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One of the most insidious side-effects of joblessness is Noxious Doubt. After more than two years of underemployment, I've gone beyond the self-defeating exercise of blaming Fate and the Recession to simply blaming myself. Every day, words like "failure" and "loser" circle my head like flies, or...

The future of our economy occurred to me while I was doing yoga in New York's Bryant Park. I know I was supposed to concentrate on strengthening my core and breathing through my anus, but I have a restless mind which tends to wander and, with blue skies and Times Square in the background, wander it...

Why do Broadway tickets cost so much? I feel like I've been asking this question my whole life, but prices continue to rise like an entertainment arms race. For instance, if you'd like to see Denzel Washington in August Wilson's Fences, a premium ticket goes for $351.50. Denzel's a great actor...

I've been in New York a month now -- being ambitious, networking, developing new projects, trying to sell existing ones -- so I decided it was time for a break. I deliberately didn't schedule anything for the whole weekend, thinking I could use it to catch up on some of the things I've neglected,...

Sure, Washington passed a historic measure in order to provide millions of uninsured Americans health care, but the media is obsessed with the abortion debate, including why Rep. Neugebauer of Texas shouted "baby killer." (Still no word on whether Neugenbauer has Tourette's or was simply...

I apologize. I don't know what I'm apologizing for, but between the CEO of Toyota and Tiger Woods, it just seems like the thing to do these days. Of course, nobody asked Akio Toyoda the important questions, such as: 1) If your "name is on every car," then why aren't they called "Toyodas?" 2) Did...

"It was the biggest shock in my life," said Austrian millionaire Karl Habeder, "when I realized how horrible, soulless and without feeling the five-star lifestyle is." So he's giving away all his money. Every penny, trading in his two luxury homes for a mountain hut and a bedsit in the city. "My...

Would you like to suffer sleep deprivation, live with unstable people and be publicly humiliated in front of millions on national television? Me neither. But for those who do, now there's the The New York Reality TV School. No, it's not a weekly broadcast about a New York public school...

Be your own boss. Travel the world. Sip umbrella drinks on the beach. Sounds like a dream life, right? For some savvy entrepreneurs like Colin Wright, it's simply another day at work. When the branding-focused designer realized all he needed for his business was a laptop, he decided to take his...

It's official - the words "Supreme Court Justice" are an oxymoron. Or just moron, period. Thanks to the Supremes' recent decision giving corporations free reign to purchase politicians, now we can look forward to product placement in the Oval Office, logos emblazoned on the walls of Congress and...