While the New Year’s ball was dropping in Times Square, the hammer was dropping on food companies across the country who, by order of the FDA, now have to list the trans fat content of their products on nutritional labels. For those of you who don’t get out much, trans fat is … [Read more...]

Few American institutions have changed as little over time as the local bank, that little brick building with the decades-old drive-through windows, Star Trek-era tube-shoot technology and banners shouting "Free Checking!" -- a concept no more revolutionary nowadays than "Free … [Read more...]

Extreme anxiety can be caused by living with a mother who viewed an automobile as an item of entertainment rather than a convenience. The whispering pink giant with a monster front was her 1958 pale pink Cadillac convertible. This behemoth had exceptional importance in her life, … [Read more...]

With gas prices continuing to rise, and oil company (Oilco) profits going through the roof, people are asking: what are we going to do about it? Or, more specifically, what is the government going to do about it? So far, as you might expect, most governments have chosen to do … [Read more...]