The current economic correction period is more than a simple business cycle downturn. We are experiencing the painful burst of an economic bubble. An economic “bubble” is “trade in high volumes at prices that are considerably at variance with intrinsic values.” Read the full story

Tipping is a waste of money. There, I said it.
Shock! Horror! Is it lynching time?

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Now before all you past and present servers, and traditional moralists in general, pick up your pitchforks and march over to the office of  The Commentator, consider this: Tipping is an institution that is having a negative effect on both sides of the employee-customer divide in the U.S., not least of all in California. Read the full story