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• Vote: How would you improve the tax code?

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Many changes are needed! Dump the Alternative Minimum Tax--that's what I'd really do first!

• Horrific murder no surprise in US meth hub

  Sat Jan 21, 2012
  • The Buddha said it was best to refrain from intoxicating substances. The reason is that any intoxicant messes with your mind--and some more than others. Getting high is just a way to put off having to deal with the fact of our impending death. Maybe if we just get high enough it will go away?

• Many Americans still not prepared for a job loss

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • Through hard experience, I learned always to have a backup fund.

• Paula Deen: Diabetes diagnosis won't change how I cook

  Tue Jan 17, 2012
  • Are we not surprised that she is now a spokesperson for a major drug company? Look folks, all we need to do is eat like there is no tomorrow and take our meds! What's the problem!

• Snowshoer burned cash, socks to survive; 4 others overdue

  Mon Jan 16, 2012
  • Yes. It is often a fatal mistake to be separated from other people. But he was the group leader, so the people must have thought he knew what he was doing. It was foolish of him to let them go on. I'm sure he knows that now.

• Flight diverts to Fla. after 'unruly' couple seeks Champagne in first class

  Mon Jan 16, 2012
  • I have traveled with groups from Germany. There is a big cultural difference between Americans and Germans when it comes to polite behavior. My suspicion is that these passengers were indeed rude, argumentative, and unruly, by U.S. standards. Just sayin'.

• Will knowing your DNA motivate you to lose weight?

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • No one is going to analyze my DNA. Forget it. This stuff starts out as "research" and ends up as eugenics...

• As home prices fall, more borrowers walk away

  Mon Jan 9, 2012
  • If my income changed so that I could not afford the payments, like the people in the article, yes. Otherwise, no.

• Good Graph Friday: The majors with the best job prospects

  Fri Jan 6, 2012
  • I chose biology over English because job prospects seemed better.

• Loving the job, but hating the student loan debt

  Thu Jan 5, 2012
  • "Student loans are not covered in bankruptcy." That is true, and neither is debt for back taxes to IRS. In fact, IRS gets paid before the lawyers...