How My Old-School Ride Broke Me

Driving Until The Wheels Fall Off Costs More Than You Think I was raised to believe that buying a car and driving it until the proverbial wheels fall off is […]

How A Car Can Recession-Proof You

Economically speaking, things are clicking for a good number of Americans.  While the average millennial like me might not be lounging in a McMansion or staked out in the skyrocketing stock market, employment opportunities […]

Surviving The Gig Economy

Bank Cash and Avoid Debt As A Freelancer The gig economy. Depending on your perspective, it’s either here to stay forever or it never even happened at all. However you view the label itself, […]

10 Road Movies For Winter Blues

These Cinematic Journeys Can Add Some Summer To Your New Year Feeling cooped-up after a holiday spent amid winter’s tragically limited color scheme? Finding yourself in the middle of a […]

My Car Loan Nightmare

A Temporary Employer Insisted I Get an Auto Loan. The Damage Was Quite Permanent. In my first autumn out of college, I got a job working for the campaign of […]

Why Auto Debt Sucks: We Owe More On Cars Than Credit Cards. That’s A Problem.

Sometimes the things we consider helpful in life actually end up doing us harm. I’m looking at you, way-too-convenient fast-food place near my house. For millions of Americans, another example […]

President Obama’s economic legacy is one of ups and downs

When Donald Trump campaigned as a brash billionaire willing to drain the swamp in D.C. in order to “Make America Great Again,” he knew that he’d hit a nerve early […]

TBT: Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009

Before a smartphone was put in every person’s hands and the economy had recovered, way back when wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were still raging and we were all hopeful that […]

Your guide to the 2017 presidential inauguration

The pomp and circumstance of the 58th presidential inauguration is about to take over Washington, D.C. as the Obama Administration oversees the peaceful transition of power to President-elect Donald Trump. If […]

Stat of the Week: 40% of Americans believe healthcare needs overhauling

President-elect Donald Trump and a cohort of Republicans on Capitol Hill have promised the Affordable Care Act will be repealed and replaced — within his first 100 days, no less. […]