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Dear Bridget, Although I like a good vampire movie, I don’t like it when I feel like my big bank has fangs in my neck. Between high fees, low interest earnings, and lousy service I am fed up. Don’t get me started on the way they game the political system and the foreclosure crisis. I’m ready to ...

Dear Bridget, Is there anything we can/should do about the pending debt-ceiling deadline ? Should I be getting cash out of the bank to pay for bills and groceries, for example? A recent article I read makes me kind of anxious. It says that if the politicians don't figure something out, banks ...

Dear Bridget, In the 70s , when I was in high school, I shared a Pinto with my sister. She bought the gas, I bought the oil. When the BP crisis hit, inspired by the exhilaration of getting the Pinto up to 60 mph with the windows open, I bought some shares. I know it's a risky ...

I've got a theory about stress: it's cumulative. In other words, stress isn't about the two big things that constantly worry you. You can handle the big problems if you're not constantly annoyed with the little ones. One man who has studied the little stressors is Herb Sorensen, ...