We should have known this would end horribly. The first "red" flag was the administration inventing a job called Pay Czar.There's a reason the communists whacked the last legitimate Czar an

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions with a retailer

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions with a retailer

It’s car-buying season. And what a season it is. With all the recent turmoil in the automotive industry, what and whether it makes sense to buy seems more confusing than ever. I spoke with New

You can’t get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That’s all you need to know about communism.- P.J. O’Rourke The Cuban Assets Control Regulations (

The downbeat economy is driving people to drink... Dr. Pepper? Cash-strapped consumers want value. That’s good news for Dr. Pepper, Snapple Group’s (DPS) soft-drink division, but a kick i

The double standard continues. There seems to be no limit to the amount of money the federal government is willing to spend to prop up our broken financial system. But when it comes to putting money

Beauty in the Details The only way to teach economics in a semester or 2 is to simplify it beyond recognition. But the beauty of life is often in the details. Bennet Sedacca used to say that und

Editor's Note: James Quinn is a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions with a retailer, homebuilder and a university in his 22-yea

Over the last 5 years, China’s appetite for American bonds has helped prop up our consumerist habits, keeping interest rates low for the federal government and home buyers alike. America was li