I thought I would share this story which  is so symptomatic of our time and age on so many levels Bobby Bonilla was a good, but not great, baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the late 1980s/early 1990s. He was able to parlay these years into a series of obscenely rich and guaranteed contracts [...]

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WASHINGTON Congress voted Thursday to kill funds for President Barack Obama’s signature high-speed rail program, but the initiative may have some life in it still. Republican lawmakers are claiming credit for killing the program. But billions of dollars still in the pipeline will ensure work will continue on some projects. And it’s still possible money [...]

The hardest part about saving money is often just doing it, but doing more than just putting some cash away in a savings account will help you reach your goals even faster. Depositing in a higher earning account like a certificate of deposit will take your savings to the next level, but only if you [...]