Collecting My Thoughts

If there were ever a federal agency misnamed, it’s the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “(Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announc...

Sometimes older is not wiser. It seems that Pedro Garcia, a retired corrections officer, refinanced the home he bought for $23,000 40 years...

The housing mess has a long history We've all seen the pressure to lower standards and make homeowners of people who can't save the ...

Where did the money go? The drop in gasoline prices since summer has amounted to about $2,000 per household in spendable income. That's...

Usury (yū'zhə-rē) I seldom use my Macy's credit card--must have pulled it out by mistake when I shopped there on December 19. Today ...

The widening gap You can't turn on the radio, TV or open a newspaper without someone talking about a gap*--and I don't mean the stor...

Monday Memories--credit for the payroll In 1960 I was a secretary at a small tool and die company in Indianapolis. I ran the office, answer...

Six questions on the bailout Over at City Journal , Nicole Gelinas thinks President Bush, Secretary Paulson and Congress should have taken ...

4236 Subprime late payments A chart in today's WSJ showed the number of people keeping up with mortgage payments on subprime loans is i...

Dear Pat W. Johnston, Director of Consumer Services Give it up, Pat (I think it is a made-up name like Betty Crocker, or Mr. Goodwrench). ...