellme
- 30th: Maytag? Are You Listening?
- 26th: It's Amaizing!
- 25th: Annuities Again
- 24th: Are you a Rep or a Dem?
- 23rd: Are You Bullish or Bearish?
- 22nd: Reader Mail
- 18th: OK, Then -- Click HERE
- 17th: The Second Best Thing I've Read All Year
- 16th: Register
- 15th: Series I Savings Bonds
- 12th: An Investment That Guarantees You'll Beat Inflation (Before Taxes, Anyway)
- 11th: Where To Put Money You'll Need In 5 Years
- 10th: How Should You Allocate that 401(k)?
- 9th: Allocating Your Assets
- 8th: Little Guy Investing
- 5th: Reader Mail: Free Trades, Cheap Power, MYM Quotes, the March
- 4th: The Best Thing I've Read All Year
- 3rd: Real Estate Investment Trusts
- 2nd: Historical Quotes (and Dividends!) - II
- 1st: It's 10 O'Clock. Does Your Insurer Know Where Your Car Is?
- April 2000 (20)
- 28th: PS: Annual Reports, First Class, Freetrade
- 27th: Annual Reports II
- 26th: Flying First Class
- 25th: Goop
- 24th: Looking for . . .
- 21st: The Matrix Stew
- 20th: Andy Day
- 19th: The Virtual Broker
- 18th: Virtually Free
- 17th: It's the End of the World!
- 14th: Now That I Have Only 4 Readers Left
- 13th: The Column Too Embarrassed to Have a Title
- 12th: The Final Word on Mining - I Promise
- 11th: Cooking Like a Guy™
- 10th: Loose Ends
- 7th: Oh, God, It's the Mining Thing Again
- 6th: Are Margin Accounts Risky?
- 5th: Cheap Gas, Spackling With Colgate . . .
- 4th: Going Private
- 3rd: Wise Words from a Republican
- March 2000 (23)
- 31st: Black Tie Optional
- 30th: Wacky Web Site
- 29th: Cheap Gas
- 28th: A Stock That's Still Surely Going to Zero
- 27th: MYM and Molydumum
- 24th: Sites You Like
- 23rd: Back to the Salt Mines
- 22nd: Let's Hear It for Metal!
- 21st: Munis, Life Insurance
- 20th: Up 18% in Three Days
- 17th: Beating Taxes
- 16th: Squeeze the Shorts?
- 15th: Omahaha
- 14th: Five Stocks You Should Consider
- 13th: Descartes Did Not Die of Lung Cancer in Kokomo
- 10th: Omaha
- 9th: Boosting the Folks' Retirement
- 8th: Take the Day Off
- 7th: Fund Costs
- 6th: California Props
- 3rd: Reader Mail
- 2nd: And Still It's Indiana
- 1st: The Short Story
- February 2000 (19)
- 29th: Some Things I Didn't Know about John McCain
- 28th: Three Signs
- 25th: Three Sites
- 23rd: Insuring Your Portfolio
- 22nd: Bong, Bong - You're Dead!
- 18th: Reader Mail
- 17th: Options
- 16th: Those Lovable Tobacco Execs
- 15th: The Marriage Penalty
- 14th: Love Is in the Air
- 11th: The Lunatics Take Over - Yippee!
- 10th: Slightly Frightening E-Mails
- 9th: Explosive Cooking News
- 8th: Saving for College - Part II
- 7th: Short Takes
- 4th: What Every Beneficiary Should Know About Her Dad's IRA
- 3rd: Mutual Fund Expenses Are a Drag
- 2nd: Friendly Suggestions
- 1st: Important Things to Know
- January 2000 (21)
- 31st: Nervous About the Market
- 28th: More Free Money
- 27th: My 1000th Internet Column
- 26th: Reader Mail
- 25th: It Is SO Hard - Your Feedback
- 24th: Stock-Splitting Parrot Jokes You Can Post on Your Own Registered Web Site
- 21st: Cooking Like a Guy™
- 20th: Why, Overpriced As I Think It Is, You Should NOT Short Yahoo
- 19th: Our Little Stock Quadrupled!
- 18th: IRA Withdrawals
- 17th: Happy Birthday . . .
- 14th: Live Free or Die
- 13th: It Is SO Hard
- 12th: AOL Swallows Time
- 11th: Grow or Die?
- 10th: Free Stuff, Hunger, and Y2K
- 7th: Knock, Knock. Yahoo's There?
- 6th: Deals and Meals
- 5th: Cooking Like a Guy™
- 4th: Yahoo!
- 3rd: Why - Too Kautious?
- December 2000 (20)
- 1999 (253)
- December 1999 (22)
- 30th: Anything Is Possible
- 29th: What's Wrong with the Hunger Site?
- 28th: Free Food from Priceline.com
- 27th: Tax-Buying?
- 23rd: A Christmas Poem
- 22nd: Tax-Deductible Vacations
- 21st: Food for Thought
- 20th: Yup. Nope.
- 17th: It's Andy Day!
- 16th: Vitamins, Herbs and Grapes
- 15th: So How DO You Pay for College?
- 14th: Variable Universal Life to Pay for College?
- 13th: Cooking Like a Guy™
- 12th: Special Sunday Birthday Edition
- 10th: - Will There Be a Y2K Panic?
- 9th: Sell Before Y2K? Dig Up Dinosaurs?
- 8th: Used Laptops, Dryer Lint and Vitamin F
- 7th: PS - I Love You
- 6th: When Do We Cut Taxes?
- 3rd: Preferreds and Area Codes
- 2nd: Well, Here's a Bright Idea
- 1st: Preferred Stocks
- November 1999 (21)
- 30th: The New Area Codes
- 29th: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- 26th: Burp
- 24th: Three More Things to be Thankful For
- 23rd: Talk About Your Nutritional Supplements!
- 22nd: And You?
- 19th: Imprudential
- 18th: The Ultimate Phonebook
- 17th: Good Things Come in Threes
- 16th: A Stock That's Surely Going to Zero
- 15th: Underappreciated Stocks
- 12th: Sorry!
- 11th: Underappreciated Vegetables
- 10th: This Week
- 9th: How Dorothy Cleans Her Clothes
- 8th: Missing Conference Calls
- 5th: No Thank You, Paine Webber
- 4th: Photo ID Visas; AOL & BOL
- 3rd: Loose Ends
- 2nd: Vote!
- 1st: Give Some Good Cause the T-Shirt off Your Back
- October 1999 (20)
- 29th: QBFI
- 28th: Amazing
- 27th: Totally Free Phone Service
- 26th: Ode to an Undergarment
- 22nd: Dow 36,000?
- 21st: Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Part II
- 20th: Are Internet Stocks Today's Tulips?
- 19th: Extraordinary Popular Delusions
- 18th: Who's Irene?
- 15th: Goodnight, Irene
- 14th: Signing Your Credit Card
- 13th: Save Fifty Bucks?
- 12th: The Height of Compassion
- 11th: Closed for Columbus Day
- 8th: Following the Senator
- 7th: Specifying WHICH Shares - Part 2
- 6th: Wanted: A Trustful Mutual Fund
- 5th: Yuccas and Suckas
- 4th: OK -- Stupid
- 1st: Options, Futures, and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- September 1999 (21)
- 30th: Is Your Fund Manager Smarter than a Yucca?
- 29th: Cool Stuff to Do
- 28th: Overlawyered.com
- 27th: Shorting a Dying Stock
- 24th: Less Amore, Fewer Morays
- 23rd: Why Consider Mutual Fund Cost at ALL When It's Already Figured into Performance?!
- 22nd: A Broken Clock That's Right All Day
- 21st: Double Taxation
- 20th: How to Specify WHICH Shares of a Stock or Fund You're Selling
- 17th: Where Can I Find a Good Romantic Mutual Fund?
- 16th: What To Do If Your 401(k) Offers Rotten Mutual Fund Choices
- 15th: Iced Tea, Diet Chocolate Soda, A Brief English Lesson, and What To Do If Your 401(k) Offers Rotten Mutual Fund Choices
- 14th: Fund-Shopping (and More)
- 13th: When to Sell a Mutual Fund
- 10th: Reader Mail
- 9th: Gambling on Gambling
- 8th: What Does Your Mutual Fund Really Cost?
- 7th: Welcome Back!
- 3rd: Fire & Ice: The End (of Summer)
- 2nd: Reactions
- 1st: Mothers.
- August 1999 (22)
- 31st: Her Mutual Wants to Demutualize
- 30th: Ringling Bros Insurance
- 27th: Youropoly
- 26th: Annuities, Futures . . .
- 25th: Which Are Better: Spiders or Index Funds?
- 24th: Reader Mail: Laps; TicketMaster
- 23rd: Vanguard's Low-Expense Annuities
- 20th: Nail Polish, Shoe Polish -- It's a Fit!
- 19th: More Summer Madness: Underwater Radios
- 18th: Not the Worst Company, After All
- 17th: Cheap Books; Cheap Annuities
- 16th: So What ABOUT Those Real Estate Infomercial Guys?
- 13th: World's Best & Worst Companies
- 12th: A Word about These Daily Quotes
- 11th: Better Safe than Sorry
- 10th: Good Ways to Avoid Late Fees
- 9th: Definitive Answers
- 6th: Those Late Fees, Again
- 5th: Hate Crimes
- 4th: More on Your Mortgage
- 3rd: The GM Card
- 2nd: Biweekly Loans
- July 1999 (21)
- 30th: More on Annuities
- 29th: Another $15 for You
- 28th: Are Cheap Books as Good as the Full-Priced Kind? - II
- 27th: Annuity Insanity (Still)
- 26th: Run a Small Business? Got a Maid?
- 23rd: Japan; and What Revson Really Thought About Women
- 22nd: The Little Search Engine that Could
- 21st: Are Cheap Books as Good as the Full-Priced Kind?
- 20th: 11.9% Guaranteed
- 19th: Get Out of Debt Free
- 16th: All News, All the Time -- Even Under Water?
- 15th: Clipping Those Electronic Coupons
- 14th: Can You Do Well AND Do Good?
- 13th: He Who Controls Seinfeld Laughs Last
- 12th: Send Andy to Kansas
- 9th: Hunger - II
- 8th: Hunger
- 7th: Costly Addictions VI - The Smith Corona Caper
- 6th: Reader Mail - Gift for a Newborn
- 2nd: The 223-Year Bull Market
- 1st: Here's $30, Maybe More
- June 1999 (23)
- 30th: Costly Addictions - V
- 29th: Costly Addictions - IV
- 28th: The Priest and the Checking Account
- 25th: Costly Addictions - III
- 24th: Costly Addictions - II
- 23rd: Costly Addictions
- 22nd: A Cautionary Tale for On-Line Traders
- 21st: Lower Your Insurance Costs!
- 18th: That New Car Smell
- 17th: More Short Takes
- 16th: Short Takes
- 15th: Quarterly Estimated Income Tax Due Today
- 14th: Of Life Insurance and the Marriage Bonus
- 13th: Presidential Proclamation
- 11th: Fire & Ice - Chapter 11
- 10th: Malibu Hardball
- 9th: Are AOL and Yahoo Buys?
- 8th: Priceline.com (the Good Experiences)
- 7th: Three Money-Saving Ideas
- 4th: Don't Read This If You Hate the President
- 3rd: Priceline Stories, Please?
- 2nd: Short-Sales, Fermat, Flying Cars
- 1st: Q-Page
- May 1999 (20)
- 28th: Re: My Three Astonishing Panelists
- 27th: There Will Be No Column Today
- 26th: My Astonishing Panelists
- 25th: Fire & Ice - Chapter 10
- 24th: Gloom and Boom
- 21st: "Issued and Outstanding"
- 20th: Fire & Ice - Chapter 9
- 19th: Who Will Care for Us?
- 18th: More Wealthy than Roman emperors?
- 17th: When to Get In on a Hot IPO
- 14th: Still More Compound Interest
- 13th: More Stupid Mail Tricks
- 12th: Reader Mail: Bees, Mary Poppins, etc. . .
- 11th: Reader Mail: IRAs, MYM and More
- 10th: The Bees' Knees
- 7th: Fire & Ice and My New Luggage
- 6th: Millions & Billions
- 5th: Are You Really Worth $230 Million? And if not . . .
- 4th: The Market Scale
- 3rd: Quickbrowse Even Better!
- April 1999 (21)
- 30th: If Only Methuselah Had Lived 100 More Years
- 29th: More Reader Mail: Gift Certificates and E*Trade
- 28th: Reader Mail
- 27th: What the Heck Were You Doing in Mississippi?
- 26th: Mississippi is Northwest Territory
- 23rd: More Fire, More Ice
- 22nd: How Fast Did the Nifty 50 Drop?
- 21st: My Invaluable $10 Gift Certificate - Part II
- 20th: Used Software
- 19th: Mail Call -- Another Trick
- 16th: Yes, He Painted His Nails
- 15th: More on Asset Allocation
- 14th: Is The New World Order: "Buy!"?
- 13th: Mail Call -- What's Today's Trick?
- 12th: My Invaluable $10
- 9th: AOL - A Steal at 681 Times Earnings?
- 8th: Foreign Stocks & ADR's - Part 2
- 7th: Time to Invest in Japan?
- 6th: Quickbrowse!
- 2nd: Morningstars -- How Meaningful?
- 1st: Deep Thoughts
- March 1999 (23)
- 31st: Whatever Happened to Uri?
- 30th: Uri Geller - Part Deux
- 29th: Who Pays the Freight on ADRs?
- 26th: And Speaking of Paying Down Loans . . .
- 25th: Reader Mail: Social Security
- 24th: The Uri Geller Story
- 23rd: Not Quite As Strong As They Seem
- 22nd: Jason's Plight
- 19th: Prepayment Versus Investment - Part 207
- 18th: Prepayment Versus Investment - Part 206
- 17th: Taxation Frustration
- 16th: Master Limited Partnerships
- 15th: If Only Mass Were Mich
- 12th: How to Aggravate Practically Everybody Without Even Trying
- 11th: Title Insurance -- Hope on the Horizon
- 10th: The Dow 12 Pig Poke Clickle Fund Report Day Traders
- 9th: Grass Roots Fun
- 8th: Trouble Ahead for the Market?
- 5th: Reader Mail: One Small Point, One Large
- 4th: Title Insurance - Second Attempt
- 3rd: Title Insurance
- 2nd: Pay Down Your 6% Mortgage?
- 1st: My Word
- February 1999 (19)
- 26th: Mutual Fund Disclosure
- 25th: Reader Mail
- 24th: Happy Andyday
- 23rd: Do the Indexes Reflect Dividends?
- 22nd: Bill's Excellent Proposal
- 19th: Why These Stupid One-Cent Stamps?
- 18th: Dow 14,000
- 17th: Why Most Funds Can't Consistently Beat the Market
- 16th: More Fall-Out from My Skepticism
- 12th: Fish-and-Chips So Good We'll Pay you $1.09 to Eat Them
- 11th: Praise for Booksamillion
- 10th: Can Greg and Joshua Beat the Market? - Part II
- 9th: Can Greg and Joshua Beat the Market?
- 8th: Are the Lights On Down There?
- 5th: You Still Read This Column, You Really Do!*
- 4th: Beating the Market in Two Hours a Day
- 3rd: Dell! Move Over Henry Ford, Move Over Alfred Sloan
- 2nd: Aesop Driving Down Interstate 75
- 1st: Grover and Newt
- January 1999 (20)
- 31st: Can I Beat the Wash-Sale Rule?
- 29th: Hats Off to Ameritrade (and My Coat, Please)
- 28th: Get into Buffett's Head
- 27th: Phones, Books, Cars . . .
- 26th: I'm Treasurer Again!
- 25th: What If Everyone Bought Index Funds?
- 22nd: FREE Long Distance
- 21st: Wise Words and a Cheap Joke
- 20th: American Depository Receipts
- 19th: A Day in the Life of Bureaucratica
- 15th: When Prizes and Awards Are Not Taxable
- 14th: An Even Better Source for Free Books
- 13th: Which Will It Be - Curtain #1 or Curtain #2?
- 12th: Cheap Long Distance
- 11th: Do Small Stocks Really Beat Big Ones?
- 8th: Free Books
- 7th: What Amazon Means
- 6th: Amazon Short Update
- 5th: Dogs of the Dow With Bonds
- 4th: The Pitbull System 25 Months Later
- December 1999 (22)
- 1998 (252)
- December 1998 (22)
- 31st: How Times Have Changed
- 30th: A Free Speed-Reading Machine!
- 29th: YadayadayadaDAAA, YadayadayadaDUHHHH - Part II
- 28th: Diamond Drama
- 24th: Luck
- 23rd: Gummi Madness
- 22nd: One Last Thing Before Gummi Madness
- 21st: Wishful Thinking Dept.?
- 18th: Two True Stories
- 17th: The Vote
- 16th: Not All Weathermen Are Airheads
- 15th: Now that We've Agreed It's Wrong to Lie
- 14th: Impeachment Theater -- Do We Really Want Tickets?
- 11th: What the Insurance Defense Lawyers Propose
- 10th: Auto Insurance Reform Ideas
- 9th: Parade Follow-Up
- 8th: These Three Guys Are in a Crash ...
- 7th: A Stocking Stuffer
- 4th: Good Suggestions for Linda C.
- 3rd: More Amazonia
- 2nd: Dorothy Scores With Amazon
- 1st: Switch Out of Funds?
- November 1998 (20)
- 30th: The Minimum Wage
- 27th: Duplex in Vermont
- 25th: More on Linda and the Minimum Wage
- 24th: Batteries & Schmidelity
- 23rd: Amazon's Little Uptick
- 20th: Power Up!
- 19th: Oops! How I Blew $973.90
- 18th: Are You a Real Researcher?
- 17th: What, Exactly, Is Linda to Do?
- 16th: Credit Card Tide - II
- 13th: How to Stem the Credit Card Tide
- 12th: This Barber's Worth a Visit
- 11th: Year-End Giving
- 10th: Market-Timing by the Stars
- 9th: The Cheese of the Month Club
- 6th: At Last: The Cheese of the Month Club
- 5th: Free Gum
- 4th: The Stuff That Dreams (and Neuroses) Are Made Of
- 3rd: Vehicular Credit Cards
- 2nd: Climbing Out of Debt
- October 1998 (22)
- 30th: They Were Living Large
- 29th: Next Tuesday
- 28th: Green Gummi Bears
- 27th: Its a Small World After All
- 26th: Stemming the Junk Mail and Calls
- 23rd: My Dell Scale
- 22nd: Mars, Manhattan, 3Com Puts
- 21st: Slow but Steady - Part III
- 20th: Gen-u-ine Non-GM Parts
- 19th: How to Duck if the Sky Is Falling
- 16th: Buying in Bulk, Growing Your Own, Beating the Wiz
- 15th: Leaving No Legal Stone Unturned
- 14th: Potpourri
- 13th: Erich's Excellent Idea
- 12th: Slow But Steady - Part II
- 9th: And Now That the Jewish Holidays Are Long Over ...
- 8th: Still More Y2K - Is It Real?
- 7th: More Y2K - Is It Real?
- 6th: Y2K - How Real Is the Threat?
- 5th: Getting Yet 15% More Off Amazon's Prices
- 2nd: YadayadayadaDAAA, YadayadayadaDUHHHH
- 1st: Slow But Steady Does Indeed Win the Race
- September 1998 (21)
- 30th: Congress's Extraordinary Hypocrisy - II
- 29th: Profound Advice on 3Com Puts
- 28th: Your Own E-Clipping Service
- 25th: Let's Buy Mars
- 24th: Calton Homes, Again
- 23rd: Save for the House or Prepay the Education Loans?
- 22nd: Congress's Extraordinary Hypocrisy
- 21st: POSH
- 18th: Fun
- 17th: How Long IS the Long-Term?
- 16th: Early Adopters Wanted for Free Financial Plan
- 15th: Reader Mail -- Generators, Coffee, Pennies ...
- 14th: Roth IRA Conversions
- 11th: Face the Nation
- 10th: What the 401(k) Crowd Is Doing
- 9th: The Case FOR Amazon
- 8th: Amazon is SO Smart
- 4th: Report From Russia
- 3rd: How Real Is Y2K?
- 2nd: Tobias Detects a Trend
- 1st: Earning 177% on Bulk Purchases
- August 1998 (21)
- 31st: Pedal Your Own Kilowatts
- 28th: Bill Buys an Electric Generator
- 27th: More Y2K Feedback
- 26th: Y2K Feedback
- 25th: When to Sell?
- 24th: AMZN versus FDX
- 21st: The Plot Thickens
- 20th: Make a Little List
- 19th: It's Time to Prepare for 2000
- 18th: Getting Ready for 2000
- 17th: Just Starting Out
- 14th: Planning for the Folks' Retirement
- 13th: Where Do You Find a Company like DEP?
- 12th: The DEP Dialogue
- 11th: My Ship Comes In
- 10th: The Perfect Hedge
- 7th: Missing the Forest for the Fees
- 6th: Land of the Rising Unemployment
- 5th: Potentially Interesting Web Sites
- 4th: Reader Mail: Books, Numbers, 2000
- 3rd: The Physics of Coffee
- July 1998 (22)
- 30th: Summer Fun II
- 29th: Summer Fun
- 28th: Sell Puts to Buy, Write Calls to Sell?
- 27th: A Brief History of Interest Rates
- 24th: Anybody Seen That Dog?
- 23rd: The Need for a Driver's License -- and Editing
- 22nd: Silicon Cowboys and Indians: Three More Views
- 21st: How Much Liability Coverage Should You Carry?
- 20th: WEBS and ADRs
- 17th: Reader Mail -- Andyday
- 16th: MITTS Friends Like These ...
- 15th: Spiders vs. Diamonds
- 14th: Report from Russia
- 13th: Distrustful at 2,000, Tempted at 9,000
- 10th: The 700 Club
- 9th: Navigating A Small Boatload of Cash
- 8th: Miscellaneous Deductions and Good Strong Coffee
- 7th: Geniuses Lose Money, Too
- 6th: Losing Money in a Bull Market
- 3rd: Amway
- 2nd: Father Knows Best
- 1st: Amazon.ugh
- June 1998 (22)
- 30th: Stop the World
- 29th: Michael's Team
- 26th: Who Votes the Short Shares?
- 25th: If Mr. Farley Cannot Show a Surplus on That
- 24th: The Chance of a Lifetime
- 23rd: What's Wrong With This Picture?
- 22nd: Hold the Phone: 700-555-4141
- 19th: A New Guy at the SBA
- 18th: Let Us Now Praise the Modern Bookstore
- 17th: Want Your 15 Minutes?
- 16th: Good News: The Market's Down
- 15th: Query From a Budding Stock Manipulator
- 12th: Six Thoughts
- 11th: Some Ideas In Re: Japan
- 10th: Silicon Cowboys and Indians
- 9th: Fat Freedom
- 8th: The Trouble With Socialism
- 5th: The Trouble with Libertarians
- 4th: Reader Mail
- 3rd: Uvarov's Lament
- 2nd: Assigned Seats at the Movies
- 1st: Assigned Seats at the Movies: A Terrible Idea
- May 1998 (20)
- 29th: E-mail from Moscow
- 28th: Might Your Margin Requirement Be Raised?
- 27th: Tobacco Stocks: The Perfect Hedge
- 26th: The Penny Dish
- 22nd: Opening a Closed-End Fund
- 21st: Closed-End Country Funds
- 20th: Blood in the Streets
- 19th: More Sage Advice on the Mystery of Buying and Selling
- 18th: Earnings Up, Stock Down?
- 15th: A ConglomerATe?
- 14th: Yet More Reader Mail -- Deductibles, Telemarketing
- 13th: More Reader Mail -- APRs, Dumb Luck
- 12th: Reader Mail -- Books and CDs
- 11th: Making a Statement
- 8th: Where Else Can Boomer Dollars GO?
- 7th: Is MSFT a Pyramid?
- 6th: Mr. B -- Update
- 5th: The Board Wants to Authorize More Shares
- 4th: APR in May
- 1st: Uvarov's Adventure
- April 1998 (21)
- 30th: Are the High P/Es OK?
- 29th: CDs, Books, and Anagrams
- 28th: The Pendulum Shifts
- 27th: To Claim or Not to Claim
- 24th: Bogus Bogie
- 23rd: Of Telemarketers and Wallets
- 22nd: More Car Talk
- 21st: Big-Time Research
- 20th: Anagrams
- 17th: Amazon.stratosphere
- 16th: What Works on Wall Street
- 15th: Watch Out -- Here Comes Don
- 14th: Hold the Pickles and the Lettuce but the Spreads They Still Upset Us
- 13th: Is That a Buick Flying By?
- 9th: A Brief History of the Universe
- 8th: Deducting Investment Interest, Reporting Option Premiums
- 7th: Hold the Phone!
- 6th: Read This, Come Out a Million Ahead
- 3rd: Savings Bonds
- 2nd: What To Do When The Telemarketer Calls
- 1st: Oh, the Humanity!
- March 1998 (22)
- 31st: Getting Rich Quick
- 30th: Solid Sparks to Retire at 45
- 27th: Ranting About Compaq, Et Al
- 26th: What About Buffett?
- 25th: Truth-in-Car-Loan-Promotions
- 24th: Joe Beats the Bank - Part III
- 23rd: Joe Beats the Bank - Part II
- 20th: Beware the Short Squeeze
- 19th: Short-Sale Mechanics
- 18th: Locking In a Gain
- 17th: How to Buy a Car
- 16th: Why It's Dumb to Buy Annuities
- 13th: Tax Babble, Baseball and Scrabble
- 12th: Whatever Happened to Dividends?
- 11th: Oh, Those Ladies!
- 10th: Trading Stock Options
- 9th: Joe Beats the Bank
- 6th: Want to Live Forever?
- 5th: Four Things You Didn't Expect to Learn Today
- 4th: A Clear Connection
- 3rd: The Day They Couldn't Fill the Fortune 500
- 2nd: Croatian Deflation and Your Social Security
- February 1998 (19)
- 27th: And Now For The Year 5758 Problem
- 26th: What Rhymes With Millennium
- 25th: Your Replicator Tweaks
- 24th: Finding the Buyers - II
- 23rd: Vote!
- 20th: Photocopy Your Wallet
- 19th: Of Clickles and Replicators
- 18th: Who Finds the Buyers?
- 17th: Zaide on the Internet
- 13th: A Cheery War Story from S. McGrath
- 12th: What Will Your Social Security Number Be in the Year 2000?
- 11th: Of Roth and Froth
- 10th: Where Are We Now?
- 9th: Silver and Diamonds in Croatia
- 6th: Population: Two Clear Alternatives
- 5th: The Tax Lien Game in Colorado
- 4th: Good News From the Front
- 3rd: The Replicator - An Entirely New Way to Shop
- 2nd: The Year 2000 Problem Begins -- Oh, No! -- Last Month
- January 1998 (20)
- 30th: Meet the Dealers
- 29th: Not for Nothing Was He Amused
- 28th: It Is Rocket Science
- 27th: Capital Gains Tax Cut
- 26th: ROTH: As Easy As One, Two Three. Four, Five, Six, Seven
- 23rd: Don't Sweat - or Insure - the Small Stuff
- 22nd: GAAQ: Generally Asked Accounting Questions
- 21st: Living Usefully: THE SMILE TRAIN
- 20th: Living Usefully - III
- 16th: Living Usefully - II
- 15th: Living Usefully
- 14th: Going Postal - IV
- 13th: Going Postal - III
- 12th: Dr. Tom's Class Action Settlement
- 9th: Education IRA
- 8th: Reader Mail - Parrots, Tuxedos, and More
- 7th: The Budget News: Worse -- and Better -- Than Most Realize
- 6th: The Ultimate Hat Trick
- 5th: A Prayer
- 2nd: Another Year, Another $990,000
- December 1998 (22)
- 1997 (250)
- December 1997 (21)
- 31st: It Really Works
- 30th: My New Tux
- 29th: Backdoor Taxation of Your Tax-Free Roth?
- 24th: Ho, Ho, Ho
- 23rd: The Jewish Parrot Joke
- 22nd: The Root of All Evil
- 19th: Open Phones
- 18th: Polonius Speaks
- 17th: Wanna Lend This Guy $200,000?
- 16th: Tax-Lien Infomercials
- 15th: More Dangers of Golf
- 12th: A Random Review
- 11th: Beyond Wall Street
- 10th: Goodnight, Louise
- 9th: Felony Dumping III: Your Feedback
- 8th: Getting By (in Retirement) on $100,000 a Year
- 5th: Music
- 4th: Still More on the Roth IRA
- 3rd: Still More on the Roth IRA
- 2nd: Cigar Arson and Other Myths
- 1st: One Family's Finances (and How You, Too, Might Save $2,000 a Year)
- November 1997 (18)
- 26th: Thanksgiving - Again
- 25th: And I Thought I Had Problems
- 24th: More on Your IRA
- 21st: Curiouser and Curiouser
- 20th: New Investor
- 19th: Who Does Qualify for a Roth IRA -- and Should You Switch?
- 18th: The Roth IRA: Is It for You?
- 17th: The Key to Horse Life Insurance
- 14th: Felony Dumping - II
- 13th: Golfing with Warren Buffett
- 12th: Golf -- A Most Dangerous Sport!
- 11th: Is This a Book Review or a Weather Report?
- 10th: Felony Dumping
- 7th: Have You Any Business Being in the Market? - Part II
- 6th: Have You Any Business Being in the Market? - Part I
- 5th: Joe's Solution to SPAM
- 4th: Going Postal: Part II
- 3rd: The 16-Year Cycle
- October 1997 (23)
- 31st: Happy Halloween (Not!)
- 30th: Fast-Track
- 29th: My Fault?
- 28th: A Common Myth
- 27th: Deflation
- 24th: Getting AOL to Pay YOU
- 23rd: Deep Plastic Reveals All - The Inside Story
- 22nd: Your Comments on GM
- 21st: Ford Has (Had?) a Visa Card, Too
- 20th: Going Postal
- 17th: Scary Expectations
- 16th: Mary Block: Perhaps The Most Honest Woman in the World
- 15th: The Latest Twist in Slum Evictions
- 14th: Harvard Business School - Part II
- 13th: HBS 25th
- 10th: A Truly Golden Retriever
- 9th: Vince DeHart's Excellent Habit
- 8th: Don't Mess With Paul
- 7th: GM Card Lunacy
- 6th: Stop In Case You Drop
- 3rd: In and Out
- 2nd: Who Owns Your Life Insurance Policy?
- 1st: Insurance Tip
- September 1997 (21)
- 30th: Some New Favorite Things
- 29th: The 2% 400-Pound Jockey
- 26th: Were They Swindled?
- 25th: Offshore Banking
- 24th: Money Facts
- 23rd: Three Important Updates
- 22nd: The Money or the Miles - II
- 19th: Finding the Elusive 15%
- 18th: Egypt: Unintended Consequences
- 17th: Top 10 Reason to Buy (Multiple Copies of) My New Book
- 16th: The Ten Principles of Gift Recycling
- 15th: Updates: Chinese Food; Houses vs Homes
- 12th: Back-To-School Car Pooling: Keep A Third Car?
- 11th: Offshore Funds
- 10th: More D.I.N.K. Advice
- 9th: Homing in on Heatherwood Drive
- 8th: The Case Against Lawyer Jokes
- 5th: Franklin, Revised
- 4th: Singing the Annuity Blues
- 3rd: Which to Choose: The Money or the Miles?
- 2nd: Fat-Free, Sugar-Free Cheesecake
- August 1997 (21)
- 29th: Toiling Round the Clock
- 28th: A Load, But Low Expenses
- 27th: D.I.N.K.
- 26th: Fortune Cookies
- 25th: Hocking the House to Buy Stocks
- 22nd: The Engineer Meets The Car Loan Calculation
- 21st: Keeping Up with the Super Joneses
- 20th: The Problem With Michigan
- 19th: Pay Less, Get More
- 18th: Time to Get Out?
- 15th: Stock Price After Buyout Announcement
- 14th: The Great Nartharn Tar - II
- 13th: Bond Analogies
- 12th: More Stinky Insurers?
- 11th: Annuities and the New Tax Rate
- 8th: Trailing Stop Losses and Your Teenager's Car
- 7th: Sometimes Insurers Really Stink
- 6th: Your Tax Cut
- 5th: Shorting Against the Box
- 4th: Choosing the Perfect Mutual Fund
- 1st: Now That's Rich
- July 1997 (21)
- 30th: Closed-end Funds
- 29th: Fidelity versus Vanguard
- 25th: The Lawyers Fess Up
- 24th: More on Home Mortgages
- 23rd: 15-Year Mortgage Sap
- 22nd: Three More Uses for the Web
- 21st: Strange Correspondents
- 18th: 401(k): Just a Tax Break?
- 17th: Pay Off Student Loan?
- 16th: Stop In Case You Drop
- 15th: Stop-Loss Orders on ICE
- 14th: The Good Old Days
- 11th: Marginal Interest and a Fed Tool
- 10th: Boy Is This Corny
- 9th: Homeowner's Insurance
- 8th: Set for Life
- 7th: Russia Gusha!
- 4th: Alan from Iowa - Part 2
- 3rd: The 221-Year Bull Market
- 2nd: What to Say to Someone With $5 Million
- 1st: Important Definitions
- June 1997 (21)
- 30th: More Feedback
- 27th: Afterthoughts: Coke & Quotes
- 26th: How Much Is That Home Mortgage Deduction Really Worth?
- 25th: A Guilt-Free Upgrade
- 24th: Historical Prices, Living and Not-So-Living Rich Uncles
- 23rd: Urban Legends
- 20th: Can You Hear It?
- 19th: How High - Part III
- 18th: Investing 101
- 17th: House Rules
- 16th: Alan from Iowa
- 13th: It's a Bird, It's a Plane - It's Lunch!
- 12th: Poison Pills
- 11th: Of Sushi and Root Canals
- 10th: Covered Calls
- 9th: Dumb Words from a Famous Smart Guy
- 6th: You Are Ms. Star Struck
- 5th: Mobile Homeowner
- 4th: Aloha-ha-ha -- The Lawyers Are Laughing At Us
- 3rd: Can the Market Keep Climbing - II
- 2nd: Dusting Off the Books - Part II
- May 1997 (21)
- 30th: Dusting Off the Books
- 29th: All Cash Deal
- 28th: And Another Thing!
- 27th: Ex-Dividends
- 23rd: The Curtain Falls
- 22nd: To Reach the Impossible Star
- 21st: Ms. Star - The Saga Continues
- 20th: Ms. Star Arrives
- 19th: A Star's Suite is Born
- 16th: Can the Market Keep Climbing?
- 15th: A $45 Billion Tax Cut
- 14th: "Ellen" Feedback
- 13th: Your Feedback
- 12th: Bad Debt
- 9th: Arachnophilia (More Spiders)
- 8th: No, Baloney: It's a Sony
- 7th: Surprise Is Not the WORD!
- 6th: Market-Beating Dividend
- 5th: Backup Crackup
- 2nd: Coke - The One and Only
- 1st: Tax Day
- April 1997 (22)
- 30th: Ellen
- 29th: Take Some Profits? Stay the Course?
- 28th: Nervous Lobsters
- 25th: A Little G2 about G-IIs
- 24th: In Defense of Visa Debit Cards
- 23rd: High of Flight: Own Outright. Safe Old Nerd: Tax-Deferred
- 22nd: A Case of Vodka
- 21st: An IDTI Bit of Hindsight
- 18th: More Spiders
- 17th: Moving to the Sidelines -- But Which?
- 16th: Free Money, Free AOL
- 15th: The Tercentennial
- 14th: Gas Me Up
- 11th: Singapore
- 10th: Boeing, Bangkok, Buddha - Part III
- 9th: Boeing, Bangkok, Buddha - Part II
- 8th: Boeing, Bangkok, Buddha - Part I
- 7th: A.T. -- Phone Home
- 4th: More Reader Mail
- 3rd: Reader Mail
- 2nd: Stubble Trouble
- 1st: Don't Be An April Fool: Avoid the New Bank Cards
- March 1997 (20)
- 31st: Ah Wants a Car that Ah Can Afford
- 27th: Spiders
- 26th: Goodnight, Irene
- 25th: Landing On Irene
- 24th: Flirting with Irene
- 21st: Important! Read This!
- 20th: Mutual Fund Boilerplate
- 19th: Keeping Cigarettes Affordable for Kids
- 18th: For Heaven's Sake, Wash Your Hands After An Autopsy
- 17th: Low Income Housing Tax Credits
- 14th: You Think A Sigh Is Just a Sigh?
- 13th: What Exactly Is Earnings Growth?
- 12th: Michigan vs. California
- 11th: Feedback on David's Leg
- 10th: A Note of Irony
- 7th: David's Leg
- 6th: Fido -- Bitten by the Hand It Feeds?
- 5th: Counting Noses
- 4th: The Lumpy Lincoln Mattress
- 3rd: More Motley Dogs
- February 1997 (19)
- 28th: More Romantic Consultants
- 27th: Slow But Steady
- 26th: Billions and Billions
- 25th: Global Funds
- 24th: When to Sell?
- 21st: Ford & Schindler
- 20th: Management Tip
- 19th: Cartoon of the Month
- 18th: Social Security III
- 14th: Valentine's Day, Management-Consultant Style
- 13th: Are Deep-Discounters for Real?
- 12th: What Lincoln Forgot
- 11th: Does Money Buy Happiness?
- 10th: Capital Gains - Cut It Gradually
- 7th: Social Security II
- 6th: What's Wrong With Social Security Reform?
- 5th: Smart Money's Best Funds
- 4th: How to Take a Compliment
- 3rd: Sell Your Losers
- January 1997 (22)
- 31st: Still Paying Mortgage Insurance?
- 30th: Motley Fool Dog Track - Revisited
- 29th: The Uncharitable Rich - Revisited
- 28th: Reading List
- 27th: Updates, Redux
- 24th: Six Reasons Not to Give
- 23rd: Playing the Fool
- 22nd: Lambs to Slaughter?
- 21st: What of Mutual Series Now?
- 20th: The Parade
- 17th: Would You Like to Fly in My Beautiful Balloon?
- 16th: More Phone Savings?
- 15th: Yahoo for Yahoo!
- 14th: Inflation-Adjusted Treasuries -- Beware
- 13th: Thinking About the CPI
- 10th: Investment Gurus: One Can Only Marvel
- 9th: A Stock Tip
- 8th: Why Clinton Didn't Name ME Treasury Secretary
- 7th: The Stupidest Thing I Ever Did
- 6th: The Dumbest Press Release of All Time
- 3rd: Accounting for Spin-Offs
- 2nd: What's My Basis?
- December 1997 (21)
- 1996 (228)
- December 1996 (21)
- 31st: Resolutions Matter
- 30th: Updates and Feedback
- 27th: The Top 10 Reasons NOT to Buy Mutual Funds
- 26th: Mutual Fund Suggestion
- 24th: A Tort Reform Christmas Tale
- 23rd: Counting on 15% a Year
- 20th: Garbage Ties
- 19th: Big Daddy
- 18th: The Value of Free Investment Advice
- 17th: Time to Buy Oil Drillers?
- 16th: Two Sides of an Interesting Story
- 13th: Losing Patience with Closed-End Funds
- 12th: Last-Minute Funny Money Gift Ideas
- 11th: How Andrew Carnegie Said No
- 10th: How Paul Warburg Asks for $15
- 9th: Charity and Your IRA
- 6th: The Best Tax Break for YOUR Gift Buck
- 5th: Charity on the Cutting Room Floor
- 4th: Is This a Great Country Or What?
- 3rd: Dial-a-Mattress
- 2nd: New Perspective: Fund for a Down Market?
- November 1996 (20)
- 29th: Turning 50
- 27th: What Do You Want?
- 26th: Airline Savings
- 25th: More Phone Savings
- 22nd: More Updates, Corrections and Feedback
- 21st: Feedback, Updates and Corrections
- 20th: How to Ruin an Insurance Company
- 19th: Veterans Day
- 18th: Bad Sign for the Market?
- 15th: The Butter. (Really.)
- 14th: OK, Then, How About 400 Pounds of Butter?
- 13th: What Is Netscape Worth?
- 12th: Does God Exist?
- 11th: Does Your Computer Have a Sense of Humor?
- 8th: Zweig (and Other Closed-End Funds)
- 7th: Whither the Market
- 6th: And the Winner Is . . .
- 5th: If You Liked the Frozen Chicken Story
- 4th: Prop 213: The Wrong Fix
- 1st: Propositions
- October 1996 (23)
- 31st: The Future of Money
- 30th: The Flu
- 29th: NetSAAvers
- 28th: T.S. Eliot and President Taft
- 25th: Low-Level Jobs
- 24th: The Not-So-Wealthy Barber
- 23rd: Yet More Buffett
- 22nd: Paper Towels
- 21st: What To Do With Your 286/386/486
- 18th: Can You Escape Social Security?
- 17th: My Yahoo vs Your Pointcast
- 16th: Margin Interest
- 15th: Report from D.C.
- 14th: Updates
- 11th: Is “Socially Responsible Investing” Silly?
- 10th: Who Is This Sophia Collier and How Come WE Didn’t Think of This?
- 9th: A Checking Account that Pays High Interest
- 8th: Chickens
- 7th: Ostrich = Again?
- 4th: The Last Word (for Now) on 401(k) Strategies
- 3rd: A 401(k) Rollover Question
- 2nd: More on 401(k) Allocation
- 1st: More Buffett
- September 1996 (20)
- 30th: Janus versus Lindner Dividend
- 27th: Your Child’s IRA
- 26th: This Isn't Holland
- 25th: Jack Benny’s Life Insurance
- 24th: Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen
- 23rd: I’ll Squire You Around Hawaii
- 20th: Your 401(k)
- 19th: A Warren Buffett Question
- 18th: Investing for an Elderly Relative
- 17th: Ted Turner’s Magnificent Solution
- 16th: My Own Little Russian Caper
- 13th: Do Diligence
- 12th: Welfare Reform
- 11th: The DON'T BE RIDICULOUS Law
- 10th: I Coulda Bought Four Hammers!
- 9th: Persistence and The Truth Machine
- 6th: Your Kids and the Twentieth Century Giftrust
- 5th: Your Competition
- 4th: Annuity Insanity
- 3rd: A Time to Kill
- August 1996 (22)
- 30th: Devastatin’
- 29th: Should He Turn Down a 4.5% Loan?
- 28th: One More Vote for Dole, Then on to Other Stuff
- 27th: More Doleful Responses
- 26th: Doleful Responses
- 23rd: 15% of What?
- 22nd: Gold in the Streets
- 21st: Private Charity: The Dole Solution
- 20th: Where Bob Dole Would Find the Money to Pay for His Tax Cut
- 19th: The Dole Platform
- 16th: Three Cheers for the S.E.C.
- 15th: More on Ripley, Believe It Or Not
- 14th: Clinton and Lerach
- 13th: The Good “Surrogate Tax Cut” Dole’s Handlers Have Given Him
- 12th: Bob Dole
- 9th: Ripley’s - Believe It Not
- 8th: Reader Mail: Updates and Elaborations
- 7th: What Shall We Name the Baby’s Mutual Fund?
- 6th: Living in a Cave (Nicely)
- 5th: Einstein -- Your Bids
- 2nd: Japan - And You Thought YOU Had Problems - II
- 1st: Japan - And You Thought YOU Had Problems
- July 1996 (22)
- 31st: Social Security -- Nunn Too Sound
- 30th: Can You Beat an Index Fund?
- 29th: If At First You Don’t Succeed
- 26th: Infidelity
- 25th: Hoover: Big Dam, Small Mind?
- 24th: Ostrich
- 23rd: Favorite Mutual Funds
- 22nd: Thermodynamic Milkshake
- 19th: Your Kids’ Summer Jobs
- 18th: A Cure for the Common Cold
- 17th: Covered Calls
- 16th: A Way to Make Money Almost All the Time
- 15th: How He Did It
- 12th: He Turned $4,000 into $75,000 in a Year
- 11th: Forget the Whales -- Save $125!
- 10th: Business Reply
- 9th: Oprah
- 8th: Gamblers Anonymous
- 5th: The Successful Day Trader
- 3rd: Heat Wave II
- 2nd: Heat Wave?
- 1st: Sell Your Losers?
- June 1996 (20)
- 28th: More Reader Mail
- 27th: Bagels
- 26th: The Last Word on Coastal Caribbean
- 25th: Easy Money: The Right to Oversubscribe - Part II
- 24th: Easy Money: The Right to Oversubscribe - Part I
- 21st: More Good News from Mutual of Omaha
- 20th: Mutual of Omaha Accident Insurance
- 19th: Your New Home Page
- 18th: Energy Tips
- 17th: Amazon
- 14th: A Clickle
- 13th: Paying Too Much for Life Insurance?
- 12th: Mortgage Insurance
- 11th: Should You Borrow Against Your Mutual Funds?
- 10th: Presstek
- 7th: Men's Suits
- 6th: The Foolish Way to Buy a New Car
- 5th: Valuing Your Current Car
- 4th: Garzarelli
- 3rd: Selecting the Right Fund
- May 1996 (22)
- 31st: Reader Mail
- 30th: My Cousin Benny
- 29th: The Truth Machine
- 28th: Internet Hints
- 24th: Guest Phone Etiquette
- 23rd: The Dime Lady Charges 25 Cents
- 22nd: Cigarette Taxes
- 21st: Now, That's Service!
- 20th: Multiples
- 17th: Bright-Life Catalog
- 16th: Gerry Studds
- 15th: Frugal Poesy
- 14th: Eli Broad
- 13th: Diana Corp (DNA)
- 10th: Synthetic Shorts
- 9th: Gas Tax
- 8th: IBM: Room for Improvement
- 7th: Priority Mail
- 6th: Big Potatoes
- 3rd: Evil
- 2nd: Hair-Raising Price for Hair Removal Stocks?
- 1st: Historic Document Sources
- April 1996 (22)
- 30th: Jackie -- Oh, What Prices!
- 29th: GEICO Redux
- 26th: Energy: Crisis and Opportunity
- 25th: Stagnating Living Standards & Margaret Mitchell
- 24th: A Few More Diners Club Pros and Cons
- 23rd: A Tale of Two Diners
- 22nd: Diners Club: Good Deal
- 19th: The Agenda -- Reprise
- 18th: Whitewater
- 17th: Blood Sport -- Hillary Rodham's $100,000 Commodities Profit
- 16th: Doing My Taxes with TaxCut
- 15th: Pay Your Taxes
- 12th: Stand-By
- 11th: Super Savers
- 10th: The United Shuttle
- 9th: The GM MasterCard: Don't Do Me Any Favors
- 8th: The GM MasterCard Sort-Of 5% Rebate
- 5th: How the Lawyers Co-opted the Left
- 4th: How the Lawyers Won
- 3rd: F. Lee Bailey, Selfless Champion of the Innocent and Oppressed
- 2nd: California Initiatives
- 1st: Bonnie & Clyde
- March 1996 (21)
- 29th: Marijuana Denouement
- 28th: Drug Bust
- 27th: Alvin's Tips II
- 26th: Alvin's Tips
- 25th: The Visa Promo
- 22nd: The Earned Income Tax Credit vs The Minimum Wage
- 21st: Retailers as Showrooms
- 20th: Jazzing Up Those Index Funds
- 19th: Mutual Funds' Tax Efficiency
- 18th: Borrowing Tip
- 15th: Problems of the Rich and Creative
- 14th: Dumpster Divers
- 13th: Check Fraud
- 12th: Einstein
- 11th: We Have a Flat Tax
- 8th: When to Shun Mutual Funds
- 7th: Wine by the Case - Amazing Math
- 6th: Everything BUT Tuna
- 5th: Tuna Prices
- 4th: Publishers Clearinghouse
- 1st: Business Anecdotes
- February 1996 (15)
- 29th: The Social Security Stock Market Boom?
- 28th: Tobacco - Part 2
- 27th: Tobacco Bucks
- 26th: The Mayor of San Francisco
- 23rd: Berkshire Hathaway
- 22nd: The REIT/FedEx Hedge
- 21st: Props 201 and 202
- 20th: Jeff & Mylene
- 16th: College Loans
- 15th: Ascend Communications
- 14th: Remember Banks?
- 13th: Flat Tax
- 12th: Quotes, Pt 1
- 9th: ALMs
- 8th: An Ode to ATMs
- December 1996 (21)
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