Bear Flag Blog

Well, the dollar is at its lowest ever against the euro, and oil prices are the highest ever... but don't let that fool you. It's going to get worse. If you lived through the seventies I hope you liked them, because they're back. more »

Which really ought to be Small Favors, but of course that would not fit the series' "two word titles, both words the same length" theme. It's the latest in Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden novels. The fact that we purchased it on the day of release, in ha… more »

I'm a bit late on this, but Charlton Heston passed away this week. Certainly an actor with some serious work under his belt, at least a half-dozen films that everyone ought to see. And he's fantastic in them. Certainly a life that has left behind much t… more »

I visited the Motley Fool website yesterday, as I occasionally do. This isn't a recommendation, by the way, a friend is a longtime member of theirs so I check up on them occasionally, but in general they just seem like a way to advertise investment stra… more »

As usual, the party that doesn't believe in government, doesn't do it well: With the award last January of a federal contract worth as much as nearly $300 million, the company, AEY Inc., which operates out of an unmarked office in Miami Beach, became… more »