Collecting My Thoughts

We sold our home of 34 years in 2001 and the new owners installed a professional kitchen, spending ca. $50,000 ($80,000 in today's doll...

Ohio State University (a few miles from us) is having a financial short fall: “The virus, things not related to the virus, the election, soc...

We may not be in a position to do #6 (gift up to $30,000 to an individual if married), but we all need to do #10, organize our records for 2...

RESTAURANTS: Applebee's: 15% off with Golden Apple Card (60+) Arby's: 10% off ( 55 +) Ben & Jerry's: 10% off (60+) ...

This was one of the comments on the article . The greatest book of fiction has yet to be written.  That's only because its volumino...

June Jewell, a CPA and owner of Acuity Business Solutions consulting, says the architectural, engineering and environmental firms she works ...

as in tranches of money. (see USAToday article of previous blog). Tranche A part of an issue. A tranche sometimes refers to a single iss...

"Single women are in much worse financial condition than other Americans, according to an analysis of the Federal Reserve Board’s most ...

One of the better and easy to understand explanations I've seen. Especially that 100% death tax.

The problem with Obama's desire to raise taxes is it is a job killer and a way to punish the successful--the dream of all socialists/mar...

Could two of the wealthiest Americans, neither of whom finished college and began working at their current career when very young--one black...

This one surprised me. Not that a 22 year old could live on less than $30,000 in NYC, but that she could also save $5,000, contribute to a ...

These were found at Black Enterprise. I was reading an on-line article on how to survive on one income for a formerly 2-income household, al...

That's a big topic in the media today--but it was four years ago too when unemployment was 4.5%, and in the 1990s, and the 1980s during ...

The purpose of a house By poking around in the Plum Book for 2004 , I think I've found the root of the housing problem. The government....

Looking for sob stories " onCampus ," the faculty/staff newspaper at Ohio State, is looking for a few OSU faculty or staff who hav...

Money to help the poor That's probably the justification for the outrageous campaign expenditures of the Obama campaign. " Guesstim...

If you were poor or low income sitting on the edge of the bottom quintile, hoping to move up a notch, which would you prefer: a job in an O...

Worst advice I've ever heard Last Thursday my husband called me into the family room to check out the Dr. Phil show. We sat there in s...

The Effort Diet Seth says that effort is more important than luck, and suggests you try his diet . . . here's a bootstrapper's/marke...