Yearly Archives: 2024

This may come as a shock, but despite my glamorous profession, I don’t have a vacation home on an exotic isle. Nope, we save up each year for a five-day… Read more »

I have often written, as have many others, about how angry Americans are about inflation. Economists say we are better off than other countries, but that doesn’t solve our problems…. Read more »

Welcome to election year! True confession: When I was a kid, I looked forward to election day almost as much as Christmas. Working in my parents’ general store, when a political candidate… Read more »

I got some nice responses to a recent column about financial literacy classes in high schools. Many of you asked, “Where was that class when I needed it?” My thoughts… Read more »

  Everybody who made it past 3rd grade has heard the story. At the age of 6, little George Washington chopped down a cherry tree with a hatchet that he… Read more »

This July, the price of first class postage goes up a whole nickel, from 68 to 73 cents, another step toward the inevitable demise of the Christmas card. I remember… Read more »

  I recently attended a 100th birthday party for a wonderful lady named Mildred. A singer serenaded her, inserting her name into the lyrics of familiar songs. This was likely… Read more »

Sometimes a child reminds us where we’ve been, where we are, and where we are going. Recently at my television station, we were visited by a family with a 10-year-old… Read more »

One of the benefits of aging is looking back at your past mistakes, and then cautioning your younger relatives and friends to avoid those mistakes. Early in my work career,… Read more »

Imagine for a moment that you have 25 children. You love all of them equally, right? Yet if we’re honest, some of them may be easier to raise. You know,… Read more »