If you're anything like me you probably think about taxes once a year, when it comes time to file in the spring. But this summer the IRS is trying to get us to think about taxes a little more...

Seven years ago today, most of my coworkers and I huddled around the office television, trying to make sense of what we pentagon flag were seeing on the screen: New York City. The World Trade Center. Gone.

You know that person on your holiday shopping list who has everything, which makes them pretty much impossible to shop for? I have a few people like that on my own list this year and it always takes some serious outside the box thinking to come up with...

Newsflash! The economy is going about as well as the New Jersey Nets' season. But there could be some light on the horizon for small business owners. On Tuesday, President Obama announced potential plans to help out small businesses and in turn,...

Last week I wrote about help for people struggling with their mortgages and it got me thinking that there’s a lot of financial struggle that goes on before you lose the house. The evening news gives us the big stories of foreclosures and credit card...

It was so cold last week that I had to dig out the big coat. Winter officially starts in two weeks and for me that means it's reading season. Not that I don't read the rest of the year, it just always seems I read more in the winter.  Of course the...

The United States Postal Service estimates that roughly 97 million customers visit the post office during the holidays. Are you going to be one of the many standing in line this year to buy your Christmas stamps, purchase your boxes, or mail your...