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Government Health Care: A Before and After Story Jul. 01, 2026
I recently got a new knee. Or to be precise, I got my second new knee. About 14 years ago, I was lim... Read More
What the Racetrack Taught Me About Life's Big Bets Jul. 01, 2026
Some of my online biographies note my "checkered" past. I guess that's a reference to the time I spe... Read More
Vincent, Melvin and I: Jun. 29, 2026
Let's call him Melvin Downey and his show the Melvin Downey Drive Time Radio Extravaganza. It was 4:... Read More
Wanna Get a Raise? You Gotta Get Tall Jun. 25, 2026
Want to increase your salary? You could work harder, but that would take time away from your rigorou... Read More
Divorced Men and Social Security Jun. 24, 2026
Over the 29 years I've been writing this column, I have probably written a hundred columns directed ... Read More
PR for Nazis and Sudden Sniffing Death Jun. 22, 2026
I'm not one of those people who always wanted to be a writer. As a child, I wanted to be a professio... Read More
Need a Break? Cancel Your Vacation! Jun. 18, 2026
There's nothing wrong with taking a vacation. Of course, the reality of moving yourself, your famil... Read More
How Many Questions Can I Answer Today? Jun. 17, 2026
Usually, I will devote an entire column to answering just one question or dealing with just one Soci... Read More
Apology Tour: Americans Abroad Experience Humility and Humiliation Jun. 16, 2026
For Americans traveling in Western Europe this summer, it's a time of real humility, and some humili... Read More
I Just Might Be the Rightful King of Ireland Jun. 16, 2026
My father lived for 88 years. He was a man of sometimes limited patience who could spend years diggi... Read More
Benefit Computations: Simple and Advanced Jun. 10, 2026
After doing this column for more than a quarter century, I've learned that with respect to how their... Read More
The Gilded Age of Billion-Dollar Political Bribery Jun. 10, 2026
Remember long, long ago in the old-timey days of politics, way back ... maybe 10 years or so? In th... Read More
GOP Becomes Party of Victims, Conspiracy Theorists and Sore Losers Jun. 09, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Republicans need a new mascot that is more in sync with their current vibe. Like a... Read More
The Right Thing Costs You Jun. 05, 2026
"If you're trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that's hardest,"... Read More
Shush! You're Fired Jun. 04, 2026
Is there a good way to be fired? Probably not. But companies today seem hard at work at making the p... Read More
Californians Overcome Another Disaster: Their Primary Election Jun. 04, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Here's a political postcard from California, where the scenery is beautiful, but t... Read More
The Real Story Behind Social Security Overpayments Jun. 03, 2026
I have seen several news stories recently that were critical of the Social Security Administration a... Read More
Advanced Customer Disservice Jun. 01, 2026
I needed to call Ally Bank. How long do you think it took me to get a customer service person? Wrong... Read More
Job Security Guaranteed: Protect Yourself at AI Times May. 28, 2026
It's a slash-and-burn job market. So you're good at what you do? Big whoop. So your last quarterly ... Read More
More Social Security Rules I Can't Explain May. 27, 2026
I've always prided myself on being able to explain the rationale behind various Social Security rule... Read More
