Over the weekend, Kim C. pointed me to an article about the dangers of thrift. There’s been a glut of these pieces lately, most of which just make me tense. They seem as if they’re cheerleading conspicuous consumption. But this one is interesting. Writing for The New York Times, Hiroko Tabuchi describes what happened when [...]

Mark Frauenfelder (founder of the awesome Boing Boing) has a piece at PC.com that asks: When is a free credit report not a free credit report? The answer, of course, is: When it comes from FreeCreditReport.com. FreeCreditReport.com, which has raised the ire of many, does allow people to look at their credit reports free for [...]

Just a quick reminder! Tonight (Monday night, for those who get the morning e-mail) I’ll be a guest on Frugal Coast2Coast, the BlogTalkRadio program: It’s all well and good to talk about simple ways to save money and live within your budget-but what about when that isn’t enough. What about when you are deep in [...]

Last week, I went running with my friend Mac. As we ran, we talked. Mac asked me how it felt to be out of debt, to actually be saving money. Like many of my friends, he’s watched my financial turnaround with interest. “It feels great,” I said. “I should have learned from you and Pam [...]