A couple of years ago, I decided to teach myself how to program. I don’t do anything serious, but I wanted the knowledge. I picked Ruby on Rails as the language to learn. At the time I mostly used Windows but found programming had challenges in that environment. Sorry, but I can’t buy into Apple’s “my way or the…

We need to have an honest discussion and analysis to find out if student loans are really the best way to assist educational funding. Are they really helping students and families, or have they allowed tuition to increase to the point that in the long run they’ve hurt families?

I’ve always been able to be clear with my employer on the value I bring to my organization. I work hard and do well for them. When it comes time to negotiate I can show them what I’ve accomplished and know the monetary value of my work.

This article is correct in so many ways.

Yes you are.

Wouldn’t these rules apply to all bullying, not just racist bullying? Kids are bullied for a variety of reasons such as their weight, physical appearance, etc. All issues should be addressed.

Yep! Why else would you use M&Ms?????

Ummm - Nothing beats sweet and salty in one! I’d add M&Ms for color.

The source I posts was the Social Security Administration and was pointing out your error in believing that live expectancy was factored in when Social Security was implemented.

No. You can look up the retirement age and the average life expectancy in 1935 yourself. It’s not hard to educate yourself.

I’m sorry for your situation but that’s how Social Security was designed. In 1935, SS guaranteed retirement pensions to all Americans over the age of 65. Sounds like a good deal — except for the fact that the average American life expectancy back in ‘35 was 61 years.

Even if these DIY AC units did effectively cool, they wouldn’t do the humidity reduction that real AC units do. In fact, I’d think that they’d add humidity.

Yes it’s a hard cut off.

Perhaps a better thing to do would be to conduct an anti-trust investigation into airline pricing. At this point competition should be putting downward pressure on fees and penalties in the airline business. But as soon as one develops a new fee the rest jump on and impose it too.

It has happened once for me. I had a layover in Dallas with a tight connection. My inbound flight was late and sat on the tarmac forever waiting for another plane to exit. I had to sprint to the gate and made it just as they were closing the door. They’d already given my encomony seat away and only had first class…

A little advice to women from someone with experience. If you’re ever out with a guy you don’t really know and they say they spend their free time playing WOW, never ever ask them what WOW is.

I hate when politics interferes with common sense. All blood is tested. There is a 3 week period from when someone is infected to when they have the antibodies that the tests detect. So never allowing gay men to donate is rediculous.

I wonder if they’ll accept my $50 Million money order? I’ll even include an extra $5 Million that they can use to pay Addison’s Big Broken Plane Transport Company to move it for me.

As a young investor who is planning my own retirement without counting on Social Security the solution they could come up with for this scares me to death. The money we’ve saved in tax-deferred accounts will be awfully tempting to the majority in retirement who didn’t save in their working years and they’ll likely…

It’s not true that all investment return comes from someone else’s pocket. New wealth is created all the time. Investing is not a zero-sum game.