I Declare Monday, June 25th, 2007 Scary Fire Day.

Monday, June 25th, 2007 is now Scary Fire Day. Today, there was a 128-acre fire that burned a large area known as “The Dish” at Stanford.  This is a large area of open foothills that features a radio-astronomy satellite dish (hence the name), open to the public.  Carolyn & I will often take the kids [...]

Are You Saving Too Much for Retirement? Vanguard Responds.

On January 29th, I wrote this article asking the question of whether or not we are over-saving for retirement.  It was based on a fairly interesting New York Times piece on January 27, 2007 on the topic.  Since then, I’ve seen this topic appear fairly often in the personal finance press. As a reminder, this [...]