Spent a little time perusing the morning headlines while killing time at the Jeep dealership, and from what I can tell, there's good news and there's bad news. The bad news is health care costs are estimated to jump 10.6 percent heading into next

Listen, I'll be the first to admit I just don't get kids these days. And, no, I never thought I'd say that. In fact, my own kids are often the biggest mystery of all. And I'd like to think I know them better than any of the others. So I...

LAS VEGAS -- File this one in the "if it makes sense, don't count on the feds to get it" file. Just last week, the Department of Labor threw out a couple of new rule ideas that would at least part the shrouded veil draped

Over the course of any given month, I hear any number of solutions to the so-called health care crisis. And they run all the way up and down the spectrum, from "feds should pay for everything" nonsense to the equally unrealistic

I know, I know, as Phil Gramm told us last week, it's all mental, but the headline in this morning's business section glared at me from the newspaper in my hands -- not one of the voices in my head. "Inflation up 9 percent o

It's easy to curse Big Oil every time you stop at the pump. Or George Bush. Or the Saudis. I know I can't fill up my Jeep without getting a little bit angry. But how fair is that? I mean, honestly, is anything ever that simple? When employees hear

So, in this business at least, transparency remains a cracked one-way glass. I'm sure you've heard about this one. The U.S. Attorney out of San Diego managed to squeeze $5.5 million worth of fines and penalties out of Unum Group earlier

People never cease to amaze me. Even after the daily headlines and a little bit of pulpit punching, rising health care costs still manage to shock and awe. Seriously, in this age of 24-hour news and chronic Web consumption, how is that even