Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.

Congress must go further to protect the right to privacy, to end the NSA's dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans, to make the intelligence community more transparent and accountable.

I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.

Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

Personal responsibility matters. There are no excuses for those who spend money on things they cannot afford. But it's a whole lot harder to act responsibly when consumer credit contracts are designed to be incomprehensible, when prices are obscure and risks are hidden.

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

Goals work. Pick one debt, and then put every dime into paying down that one debt. Once that debt is paid off, start paying down the next debt. Pretty soon it's time to move from paying debt to building savings.