Forbes's Pavlo: Top Crime Stories For Next Year

Walter Pavlo again, from his Forbes White-Collar Crime Blog . I am a sucker for year-end stories that look back or forward. This is somewha...

Gummi Bear Busts Out Of Rehab Show -- Almost

I'm Gummi Bear and I don't need  rehab! Jason "   Gummi Bear " Davis tried to escape from Celebrity Rehab 4 , as I wrote...

Forbes Dedicates Blog To 'White Collar' Crime

It has always seemed to me that the press's interest in white-collar crime is directly proportional to how much cash was stolen. How man...

Examiner: 99ers Grow As Suicide Risk

I have called the much-ballyhooed "tax-cut/unemployment extension" stimulus bill misleading in how it was initially presented to t...

Gordon Ramsay: A New Yorker With a Brit Accent

UPDATE: This was a first! The latest episode of Ramsay's Best Restaurant  features two Chinese restaurants. The chefs were screaming in ...

Celebrity Rehab: Why Would They Do It?

From the website for Celebrity Rehab 4: "Addiction specialist Dr. Drew returns for a FOURTH season of Celebrity Rehab to once again fa...

Krugman: When Zombies Win

[Yes, I am a fan of the New York Times' columnist Paul Krugman , and will provide links to articles that I believe to be of particular i...

Prez Signs Misleading 'Stimulus' Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - A massive bipartisan tax package preventing a big New Year's Day tax hike for millions of Americans is on its way to P...

Hitchens Bursts Kissinger's Bubble

"...Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded. No more...

Dead Madoff Investor Who Benefited Returns $7B

The estate of deceased billionaire Jeffry Picower has inked a deal with Irving Picard, the court appointed trustee handling the liquidation ...

Polanski Should Be Allowed To Return To America

His mom died in a Nazi concentration camp; his dad was rounded up as well, but survived. The "he" in question, a mere wisp of a ch...