The Wall Street Journal recently posted an article detailing the "Five Ways to Use Plastic Wisely". As an individual that is sick of always hearing why credit cards are inherently bad from those that lack the willpower to control their own spending habits, I applaud the publishing or articles on smart-spending that the WSJ (among other media outlets) has been focusing on lately. It's the old "do guns kill people or do people kill people?" routine (do credit cards make you spend money you don't have or do you make that conscious decision?).