You've stolen some money from your customers. The hounds are closing in. Is it time to contact a lawyer, take your lumps, and move on as best you can? Perhaps. A California man took another path, burning down a warehouse with $200 million of wine entrusted to his safekeeping. Russ Fox outline ... Read more

Kay Bell rounds up a flurry of recent coverage of issues on the taxation of body parts . While the tax angle is interesting, it's a side issue. The real story is the flat-out ban on compensated organ donation , enacted largely through the efforts of a younger, trimmer Al Gore in 1984. Th ... ... Read more

SuperFreakonomics briefly considers the possibility of a rogue leader like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez deciding to unilaterally try geoengineering the planet. Who'd have thought Chavez would actually try some geoengineering with his own hands? According to this Reuters report, Chavez recently a ... Read more

I like Ben Stein.  He cracks me up (loved Ferris Bueller) and he is smart.  He also 'made it' in Hollywood which isn't easy so when he writes something I usually read it.  Here is how he found success in Hollywood and how you can apply it to any job situation. Learn a Useful ... Read more

U.S. stock futures weaken with housing in focus - "S&P 500 futures fell 1.9 points to 1,104.40 and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 2 points to 1,801.50. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12 points, after markets registered advances in nine of the last 11 sessions, with the housing mar ... Read more

( Via Clusterstock ) Some good insight from David P. Goldman : There is a pretty close inverse correlation between the 10-year yield and the S&P. What could account for this? NOT economic recovery, in which real interest rates rise. And not expectations of lower inflation–the spread bet ... Read more

Not very.  Clock speed of 1.024 MHz and 2 K of main memory . And that, friends, was just 40 years ago. ... Read the full post ... Read more

This article offers a few anecdotes to suggest the answer might be inferior. " Economy doesn't kill appetite for premium foods ". ... Read the full post ... Read more

Interesting post by Ironman at Political Calculations (9/23). It doesn't seem economic yet but maybe soon. ... Read the full post ... Read more

   I imagine you could entertain a little kid with this for at least a few minutes. ... Read the full post ... Read more