The Amazing Internet Shopping Experience: Is There Anything Better?

The internet is a marvelous creation. When people speak of the internet, they instantly associate it as a medium of entertainment. It is not only a source of entertainment but also a marvellous place of commerce.

Saving the Environment One Step at a Time to Make Earth Better

All of us have read about environmental warming. Some pundits insist it represents biased science. Different observers say an increase in temperatures is unfolding today. An accurate explanation may lie between these opposing viewpoints.  And naturally not everyone is likely to agree on what is an accurate explanation.

Playing the Odds through Time: A Short History of Gambling

Our ancestors probably made up games of chance long before civilization existed on our planet.  We have been matching skills and betting on possible outcomes for as long as anyone has owned a possession worth envying.  Gambling is in our souls, and modern culture so loves gambling that almost certainly even the smallest nation has laws and agencies which are connected only with gaming.  Academic institutions study why we gamble addictively to help society understand just why people take chances.

Saving Money Is Just as Important Now as Ever

I keep reading that the Great Recession is finally over.  We have recovered all the jobs that were lost.  But is that really true?  NPR just published a study that shows unemployment is still higher in most states than it was before the recession; in some states it is WAY higher.  So why are we saying the Great Recession is over?  I think economists need to come up with a new definition for "recession".  The economy may be doing better but workers are not.