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Bush, Kerry, and voting Independent?

There’s been a lot of heated debate over dishonesty and manipulation of facts after the Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates. In many ways I think the items that are attracting outrage are relatively small, and those more deserving of public scrutiny seem to be getting ignored. For instance, given the overall context of a political debate, ...

Opened a 529 Plan

Opened a 529 Plan
Opened a 529 plan for the little one yesterday. Our selection process basically came down to 2 choices: the USAA College Savings Plan (which allows [UPromise][] contributions) and the [NJBEST][] plan which has the advantage of a $1500 scholarship for school in NJ if you contribute enough. Right now the tipping decision for us was ...

Lost in Translation

Some jokes showed up in my email box today. While I don’t normally reward Spam, some of these were pretty good. > The American Dairy Association was so successful with its “Got Milk?” > campaign, that it was decided to extend the ads to Mexico. > Unfortunately, the Spanish translation was “Are you lactating?” > ...

Gap Reveals Human Rights Conditions

Fast Company | Gap’s New Look: The See-Through On May 12, Gap Inc. released a report that had jaws dropping in corporate boardrooms and activist corridors across the land. The 40-page “social-responsibility report” details, with unflinching honesty, the problems the $6.5 billion clothing retailer found in the 3,000 factories it contracted to produce clothing for ...

Free Online Cliffnotes

CliffsNotes has announced that they’ve got 180 literature guides online for free viewing. The snag is that viewing is the only thing that’s free. Downloading and printing the guides will cost $5.99 The CliffsNotes site is at http://www.cliffsnotes.com. Free Cliffnotes sounds like a fantastic resource. I wonder if now searching for literary titles and terms ...