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In Investing, No Risk Means No Reward Sep. 27, 2023
Dear Cheapskate: This may be the ultimate in stupid questions but it's been plaguing me for a while.... Read More
Turning Full Retirement Age in 2023? Consider Filing for Benefits This Month Jan. 04, 2023
I write a column like this one every January, but I don't mind plagiarizing myself because it contai... Read More
Your Right to File a Claim for Benefits Dec. 07, 2022
Here is the bottom-line message of this column: If there is any doubt or question in your mind about... Read More
Early Retirement Reduction Can Be Adjusted Later Sep. 14, 2022
There is a little-known Social Security rule that may help some people who started their Social Secu... Read More
Nothing That Special About Age 70 Jul. 20, 2022
I wrote a recent column in which I pointed out that waiting until 70 to start your Social Security, ... Read More
Women Married to Jerks Jul. 13, 2022
If my emails are any indication, there sure are a lot of rotten husbands out there! That's why I kee... Read More
Happy Birthday to Me Jun. 22, 2022
I'm submitting this column to the newspapers on my birthday. I was born June 22, 1949. That makes me... Read More
Sometimes Waiting Until 70 Doesn't Make Sense Jun. 08, 2022
Older adults across the country are bombarded with invitations to attend seminars that allegedly wil... Read More
Earnings After Retirement May or May Not Increase Your Social Security Check Jun. 01, 2022
Q: I am 73 and still working part time. I took my Social Security at age 66. I have never seen an in... Read More
Spreading Out the Taxes on Lottery Winnings Mar. 15, 2022
"I have an unusual question for you. If I win a large prize in the lottery, should/could I establish... Read More
Trump Shouldn't Fall for Queen Nancy Pelosi's Gambit Dec. 08, 2020
Judging from the fake news media's collective primal scream this weekend, you would think the Americ... Read More
Do Earnings After Retirement Increase Your Social Security Check? Jan. 22, 2020
Conventional wisdom has it that old folks are supposed to spend their retirement years sitting in a ... Read More
Weird Ways to Earn Money on the Side Jul. 01, 2019
Recently, while brainstorming with a reader who needed to supplement her full-time job, I made a qui... Read More
The Social Security Earnings Penalty -- a Bad Law Jun. 12, 2019
The Social Security earnings penalty. I don't like this law. I've never liked this law. Before I exp... Read More
One Party Is Pushing for Gender Pay Equity. The Other Doesn't Want to Discuss It. May. 24, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has come out with what might be the most aggressive ... Read More
Prosperity Exacts a Quality-of-Life Price May. 17, 2018
It's the craziest thing. Factory towns that bled both jobs and people still have a fine housing stoc... Read More
Sometimes the Government Giveth and Then Taketh Away May. 02, 2018
Q: I am 66 years old, and I get my own small Social Security retirement benefit. Because it is so sm... Read More
Up, Up and Away Apr. 18, 2018
This could be you: making more money than ever and moving away from the pack, only to discover that ... Read More
The 'Three-Legged Stool' Is a Bit Wobbly Mar. 14, 2018
I'm sure most people reading this column have heard the term, "the three-legged stool." That refers ... Read More
Married Couples With Children and Jobs Cause Income Inequality Sep. 20, 2017
Liberals talk about "income inequality" as if it is caused by insufficient government action —... Read More
