I’m sitting in my apartment in southern PA today, and it’s going to be 50 degrees later. It’s February (almost March- can you believe that?). It should not be 50 degrees yet. One of the students in my Sunday School class told me that snowboarding season is pretty much over due to the drastic change is weather....
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I hate student loans. They’re driving me crazy right now. Yes, yes, I know it’s partially my fault for working on my third degree, but that doesn’t mean they don’t drive me crazy. I had a private loan during my undergraduate career that I had to fill out five pieces of paperwork in order to get the stupid...
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Poverty. It’s a growing problem. With a minimal number of jobs, an economy that can’t get its act together, and some political unrest worldwide, the world just isn’t a fun place to be right now. We’ve all heard of poverty overseas; we’ve been inundated with images of starving children...
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I’ve talked a bit about the housing market over the past few months as it goes up and down. One of the questions I’ve posed lately is whether or not it’s time to rent instead of buying. Today, we’re going to look at another question that has crossed my mind: If I’m going to buy a home in this economy,...
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We can all feel the pains of inflation. One of the most obvious ways that we see it is the price of gas. I remember one time, when i was 15, when my mom went to the gas station and got gas for 92 cents a gallon. Now I sit at the pump and grump because I pay $3.50 or so. I’ve talked with my friends about it, and we all know...
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