David's Blog

Or maybe not. It's being reported that Al Gore gave his ever-evolving Global Warming Scare Presentation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently.  But only after questions were (finally) raised about one of his new slides is he pulling that slide (a version of th...

I thought this article was interesting: The Top 12 U.S. Banks: From Zombies to Hidden Gems. Is yours one of these? Some highlights: [The] designations, or labels, consist of: * Zombies: Institutions kept alive only by TARP funding. These subtract value from the economy and should be put out of th...

It's amazing to me how often people rant about how they've been ripped off by one company or another. Case in point: Yesterday's "Consumer File" column by Greg Dawson. It seems he got a letter from a reader suspecting that she'd been "ripped off" by a big-box discount store.  Her story as related...

Do you have business with any Big(ger) Businesses or Organizations?  By that, I mean businesses or Organizations that not only have an Executive or three, but also a Board of Directors? Are you a CEO or other Executive for a Big(ger) Business or Organization? Or do you serve on the Board of Direc...

I just saw a website today that's called "The MegaPenny Project."  The site's objective is to try to illustrate very large numbers using a very common item: pennies. Their images are very helpful, in and of themselves.  But the descriptions that go along with them bring the images to life. Here, ...

I started this thought in a previous blog post.  It's finally time to say what else I intended to say. You may recall, I pointed out that in the Q&A about the Economic Stimulus Payments handed out last year, there was an assumption.  The assumption was: The only way to stimulate the economy is to...

This past year, taxpayers received an Economic Stimulus Payment. This was a very exciting new program that someone explained using the Q and A format:   Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.   Q. Where will the government get t...

I saw this video for the first time this morning.  I just had to watch it again with my wife.  The second time through, I discovered it was made a few years ago.  So maybe you've seen it already.  If not, I HIGHLY recommend it!  (It's just under 17 minutes long.) We all need validation.  And it's...