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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Should schools teach kids personal finance?
SUMMERTIME and the living is easy, except I can’t stop my mind from jumping to next month when the college bills begin rolling in again. With two sons heading back to university, my wife wanted to teach them fiscal responsibility. … Continue reading
Desalination or conservation?
When you talk water with folks it boils down to a choice between Thomas Edison and Al Gore. You want whiz-bang machinery or do-gooder conservation? I’m speaking of ocean desalination plants – the big machine solution to dwindling water supplies. … Continue reading
Being seen as the dumb American
THE coast of Mazatlan was beautiful. The jagged rock formations were impressive. But after 90 minutes of bobbing on the Pacific Ocean in a small skiff, listening to the Mexican tour guide’s corny jokes (“Doesn’t that rock look like Scooby-Doo?”), … Continue reading