As hard as I try not to, I keep getting older. Later this year I am turning 63. I am a bit disappointed since a couple of years ago I invested a good deal of money to buy a series of books, DVDs and CDs that guaranteed me that if I followed the instructions in…
One of my favorite questions to ask people when we get into a discussion about money or monetary policies is, “If you take a five-dollar bill to the Federal Reserve, what will they give you for it?” Most people struggle for an answer. That’s a fair commentary on our current monetary system here in the…
It was a rusty, sputtering green 1994 Ford Explorer that my grandpa Jim owned. No air freshener could cover up the permanent scent of wet dog and salty sea water that derived from countless trips to Coronado beach with two boxers and five grandkids in tow. We called it the Jolly Green Giant. 1939 Studebaker…
Then: What Me, Worry? What Alfred E. Newman of Mad Magazine fame used to say. Now: What, marry, and have kids? No Thanks! What our kids are saying; at least a lot of them. Okay. Young folks don’t want to marry and have kids. They know the stats, the divorce rates, an economy that is…
I was at the VA getting a hearing aid repaired and the medical technician said, “I see you made 82 recently.” I acknowledged I had and asked her, “Does that make me old?” “Not necessarily,” she replied with a smile. Views on Aging: You Only Get Better I thought about that remark as I drove…
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