by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2007 | Blog
This weekend was our son's fifth birthday, and we tried something different for his birthday party this year: no toys. Instead we had a book exchange. Each kid brought a book and left with one, and our son opened the presents we bought for him once we got back home....
by Bill Scher | Nov 20, 2007 | Blog
Today, acting Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Nancy Nord issued a press release titled, "CPSC Delivers the ABC’s of Toy Safety," which includes "CPSC's Top Safe Shopping Tips." But these tips leave out an important word. Kids, see if you can identify the missing...
by Bill Scher | Nov 20, 2007 | Blog
On Saturday’s weekly presidential radio address, George Bush admonished “Congress” for not yet passing legislation temporarily fixing the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). The decades-old law was initially designed to prevent the ultra-rich from shirking their tax...
by Bill Scher | Nov 19, 2007 | Blog
Over the past seven years, crude oil prices have exploded from around $30 a barrel to nearly $100. With prices that high, you don’t need to give an oil company executive much financial incentive to drill for more fossil fuel. Yet clean energy legislation is stalled in...
by Bill Scher | Nov 19, 2007 | Blog
Fox News Sunday had a landmark Watchdog day, not only asking this week's question about Huckabee's past ethical violations, but also asking last month's Watchdog question about Huckabee's deeply flawed proposal to replace the income tax with a national sales tax....
