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Angola: Culture and Customs of Angola
Well, my project of learning at least a little about every country in Africa continues. It’s been, what, almost three years now? And I’m up to Angola. This book, Culture and Customs of Angola (Cultures and Customs of the World) is an academic handbook, a basic reference to the life of the people in Angola…. [Read More]
You need walk-away money
A key component of a financial plan is an emergency fund, and that emergency may well be that you can’t take what you are doing anymore. You need walk-away money. At a basic level, this is enough money to cover three or four months worth of expenses if something huge and unexpected came up or… [Read More]
Writer sued for libel, inspired to research plaintiff. Ooops.
Sometimes, people sue writers because they have something to hide. That was the case here. Ron Shrinkman was a writer sued for libel. Well, almost. Jeannette Martello, a physician in California, threatened to sue him for reporting on how she had been enjoined from the California Department of Managed Health Care for balancing billing patients…. [Read More]
Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies is out of print
It’s a sad event in the life of an author, and one that happens to just about all of them at one point or another. Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies is now out of print. I’m still interested in the topic, though. I’ll still write about it. And all of you wonderful people who own… [Read More]