collin park

In the 1970s, a company called Merck discovered a cure for "river blindness," a disease that afflicted thousands (millions?) of...

In a recent Harper’s , Marilynne Robinson remarked that whereas our society used to have citizens (who may have a sense of identity bas...

The really interesting-looking email appeared in my inbox today. It urges me to click on (some ".nl" link) to find out why na...

Why Wall Street Always Blows It The magnitude of the current bust seems almost unfathomable—and it was unfathomable, to even the most sop...

So I just placed an order with a Yahoo! store merchant and got an email that looked like this: This email is to confirm the receipt of y...

I read the title of Hanna Rosin's piece in the Atlantic, and was immediately annoyed. "That's like asking of Islam caused 9...

So some days ago, I took a survey for somebody, JetBlue I think. The other day I got email from paypal... "You have $10.00!" ...

I just got off the phone with a Fidelity rep, and I am not too happy with them. Here's the deal. Suppose you put $2900 (e.g.) into a 52...

The following is not professional advice and is intended just to tell you things I've learned from our financial advisor. Consult your ...

The lovely Carol is opening the mail and she says, "Here's a new Master Card®. It has your name on it, so I guess you should be th...

Started January 21 and left in abeyance for a couple weeks... There has been a discussion about financial planners on the "hp alumni...