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What Will You Do for Giving Tuesday? Nov. 26, 2014
Dear Readers: There's a new day to put on your holiday calendar — Giving Tuesday, the first T... Read More
Loving Uber Less Nov. 25, 2014
Some Uber customers are reportedly deleting the car-hailing service's app from their cellphones. Her... Read More
Down the Opium Rathole Oct. 29, 2014
If you spent 13 years pounding money down a rathole with little to show for it, you might wake up on... Read More
SF Rent Ordinance: Like a Bomb You Don't Hear Till It Hits Oct. 26, 2014
San Francisco is a cauldron of rights, unless you own a home. Buy a property here and you might as w... Read More
13 Ghastly Money Mistakes That Could Come Back to Haunt You Oct. 22, 2014
Dear Readers: The money decisions you make today can lead to either a secure or a scary financial f... Read More
Will a Second Baby Break the Bank? Oct. 08, 2014
Dear Carrie: Our first child is 2 1/2. We're thinking of having a second baby, but it seems pretty ... Read More
A Million-Dollar Question Sep. 20, 2014
A woman I admire asked me where she should donate $1 million to promote research to cure addiction. ... Read More
Keep the No-Ransom Policy Sep. 18, 2014
The video of a Syrian captor beheading American freelance journalist James Foley "has done more dama... Read More
Can You Dip Into Your IRA to Buy a First Home? Should You? Sep. 17, 2014
Dear Carrie: If I want to buy a house, could I dip into my individual retirement account for part o... Read More
Got Kids in Grade School? Start Their Financial Education Now Aug. 27, 2014
Dear Readers: The new school year is just around the corner, and as I think about the importance of... Read More
Can Oil and Sanctimony Mix? Aug. 19, 2014
When Al-Jazeera bought Current TV for $500 million in January 2013, former Vice President Al Gore, w... Read More
Who Cares What Ideology Drives the High-Speed Train? Aug. 12, 2014
In Texas, a private company wants to build a bullet train joining Dallas and Houston. In California,... Read More
The Barn
Jul. 30, 2014
Andy Capp
Jul. 27, 2014
Andy Capp
Jul. 23, 2014
Preserve a Lie or Save Lives -- You Pick Jul. 23, 2014
Days before two federal courts issued dueling interpretations of the Affordable Care Act, I came acr... Read More
Agnes
Jul. 14, 2014
Andy Capp
Jul. 14, 2014
Disinvestment of Fossil Fuels -- Symbolism and Hypocrisy Jul. 13, 2014
A group called Fossil Free UC wants regents to divest the University of California's endowment fund ... Read More
Archie
Jul. 11, 2014
