Our family goes a-wassailing, warmed inside and out. For other celebrants, here’s my favorite wassail recipe. I love having children with me in the kitchen, to measure the spices and beat the eggs. Be sure you have glasses that can take heat (Irish coffee glasses work just fine). This recipe serves 16. For smaller Christmases, [...]
A compelling table here on how much money the Senate health-care bill will save ordinary families, in insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Progressives who say that the current bill is worse than nothing haven’t looked at the huge step forward represented by reform. There was never going to be a perfect bill. I complain, too, [...]
The bill proposed in the Senate would require health insurance companies to spend a least 85 percent of each of your premium dollars on medical care. Right now, most insurers spend less than that, especially for people with individual or small- group coverage. As little as 64 percent of the premiums you pay might actually [...]
You’re finally hearing the truth about the incredible interest rates that banks charge for subprime credit cards. First Premier Bank, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is pilot-testing a card with a rate of 79.9 percent! You might be shocked, shocked, to hear that a bank could charge that much. But to me, the bank [...]
Why are you giving a gift card for Christmas or Hanukkah? Why not make your gift the old-fashioned way—namely, by giving cash? A gift card is cash, and you’re probably paying good money for it. There might be a service fee and there’s always a shipping charge if you order the card online [...]
