Stories by paulpauper

A Million Chances to Fail

Alabama Sheriff Legally Took $750k Meant to Feed Inmates, Bought Beach House (2018)

Big Bird Is History: Why We Fund PBS (2012)

Insulin’s steep price leads to deadly rationing

Reminder: Jenny McCarthy Helped Cause the Anti-Vaxxer Measles Outbreak

I Hope My Father Dies Soon (2013)

Entrepreneurs don’t have a special gene for risk, they come from rich families

Microsoft Security Specialist Steals $10M in Xbox Gift Cards

Why Aren’t Interest Rates Higher?

Iceland: The country where Down syndrome is disappearing

Millennials Aren’t Killing Industries. We’re Just Broke and Your Business Sucks

Life on the Minimum Wage

Why Satanic Panic never ended

Dollar Stores Became Magnets for Crime and Killing

Why I'm boycotting TurboTax this year

You Are Not Crazy for Hating the Idea of Work

The sneaky but probably legal way the rich shield retirement savings from taxes

Hate exercise? It could be genetic

The ProPublica Revelations Show Why We Need to Tax Wealth More Effectively

When Thrill Rides Are Real Risks