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Too Many Corporations, Like Universities, Have Lost Their Way Feb. 21, 2024
Universities are not alone among our institutions that have lost their way. How about America's corp... Read More
New Bank Regulations Will Hurt Small Businesses and Middle-Class Borrowers the Most Jan. 16, 2024
The rapid succession of bank failures last spring clearly spooked federal regulators at the FDIC, th... Read More
This Is How I Feel About Groupon and Similar Coupon-Like Plans Nov. 09, 2023
My virtual mailbag is turning up questions and situations that I doubt are exclusive to only the wri... Read More
Washington's Credit Card Price Controls Will Hurt Consumers Oct. 03, 2023
Why has Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) declared war on credit cards? Americans are in love with paying wi... Read More
Do You Worry That Your Bank Is Too Liberal? Apr. 13, 2023
What do you want your bank to be? I want mine to be nearby. I want it to have nice tellers. I want m... Read More
Should You Be Worried About Your Money in the Bank? Apr. 03, 2023
On the off chance you haven't been paying attention to world news, several banks in the U.S. collaps... Read More
What Happens When the Firemen Are the Arsonists? Mar. 23, 2023
In the past week, two top-20 American banks failed. A bank failure occurs when government regulators... Read More
If You're Giving Away Bailouts, I'll Take One, Please Mar. 18, 2023
Dear Sirs (one assumes), What follows is my official application to be included in the billions of d... Read More
Democrats Deserve Plenty of Blame for the Bank Crisis Mar. 17, 2023
The United States recently suffered the second largest bank failure in the country's history. The co... Read More
The Banks, St. Patrick and the Deregulation Shuffle Mar. 17, 2023
In the olden times, which my mother remembered very well, near the beginning of the last century, Ir... Read More
How Local Cops Get Your Bank Records Jan. 26, 2023
This column has recently outlined the specious arguments offered by the feds when they have been cau... Read More
ESG Funds Use Financial Strong-arming and Thuggery CCP Style Dec. 14, 2022
There's no such thing as blue money or red money. Only the green stuff will pay bills. Friday, North... Read More
Time to Regulate Crypto? Why Not Beanie Babies? Dec. 08, 2022
Cryptocurrencies were born out of the libertarian dream of a financial system free from government r... Read More
Snoopy Sister Is Monitoring My Finances Oct. 16, 2022
Dear Annie: I have never sent in anything to a column before, but I'd like to say something from a g... Read More
What's Worse Than Inflation? Fighting Inflation Jul. 22, 2022
Inflation is a cancer. It eats away at savings and consumer confidence. But the tools the United Sta... Read More
Letting Go Doesn't Mean You Have to Lose Dec. 04, 2021
Dear Readers: Thank you for all your responses to "Letting Go Is Hard to Do." We have undeniably won... Read More
Saule Omarova Shouldn't Be Overseeing our Banks Nov. 24, 2021
It is ironic when Democrats complain about sensational use of language. Thanks to progressives, pra... Read More
You're Saving. Should You Be Investing, Too? Aug. 18, 2021
Dear Carrie: I've always been a good saver, and now at 29 with a steady job, I have a fairly sizable... Read More
How To Handle Social Security Affairs When Someone Dies Aug. 04, 2021
I wrote a column about a year ago based on an email from an 85-year-old woman whose husband of 60 ye... Read More
Is It Time to Declutter Your Finances? Jul. 21, 2021
Dear Carrie: I am trying to simplify my finances and have way too many accounts (savings, checking, ... Read More
