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How to Soften New Denim, Make Homemade Eyeglass Cleaner and More

Dear Mary: I used to buy a packet of "blue jeans softener" in a store that has since gone out…

4 years ago

Don’t Fall for the Democrats’ Ginned-up Social Security Scaremongering

Here are two snippets from Wednesday's New York Times piece contending that Republicans have "embraced" plans to cut Social Security…

4 years ago

They Knew They Were Wrong; We Warned Them

The Atlantic magazine featured an article earlier this week authored by Emily Oster, an economist and professor at Brown University.…

4 years ago

Frugality on the Fun Meter of Life

I was not born with a natural bent toward frugality. Everything in me cries out to spend, acquire, spend, achieve,…

4 years ago

Why the Legacy Media Is Panicked About Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

It has now been a week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth is…

4 years ago

Three Good Men; Three Great Kids’ Books

The following column was originally published in 2018 but has been republished this week as Michelle is no longer writing…

4 years ago

A Shelter in the Time of Storm

The most important thing you can do to make your personal economy strong is to have an umbrella — a…

4 years ago

Kanye West, Antisemitism and Candace Owens

Let's begin with an indisputable fact. What Kanye West, aka Ye, is saying about Jews is antisemitic. Why? Because "the…

4 years ago

‘Save Our Democracy’ Is the New ‘Russia Collusion’

At this point, it would save everyone time if Democrats could simply point to a policy agenda item that isn't…

4 years ago

Explaining Conservativism – Part II: Why the Left Hates It

"Since at least the World War II generation, most parents who held conservative values either did not think they had…

4 years ago