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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Lost Wallet, 529 Plans, and Dubious Credit
Today’s batch of reader questions reminds me how complicated our lives have become since the introduction of consumer credit. Some…
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Back to School Brings Out Shopping Lists and Fundraisers, Too
Have I been sleeping in a cave for 100 years? It sure feels like it. I just read that as…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
End-of-Life Preplanning Brings Joy and Peace of Mind
Planning for their parents’ end-of-life expenses is about the last thing most adult children want to deal with. At least…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Encouragement Is One Thing I Need to Keep Going
Encouragement. For me it is a basic need or perhaps a character flaw. I’m not quite sure. All I know…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Don’t Rely on the Unit Price Alone to Get the Best Deal
As prices continue to climb while incomes continue to lag, if there’s one thing we know how to do it’s…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
How to Hedge Against the Gloom-and-Doomers
When people ask me where they should be investing, I tell them my two favorite sectors are canned food and…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Don’t Let Lunch Eat a Hole in Your Future
If you were to be hit with a major economic crisis right now, would you be prepared? The vast majority…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
With Retailer Gift Cards, Think: Use ‘Em or Lose ‘Em
Gift cards have become the go-to gift for millions of people. They seem like the perfect present because they’re so…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
5 Steps to Take When You Feel Like Giving Up
Ever feel like you’ve reached the end of your rope and you just cannot hang on another minute? You’re not…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
How to Fix Scratches on Glass
Our homes are well-accessorized with glass from windowpanes to shower doors to tabletops to lovely glassware. While glass is both…
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Columnists
Dare to Do the Unthinkable
On an ordinary hot summer day in rural Georgia, just weeks before heading off for his first year of college,…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
11 Things You Should Never Plug Into a Power Strip
Faithful readers will recall I’ve written on this subject in the past. Today, with proof that “teaching teaches the teacher,”…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Holiday Head Start
During these lazy days of summer, I can imagine that Christmas is the farthest thing from your mind. How do…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Sometimes You Need a Microscope to Get to the Truth
I wouldn’t go so far as to say I am a fine print junkie — but I could see that…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Generation Self-Centered
While some might argue to the contrary (my husband, for example), I don’t write 24/7. I do have a life.…
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