The past few days have been particularly unsettling for me. I had J.G. Banks of probate infomercial fame at my house for a couple of days last week. Jim and I have been friends for going on 20 years. We caught up on old times and then got into the financial mess. [...]

As I watch the presidential debates, I am in a panic. It appears that taxes are going up any way you slice it. McCain made the statement that the only president to ever raise taxes when the economy was in trouble was Herbert Hoover. [...]