At their worst, message boards can subject you to mindless braying or outright stock scams. But at their best, they provide meaty insights on just about every stock imaginable.

Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.

People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.

I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

I told Birmingham I don't want nothing, I'm not interested in the money.

I'd rather be a poor singer/songwriter doing what I love than get rich from selling my soul.

If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.

Freakonomics' began with a 'N.Y. Times Magazine' profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about 'the psychology of money,' and since Levitt's an economist, my editor thought I'd be the guy to write about him. Fact is that Levitt has almost no interest in either psychology or money.