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Numberscruncher: The Blagojevich Family Clothing Budget

Ann Logue July 7, 2010 3

People who give personal finance advice tend to give the same advice over and over. That’s because it works. And one of the most basic ways to start getting a grip on your finances

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Numberscruncher: Neither Families Nor States Manage Their Budgets Well

Ann Logue March 23, 2010 4

Let’s just come right out and say it: most families do not do as good a job as they could with their finances.  So why do we hold them (i.e., us) out as paragons

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Sugar Water: Jay Leno Is Blacker Than Rod Blagojevich

Robert Cass January 18, 2010 16

On the morning of January 11, numerous media outlets reported that former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich had proclaimed to Esquire magazine that he’s “blacker than Barack Obama” in its February issue, which arrives on

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Sugar Water: Break On Through (To Another Side of Acting)

Robert Cass February 10, 2009 27

“A liar lies and a thief steals from you, but a hustler gives you something that you don’t mind parting with your money for. You’re entertained by the meal or the sex or the

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Bootleg City: Patty Griffin, Pt. 3

Robert Cass January 30, 2009 18

As I mentioned last week, an anonymous donor sent me disc two of Patty Griffin’s “Love From My Lips” bootleg after I whined on January 16 about not having a glitch-free copy to share

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