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Approximately 39 percent of my time spent in education and in publishing goes to my being my own tech support. Okay, that’s a made-up number. Most weeks it’s significantly less than that, but those weeks when I feel like I’m constantly making fixes to this, solving a font issue for that or getting an outdated…

There are 435 members in the House of Representatives. Presently 218 are Republican while 213 are Democrat with four vacancies. The Republican majority is thin as a wafer, especially with another Republican abandoning his seat in April. The Senate is just as skinny but for the Democrats. There are 49 Republicans in the Senate and…

Want to learn how to spot fake Social Security social media accounts? The tips below will help you protect yourself and your family. How fraudsters create imposter accounts Fraudsters create imposter social media pages and accounts using Social Security-related images and vocabulary, making them appear as if they’re associated with or endorsed by us. They…

I wrote about some things awhile back that some folks questioned. One column concerned skunks and someone hoorahed the idea that skunks carry rabies and therefore there is liable to be a rabies outbreak this year. We may not see a rabies outbreak on an increased scale, but the increase in skunk populations, which has…

I ran into one of my former students a few days ago. She informed me that she had recently finished her college degree, but at the moment wasn’t working in the field of her educational training. Instead, she told me she was keeping busy with an entrepreneurial venture or two. Now, I’ve been to college…

Unfortunately, I found myself watching a lot of the Chiefs last football season, a byproduct of living in Missouri and therefore having friends who have made disappointing choices in laundry allegiance. And since, mercifully, they don’t usually let the Broncos near any national TV cameras, well, there I was in December, yet again watching Patrick…

Social Security works with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to protect you from scams that use Social Security as bait. Section 1140 of the Social Security Act allows OIG to impose severe penalties against anyone who engages in misleading Social Security-related advertising or imposter communications. For example, the OIG may impose a penalty…

Mont Cleary was not well-liked. Folks said he had killed a man in the 1940s after a poker game on the river by pushing him over a bluff. Argis Blackfern was a good old boy that everyone in the pool hall liked and had fun with. Argis, who was known as Argie to everyone, was…

When you get far enough down a bad path, you begin to feel differently about the choices facing you. At times, I view the U.S. Economy in such a light. Our national debt has surpassed $34.5 trillion, and none of us sees a change in policy or practice that can reverse our course. I wonder…

America Saves Week, which runs from April 8 to 12 this year, is an excellent opportunity for organizations to promote good financial habits and for people to assess their own saving status. This year’s theme is “Saving for What Matters Most.” Planning and saving are key to a successful retirement. The earlier you start saving…