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...pair. Even if you find a pair of glasses that you can read with, don't use that as an excuse to skip regular eye exams. There are other conditions--such as glaucoma--for which you should be checked. Consider the money you save on drugstore glasses as partial payment for your next trip to the eye doctor...
...second time in a week I had been steered to PayPal. A few days earlier, I won an auction on eBay, and the seller's listing said he accepted payment through PayPal and Billpoint. I knew these were the two leaders in the online-payment field, with millions of registered users between them, but I had never used either one. I decided to give PayPal...
PayPal and Billpoint are a great way to make payments to individuals and small businesses. But the "killer app" right now seems to be auctions. PayPal is used in an estimated one-fourth of all eBay auctions. And Billpoint, which is partly owned by eBay and seamlessly integrated into its payment system, is used for many more. PayPal's website includes a handy list of ways you might want to use the service, from sending money to kids away at college to "collecting payments from co-workers for office pools." (Wait, aren't there laws about that?) But the truth...
...next frontier? Wireless. Palm Pilot users can already use PayPal and their units' infrared technology to "beam" each other cash. And with Web-enabled cell phones, PayPal can be used to make payments remotely. That means in the future, when you go shopping or eat out, instead of reaching for your wallet, you may reach for your cell phone--and an online-payment service. Ultimately, it may be your cash--as much as your frantic hunts for first-class postage--that PayPal and Billpoint render obsolete...
EDUCATION Bush advocates school vouchers, which offer little more than a down payment on private-school tuition and draw tax money away from public schools. Gore will give $115 billion over 10 years to increase the federal contribution to state and local governments. Today's generation of students is the largest in American history, and 97% of them go to public schools. The nation survives on learning. Is public education worth saving? Let's have a show of hands...