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Frugal Eats On Road Trips

I tried to count the number of road trips our family has taken, but I really just can’t. I have no idea. And when I talk about road trips, I am talking about trips we have taken of several days duration, sometimes weeks, and, a couple of times, road trips that lasted over a month. [...]

Posted by: DeputyHeadmistress on Friday, May 7th, 2010

Cash for Clunkers hurts everyone

The Cash for Clunkers program was a bad idea.  Far from helping the economy, we can expect it to cause a wide array of longterm problems: Those who bought will be hurt. Can you say “repo”?  People who wouldn’t otherwise have bought a car are now strapped with a payment they really didn’t need and [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009