Archives for Opinion - Page 17
Money and the Blind
"All money, no matter how much it's worth, feels the same." -- Frank Welte, a 45-year-old blind man Hey ladies, do we have any Sarah Silverman fans out there? She's…
Valentine’s Day – Money Can’t Buy Me Love
The Beatles told us all about how money "Can't Buy Me Love", yet each year millions of Americans go ape spending money on Valentine's Day. Are we really expressing love,…
Being “Middle Class” is burying us!
Following on Paula's excellent and provocative post, "What Class Are You?" I wonder what we do to ourselves when we're not honest about what class we're actually in? For example,…
Gay-friendly Investing
Last month I wrote a series on Investing 101: general principles for how to (relatively) safely build your assets. But I didn't really address the nature of the companies you…
How Gay-Friendly is Your Hospital? HRC Reports
The cover story of the current issue of Equality magazine (Winter 2007) published by the Human Rights Campaign is titled "Are Hospitals Good for Your Health? New HRC Effort Looks…
Why Companies and Employees Miss Out on Millions
Listen up out there -- there are millions of dollars to be had and untold amounts of success, productivity, innovation, and satisfaction that goes untapped and sabotaged daily. Let's pretend…
Genre Goes Green?
I'm not sure why I get Genre magazine. I think a few years back when I was doing the online dating thing (which worked out for me, by the way!)…
Gay Up the Wall Street Journal?
I had not given much thought about what it means to subscribe to a widely-regarded conservative newspaper such as the Wall Street Journal since I have never directly purchased a…
Lose Weight; Fatten Your Wallet– Is That Really True?
I recently found the article "Losing Weight Will Fatten Your Wallet" over at and of course was instantly intrigued by the headline. As someone who is pretty health conscious, I…
Get Hitched and Get Out of Debt?
After Zac, the other great love of my life is the New York Times. Like Zac, the New York Times just gets me, and tells me everything I want to…