The reports are in, and home prices continued to slide lower in 2011.  While the dollar amounts vary based on your location, as of September 2011 median home prices have fallen in San Diego to $249,000 from their peak of $484,000 in early 2007.[1] That’s a total drop of 48.5% or $235,000 per home. Most [...]

“The British are coming! The British are coming!” This is the phrase attributed to Paul Revere during his midnight ride at the start of the American Revolutionary War; but according to eye witness accounts in historical documents, he actually said, “The Regulars are coming out.”[1] The “Regulars” was a term referring to an official army [...]

The price of crude oil rose from $38.57 per barrel when President Obama took office in early 2009, to over $107 as of March, 2012.[1]  As you can imagine, a 177% increase gets people’s attention. Given that 68% of the price of gasoline is the crude oil cost, the gas prices you and I pay [...]

Darkness, swirling snow, and wind chills of -20 below enveloped the mass of people waiting in a single file line. They periodically stomped their feet as their toes felt the pain of being close to frostbitten in spite of the heavy winter boots. The waiting had gone on for hours and hours, but it was [...]

What would you do if after a week-long business trip you came home to find a family of complete strangers living in your house, eating your food, wearing your clothes, and spending the extra cash that you kept on hand for emergencies?  Worse than that, there was nothing you could do about it? Most would [...]

In a National Security speech made by President Ronald Reagan to the nation and the world on March 23rd, 1983, he said, “The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor. We maintain our strength in order to [...]

Step one: Have people and pets leave the room, and avoid the breakage area on the way out. Step two: Open a window or door to the outdoors and leave the room for 5-10 minutes. Step three: Shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning (H&AC) system, if you have one. Step four: Collect materials you [...]