"Failing Home Economics," November 19, 2008.  Penelope Green. New York Times.

"IT was nearly six months ago that Jill Andresky Fraser, a financial journalist, was undone by a cauliflower. Like almost every other household in America, Ms. Fraser’s was starting to embrace a new austerity, and the cauliflower was an early milestone....

Her new blog, EconoWhiner.com, is fueled by two principles. One is pure service, 'actionable advice from Real World Joes,' as she put it, like price comparisons on all sorts of items (as of this week, canned tomatoes, tuna and olive oil, but no cauliflower), tips for surviving a firing and how to slash funeral costs. The other mandate is catharsis. Goaded by the remark by former Senator Phil Gramm that America is a 'nation of whiners,' Ms. Fraser would like to invite readers to her site to vent and complain. 'A lot of people tend to blame themselves,' she said. 'But we can only go so far blaming ourselves. This situation is beyond our control, we’re saddled with a mess we didn’t create. Complaining is a very effective defense.'"