With financial experts constantly talking about whether the Fed will raise interest rates, what can get lost are the on-the-ground consequences for regular Americans.
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Ronald Reagan, a legend and standard-bearer for his beloved Republican Party, was recognized for many things, but almost above all for his genial, beaming good nature. He was so well-known…
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Tweeting, retweeting pics and videos. Creating self-aggrandizing Facebook posts. Getting coached on the best way to take a glamorous selfie. At first glance, it looks like heavy social media users…
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Mouthing off like a teenager acting out. Insisting, contrary to the evidence, that everything he does is “the best, the greatest, the richest, the most,” while anyone who angers him is “the worst, a dummy, a loser…” Refusing to participate when things don’t go his way. Proudly flaunting his sexual peccadilloes and multiple marriages. Spewing below-the-belt abuse like a middle-schooler newly acquainted with offensive language. Could it be that Donald Trump suffers from a personality disorder?
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Avery Gagliano is a child prodigy – a brilliant 12-year-old classical pianist who happens to be a straight-A student. According to bureaucrats in the Washington, D.C. school system though, she’s…
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Words like “aging” or “graying” don’t even begin to do justice to the dynamic changes that baby boomers have brought to the U.S. population. The figures in a recent U.S.…
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Behold – the dark, looming threat of 21st Century life online! Who would have thought? Who, other than George Orwell, that is. We now live in a world that invades…
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No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early. – Groucho Marx In a recent article in The New Republic, writer Bryce Covert claims that Americans are…
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Investing in solid companies that pay dividends has traditionally been touted as an excellent strategy for investors looking to build wealth over time. The thinking here is that the lucky…
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“Federal and state laws should be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.” – Richard Nixon Bill Clinton might go down in history…