Michael Snyder | The price of oil collapsed by more than 8 percent on Wednesday, and a decision by the European Central Bank has Greece at the precipice of a complete and total financial meltdown.

Mac Slavo | The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is used by economists and stock traders alike as a leading economic indicator because it predicts future economic activity.

Mac Slavo | The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is used by economists and stock traders alike as a leading economic indicator because it predicts future economic activity.

Sputnik | Gold edged up Wednesday, boosted by expectations that Greece is nearing a debt deal with its international creditors.

Mac Slavo | For those who are tired of seeing their hard earned money forcibly seized by the government and redistributed to those who refuse to contribute anything of value to society.

Prison Planet.com | The White House and Wall Street are patting themselves on the back about how unemployment is “down” to 5.6%.

Michael Krieger | Nowhere is the fraudulent and criminal “oligarch recovery” more on display than New York City.

American Enterprise Institute | Men and women, taken as groups, are different in important respects.

The Hill | Will almost certainly get rejected by the GOP majority in Congress.

Mac Slavo | It’s time to government-proof your life.

Paul Craig Roberts | Greece’s new Finance Minister is a highly intelligent person.

The Daily Beast | It’s the bogus statistic that won’t die—and president deployed it during the State of the Union—but women do not make 77 cents to every dollar a man earns.

Mac Slavo | Want to own your own home, but stuck, temporarily, renting until you can? You aren’t alone.

Reuters | Oil prices roared back from six-year lows on Friday, rocketing more than 8 percent as a record weekly decline in U.S. oil drilling fueled a frenzy of short-covering.

Business Insider | McDonald’s is going to start accepting a new form of payment next week.