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It takes time to make friends at a new job — but a candy bowl is a good startAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I recently transitioned from a large agency to a smaller, quieter agency that is much better for me in almost every way, except the social environment. At my last job...
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Home inspector and electrician disagreeAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Q. The lady who bought our home hired a home inspector and then nearly drove us nuts with repair demands. The main problem was a faulty finding in the inspection report....
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Cousin doesn't know she's a sperm-donor childAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Q. My mother conceived both my brother and me using a sperm donor. This information was never kept from us, and my mother has spoken openly about it throughout our lives...
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What does it mean to 'max out' your retirement plan?Aug 25, 2019 1:00 am - If there is an upside to the concern of a coming recession, it's that people get more interested in understanding their personal finances. I often have a hard time pers...
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Jim Kendall: There's something about being an entrepreneurAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Maybe it's the challenge. Or the pride of being a business owner. Whatever, there's a hard-to-deny tug to be an entrepreneur, to manage your own business and be responsi...
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The Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unravelingAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Historians studying the Trump presidency will have a prodigious amount of digital material that demands examination but defies explanation. The president's Aug. 21, half...
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Voters will have chance to reject failed supply-side economicsAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Roget's Thesaurus defines "momentous" as meaning "so critically decisive as to affect the future." Which makes the term particularly apt for describing the upcoming gene...
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Grammar Moses: When parts of speech are moving targetsAug 24, 2019 12:00 pm - No wonder the stock market is fishtailing like an old Nova on bald tires in a sleet storm. Verbs are morphing into nouns and vice versa, threatening all of existence. It...
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Vivid memories of adventures and traveling help with griefAug 24, 2019 7:30 am - Adventures while traveling with your loved ones create special memories. These memories plus the artifacts and souvenirs from such trips are very helpful in coping wit...
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Is caffeine good or bad for you?Aug 24, 2019 7:00 am - Caffeine. Is it good or bad? We get this question all the time, and the answer really depends on your goals and overall state of health. Caffeine is a central nervous sy...