Here's another highlight from our CardRatings.com blog that I've been getting some great feedback about:A slumping economy, a soft job market, and rising credit card debt can strain relationships. If you didn’t manage to stun your spouse on Continue Reading
Know Your Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee BEFORE You Travel
Posted last week on CardRatings.com, here are some of my favorite tips for folks planning to travel outside the U.S. with a little cash and a lot of plastic:With new credit card rules squeezing profit margins at major banks, foreign travelers have Continue Reading
Five Decades of American News Radio History
It's been about ten years since I wrote for AOL's content team, and I'm excited to be back on their roster. Here's the first piece I did for the AOL Radio Blog:Although news reporting had been a regular component of American broadcast Continue Reading
The Secret History of Used Cars
When we lived in Athens, Lori and I had fun times with a couple of used cars: a Honda Civic that my mechanic declared "an impossible perversion of Japanese engineering," and a Pontiac Sunfire that ran great and was almost absolutely a Continue Reading
CRM Systems Thrive with Five Kinds of Data
First-time buyers of CRM systems often wonder what makes customer relationship management software tick. Effective CRM tools go beyond lists of names and addresses. They collect and help teams interpret five critical types of data...Read more on the Continue Reading




