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Mike Hicks is a writer for Texas Monthly.

Is inflation deflating your standard of living? You are not alone.

Credit card, small plastic card containing a means of identification, such as a signature or picture, that authorizes the person named on it to charge goods or services to an account, for which the cardholder is billed periodically. The use of credit cards originated in the United States during the 1920s, when individual firms, such as oil companies and hotel chains, began issuing them to customers for purchases made at company outlets. The first universal credit card, which could be used at a variety of establishments, was introduced by the Diners’ Club, Inc., in 1950. Another major card o...

Profile of a society murder and the woman who lived to tell about it.

In 1914, Western Union issued metal identification plates to its best customers, allowing them to send telegram|telegrams now and pay later. Over the ne...