The Dark Trap of Payday Loans
The Dark Trap of Payday Loans Americans spend $7.4 billion per year on payday loans, including an average of $520 in interest per borrower for eight $375 loans or extensions.[i] Recently, while enjoying a drive into downtown Portland, Oregon via Powell Boulevard, I...
What Do Jesus and the Easter Bunny Have in Common?
What Do Jesus and the Easter Bunny Have in Common? Many people are confused about Easter being celebrated as a Christian holiday. Truthfully, Easter has it’s roots in paganism. Yet, western Christian culture has morphed it into a greater expression of...
Live With Financial Freedom―Live Frugal
Live With Financial Freedom―Live Frugal “Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”[1] ― Marcus Tullius Cicero My late husband had a favorite saying, “You can only spend a dollar once!” After the dollar is handed over to the cashier, it’s gone. The only way to...
Food Waste is No Big Deal . . . Right? What if it Is?
Food Waste is No Big Deal . . . Right? What if it Is? Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). In the USA, organic waste is the second highest...
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