Unlike James Dean, who was A Rebel Without A Cause, and John Dean, who became identified as a prominent Watergate figure, Howard Dean, still in charge of the Democratic Party and still angry enough to roll up his sleeves, is nonetheless trying to make nice and is asking for peace from the warring rival... read more

There is good news coming soon for people who make money using capital.  The Federal Reserve appears headed towards cutting interest rates a little bit more and those legendary three hundred dollar tax rebate checks that everyone has heard about, no matter what their opinion on the matter happens to... read more

With Hillary Clinton’s clear primary win in Pennsylvania, the political battle between Barack Obama and his arch nemesis, the ever present and vocal Hillary Clinton, appears likely to continue on to the Democratic Convention. The purpose? 1. Well, she is representing women and he is standing up for... read more

The entertainment area of Coney Island appears headed for a major overhaul according to news reports. I have lived nearby on West 5th Street, actually West 6th, which also goes by the name Shell Road, for around forty years, give or take some stops on the way.  The main drag in Coney Island is 14th... read more

For the past five years or so, I have been working with school age children to help them do better in school and improve their reading and math. I started out by volunteering with brighter children at The Harlem Children’s Zone and Brandeis High School in Manhattan. I went on to paid work with foster... read more

The price of crude oil has gone past one hundred ten dollars a barrel on the commodities exchange. A few stories are predicting it will shoot for one hundred twenty-five dollars a barrel. Why so expensive? You’d think that Washington would have come up with a permanent, cost effective solution at... read more

Here’s a good one.  Somebody figured out private school educated, college trained and Harvard law school graduate Barack Obama is an elitist.  Like he’s not poor and has a partisan outlook that doesn’t suffer fools lightly.  What can you do.  It takes more than a village, it takes all kinds. It... read more

The Ultimate Solution For The Dreaded Black Screen of Death or otherwise known as the “why doesn’t explorer.exe load up when i boot vista?” solution. Let me preface the following with this statement: It took me FOREVER and a day to find out how to fix my problem. One day, i decided... read more

The federal government is now looking into helping people keep housing they apparently cannot now afford.  No detailed explanation has been given for the cause of this problem.  No financial statements have been issued.  No one is keeping official track of the money involved in keeping risky debtors... read more

I last wrote about the stock market and finance at the end of February.  Since then, time has played ahead and the markets have traded in their fashion but whether anything has changed depends on where you come from and what you bring to this discussion. The Dow is at twelve thousand five hundred approximately,... read more