Three years after the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan, the situation in the country is bleak, with the Taliban tightening its grip as it introduces increasingly oppressive laws that restrict political freedoms and suppress the rights of women. Most Afghans have had to acquiesce to the Taliban not because…

Get there first. That’s the best parenting advice I ever got, and it applies to every one of the most important values we choose to pass on to our children, as well as all the thorniest issues we choose to address—sex, alcohol, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, and yes, money. For…

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Despite President Biden’s request to reinstate the SAVE plan the administration created to help student loan borrowers pay less in monthly payments, the Supreme Court declined to do so on Wednesday. Lower courts blocked the plan earlier in the summer after legal challenges were brought up by GOP-led states. The…

Amazon’s checkout function encountered technical issues on Friday, keeping customers from completing purchases. The e-commerce site displayed error messages with photos of dogs during the outage as people posted about it on social media.To run its website, Amazon relies on its own data center infrastructure. But the company’s Amazon Web…

In 2021, I was 36 years old, and I had a big year. Thanks to the income streams that grew from my blog and podcast, I started making enough passive income to quit my 9-to-5. This financial freedom made me start to think about what other goals I wanted to achieve,…

Podcasting superstars are taking their fame to new heights as media companies offer nine-figure deals for the rights to their shows. NFL brothers Travis and Jason Kelce’s $100 million deal this week with Amazon’s podcasting studio, Wondery, marked the latest high-priced deal in 2024, highlighting a major shift in the audio landscape as…

Investment Thesis Airlines have a bad reputation with many investors because of their low profit margins and cyclical nature of the business. Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ:ALGT) has lived up to the bad reputation of airline stocks over the past year with shares down more than 50%. In this analysis, I…

A former top bankruptcy judge is set to be questioned under oath next month over a secret romantic relationship with a lawyer whose fees he approved, as multiple investigations reveal the breadth of a judicial scandal that has gripped the world of distressed debt and corporate restructurings.Judge Eduardo Rodriguez, now…

A new television ad from former President Donald Trump’s campaign piles deception upon deception to attack Vice President Kamala Harris on immigration. The ad uses an edited quote to attack Harris over a supposed proposal that she hasn’t actually made. The ad features a narrator saying this: “Attention seniors: Kamala Harris has…