On this day in 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the U.S., to be replaced by Gerald Ford, who had replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice President after Agnew resigned amid criminal charges of tax evasion and money laundering.
Thus Ford became the only U.S. President who was elected neither President nor Vice President, while Nixon, [...]

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Since today is Tax Day (ugh), I wanted to give you something to think about. Here’s a quote from a speech Calvin Coolidge (the 30th President of the United States) gave back on February 12, 1924 where he discussed his proposed bill to slash certain taxes that was pending before Congress.
But this post isn’t [...]

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Last week, I wrote about Casey Johnson, the great-great granddaughter of the founder of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).  Among your insightful responses was this one, from a reader who’s a Financial Advisor in the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
“If Casey Johnson was single at the time of her death–and I think she was–and with no current [...]

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Today’s post contains a lot of little ideas that I assembled last week; in fact, I nearly titled it potpourri, but I was put off by the association with aromatic plant material, not to mention the fact that in French, the term means “rotten pot.”
Upon further reflection, I realized the common theme uniting these elements [...]

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On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, one week ago, here’s what happened.
On Saturday, the New York Times ran a story on the drug wars in Mexico, describing how the power of the criminal gangs often outweighs the power of the law enforcers.
It’s a big problem, and the violence has increased since President Felipe Calderon launched an [...]

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