Opinions & Editorials

2013

May

• May 13, 2013  Student debt and the crushing of the American dream
• May 09, 2013  Banks still behaving badly

March

• Mar 04, 2013  Bleeding the borrower dry

January

• Jan 29, 2013  Curtail the government’s power to snoop
• Jan 15, 2013  The foreclosure fiasco

2012

December

• Dec 02, 2012  The mortgage challenge

October

• Oct 29, 2012  How private are your phone calls?
• Oct 25, 2012  Student debt debacles
• Oct 23, 2012  Will foreclosure abuses ever end?

August

• Aug 20, 2012  Credit card robo redux

July

• Jul 31, 2012  Obama and Romney should say what they’ll do about housing
• Jul 26, 2012  Better disclosure for private loans
• Jul 17, 2012  The government wants you to eat cheese

May

• May 31, 2012  The credit history underclass

April

• Apr 24, 2012  Consumers need more protection, not less
• Apr 19, 2012  A pragmatic decision on credit card fees

January

• Jan 26, 2012  To shop smart, patients need to know price of care
• Jan 19, 2012  SOPA and PIPA: wrong tools to combat online piracy

2011

December

• Dec 20, 2011  The Middle-class agenda

October

• Oct 28, 2011  Curing the Gen Y student loan hangover

September

• Sep 15, 2011  Want better wireless service in America? Socialize it.

August

• Aug 18, 2011  Forgiving debt may be the answer
• Aug 15, 2011  How to encourage American innovation

June

• Jun 30, 2011  The Cloud Darkens
• Jun 05, 2011  Facebook and your teenager

May

• May 17, 2011  The real Social Security and Medicare problem (and fix)
• May 04, 2011  Party like it’s 2013

March

• Mar 29, 2011  The case for Social Security reform
• Mar 25, 2011  Arbitration can be as expensive as litigation
• Mar 21, 2011  The war on Warren
• Mar 19, 2011  A new Internet privacy law?

February

• Feb 25, 2011  How to end housing mess

January

• Jan 31, 2011  Your Rx or your privacy
• Jan 30, 2011  Netizens gain some privacy
• Jan 23, 2011  Should you check Facebook before hiring?
• Jan 21, 2011  Debit card predators
• Jan 20, 2011  What’s Good for G.M. is good for homeowners
• Jan 11, 2011  Do not track me

2010

December

• Dec 26, 2010  How to derail financial reform
• Dec 07, 2010  ‘Do Not Track’ plan protects privacy on Web

November

• Nov 16, 2010  Searching your laptop
• Nov 08, 2010  Don’t repeal new health care law, improve it

October

• Oct 26, 2010  The Mortgage Morass
• Oct 11, 2010  Degrees of debt

September

• Sep 01, 2010  Why privacy on the Web isn’t dispensable

August

• Aug 24, 2010  The customer always comes last
• Aug 19, 2010  Don’t erect tollbooths on information superhighway
• Aug 09, 2010  These ‘cookies’ aren’t tasty

June

• Jun 20, 2010  Congress defends the big banks

May

• May 24, 2010  Medical ‘loss ratio’ gaming begins

April

• Apr 21, 2010  End the cycle with financial reform
• Apr 19, 2010  The FCC and the Internet
• Apr 18, 2010  Whose side are they on?

March

• Mar 01, 2010  Financial reform endgame

February

• Feb 25, 2010  Loan-sharking Inc.
• Feb 12, 2010  Cell phones and privacy

January

• Jan 25, 2010  Restarting financial reform
• Jan 06, 2010  Calling an end to overpriced cell service

2009

December

• Dec 19, 2009  Show us the e-mail

October

• Oct 13, 2009  Truth in advertising, offline or online
• Oct 10, 2009  Have banks no shame?

September

• Sep 14, 2009  Reforming the financial system

August

• Aug 30, 2009  Majority rule on health reform
• Aug 27, 2009  Small credit lines shouldn’t hurt scores
• Aug 26, 2009  Healthcare: Pay for it now, or pay more later
• Aug 24, 2009  About your 401(k)
• Aug 23, 2009  The uninsured
• Aug 20, 2009  The debit card trap
• Aug 02, 2009  Curbing runaway health inflation

July

• Jul 31, 2009  Negotiating with creditors may have drawbacks
• Jul 29, 2009  The price of high tech is sometimes privacy
• Jul 24, 2009  Minnesota A.G. wins one for consumers
• Jul 20, 2009  Lost in the cloud
• Jul 20, 2009  Sharks circle in Congress
• Jul 15, 2009  Organ donors risk denial of health insurance
• Jul 14, 2009  (Bank) chutzpah on steroids
• Jul 13, 2009  Borrowers bled dry
• Jul 08, 2009  Credit card firms try end run around new federal rules
• Jul 01, 2009  Cardholders see payment hike as a raw deal

June

• Jun 29, 2009  Insurance company schemes
• Jun 24, 2009  Last-resort health coverage barely covers
• Jun 22, 2009  Health care showdown
• Jun 19, 2009  An easy way to shred that paper weight
• Jun 10, 2009  Cellphone customer put through the wringer
• Jun 03, 2009  As GM co-owners, should we buy GM cars?

May

• May 15, 2009  GPS and privacy rights
• May 07, 2009  How we tested the big banks
• May 06, 2009  CPSC needs more muscle
• May 04, 2009  As foreclosures surge ...
• May 01, 2009  Broadband caps can cost you

April

• Apr 28, 2009  Do you know where your data is?
• Apr 26, 2009  Our lending law is worth saving
• Apr 24, 2009  How healthy are your finances?
• Apr 15, 2009  Cable firm’s plan to Net extra cash
• Apr 13, 2009  391 percent payday loan
• Apr 06, 2009  The credit card trap
• Apr 03, 2009  Breaking the cable company’s bundles
• Apr 01, 2009  Motorists are pulling for Big 3, but will they be willing to buy?

March

• Mar 27, 2009  Putting an end to “washed” and “cloned” cars
• Mar 26, 2009  Online advertisers should tread carefully

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