• Great comments on The Fair Tax proposal

    This comment was left on WalletPop, AOL’s personal finance blog. He was responding to a thread on hidden taxes and an ongoing discussion there. Our current tax system is so complex that many of the taxes we pay are in […]

  • Utah Woman a Star in Pink

    The Salt Lake Tribune By Steven Oberbeck In the world of Mary Kay cosmetics, Gladis Camargo of Riverton is a superstar. During the past 13 years, Camargo has built up a marketing organization of nearly 40 sales directors who in […]

  • Supporting Pyramid Schemes is Lucrative for Politicians

    As Barry Minkow (Fraud Discovery Institute), Dr. Jon Taylor, Robert FitzPatrick, Eric Scheibeler and others (including me) continue the unpopular fight against multi-level marketing companies (which are nothing more than disguised pyramid schemes), I occasionally come across items of interest… […]

  • Irresponsible reporting about Usana by The Associated Press

    In an article today about the Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) buyout offer by Myron Wentz (Gull Holdings), the following inaccurate statement was made: The Securities and Exchange Commission concluded during the first quarter USANA’s marketing model is not a pyramid […]

  • Nominee for Mother of the Year

    The Milwaukee NBC affiliate is reporting that Corinna Kuhnke allowed her 2-year-old to smoke a cigarette at a restaurant. Witnesses say that a woman with Kuhnke and her son lit the cigarette that the boy put in his mouth. Kuhnke […]

  • Usana Health Sciences Buyout News

    This morning, it was announced that Usana founder and current chairman and CEO Myron Wentz offered to buy all outstanding stock of Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) at $26.00 per share. The closing price of the stock on May 12 was […]

  • How does one get headhunters to leave her alone?

    Have I ever mentioned how sick of headhunters I am? Well I am. I don’t want their phone calls. I don’t want their emails. I don’t want the crappy job they’re offering, and I don’t know anyone who is qualified […]

  • You ask Google, I answer

    Question: Did Enron have good cash flow? Answer: No. That was one of the signs that a fraud was occurring. In spite of financial statements that showed increasing revenue and profits, the company was constantly in a poor cash position. […]

  • Fraud at Local Church Likely

    One of Milwaukee’s largest Catholic churches is likely the victim of financial fraud at the hands of a now dismissed priest. Leaders at St. John Vianney in Brookfield are urging people not to rush to judgment and to wait until […]

  • This Week’s Articles from AOL’s Blog WalletPop

    Still writing a lot for AOL but having a good time doing it! Win some spending money at Comic Wonder – A very cool site started by local serial entrepreneurs. And you think YOUR kids are expensive? – The Duggars […]