Hold the front page! Sarah Palin may be bound for Washington after all. Whether that is their dream or their worst nightmare, Americans may have to prepare for the imminent reincarnation of the Governor of Alaska as a member of the US Senate. This possibility arises as a result of the extraordinary Senate election race in Alaska. The incumbent, Senator Ted Stevens, despite being convicted on federal corruption charges, refused to r...

Roger Nusbaum submits: Yesterday, I came across three different articles which I thought all tied to a similar theme: whether we should or should not rely on the idea of stock prices going up over the very long term. There were also comments on my blog this weekend along the same lines.Regardless of what the futures holds, asking these types of questions has become much more popular because the S&P 500 is 18% lower than ...