• UPS Rats Out FedEx

    Interesting story from Bloomberg: A secret report from a lobbyist who represents United Parcel Service Inc. prompted an Ohio state investigation into employment practices of FedEx Corp., leading to a finding that FedEx owed back taxes and interest. Kenneth Kies, […]

  • Michael McGee Guilty on All Charges

    The verdict in former alderman Michael McGee’s federal trial just came down, and he has been found guilty on all nine charges against him. He could get up to 30 years in federal prison.One down, one to go. State trial […]

  • Fantastic Article About MLMs and Moms

    The publication Brain, Child has a wonderful story written by Stacey Schultz, about the devastating effects multi-level marketing companies can have on women. She’s included specific comments about Herbalife, Arbonne, and Mary Kay, but also has a lot of general […]

  • A Little Thing Called “Intent”

    Last week the federal trial of former Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee (also known as Michael Jackson, depending upon which agency is looking for him) began. He’s up on felony charges of extortion, bribery, and failing to file financial transaction forms […]

  • Seller Beware: Inside the Insidious, Too-Good-To-Be-True, “Mom Friendly” World of Those Work-From-Home Business Offers

    Brain, Child By Stacey Schultz You might hear the story of how Nicole Lopez lost $10,000 and think, “How could she be so stupid?” But when you talk to her on the phone, you don’t get that feeling at all. […]

  • Pressing Questions for MLM Supporter Len Clements

    Today I got an email from Len Clements, the multi-level marketing evangelist and career college graduate who has been a vocal supporter of Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA). Len Clements published five disjointed “rebuttals” to the various reports, videos, and press […]

  • Al Gore Cares About Conserving Energy

    …unless if he’s supposed to participate effectively. The Tennessee Center for Policy Research reports:

  • Proof That MPS Sucks

    I recently wrote a couple of articles here about the Milwaukee Public Schools budget situation (students down by almost 5%, but spending up AGAIN) and my opinion that MPS teachers are grossly overpaid. Of course, teacher advocates have fired back […]

  • LifeLock Is Watching Me!

    The people at LifeLock are on a serious mission to keep the company’s critics quiet. They even called me this week in an effort to “educate me” on the virtues of LifeLock so that I’d quit criticizing them publicly. So […]

  • The Lifelock “Guarantee”: Talking Out of Both Sides of Their Mouth

    Here and on WalletPop.com (AOL’s personal finance site), I’ve been discussing a company called LifeLock. They purport to help people prevent identity theft. They’re slick marketers and they’ve really capitalized on people’s fears of identity theft. But I don’t like […]