Women: Are You Prepared for a Money Emergency?
During last week’s 90-degree days in Washington, D.C., the air-conditioning unit in my home went kaput. The fan merrily blew hot air, but not a breath of cool slipped through…
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During last week’s 90-degree days in Washington, D.C., the air-conditioning unit in my home went kaput. The fan merrily blew hot air, but not a breath of cool slipped through…
All I can ask is, “What were they thinking?” When I read Judith Warner’s much-discussed article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In,” I shrugged. Warner wrote…
I’m a longstanding member of two boards: one at my high school, Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, and the other at Duke University, where I’m an alum. My basic board…
You’re undoubtedly familiar with the expression “something good can come out of something bad.” Well, when it comes to the recession of 2008, the silver lining seems to be that…
One day in the early 1960s, my dad arrived home from his Pittsburgh engineering and consulting firm and brought along a beautiful English leather saddle. He put it on the…
When my nephew Michael walked across the graduation stage at Wake Forest University last week to pick up his bachelor of science diploma, I wasn’t worried about his financial future.…
This week, I received an email from a friend who has been caring for his ailing mother. Here’s what he wrote: “I feel very good about what I’ve been able…
Earlier in my career as a journalist, I worked in an office. For nearly two decades, I trudged in every day and never did my job from home unless I…
Who doesn’t love a great travel deal? My husband, Cliff, and I are huge travel enthusiasts and we hit the trail whenever we can. I also get a great fiftysomething…
Does it bum you out that women who work full time make 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid, on average? At 52, I’ve been grappling with this…
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