Dear AARP: Thank you for your invitation, which showed up in the mailbox shortly after my 50th birthday. ...more

July 27, 2008

I have to figure the politicians are reading the same mail I am. There is a lot of it, it's depressing and it's angry. Last week, most of you took off on a column that talked about retirement and our expectations for making it in a collapsing economy. ...more

July 21, 2008

You don't think about things like retirement when you're starting out on that first job. Oh, someone from human resources sends a notice telling you the benefits of the company thrift plan and maybe you sign up, but you don't give it much thought. ...more

July 16, 2008

The '60s, the legendarily spasmodic decade that, even now, looms uncommonly large over life in America, wrought plenty for which its survivors are properly rueful. ...more

July 1, 2008

It would have shaken my dear, deceased grandmother to her financial core. ...more

June 22, 2008

"Get Smart," which began its life on TV as a classic sitcom that cleverly satirized Cold War espionage, has been transformed for the big screen into just another standard action picture. ...more

June 19, 2008

On a recent evening here, Greg Tew, 28, considered the question: What is it like to work in a state that is creating more jobs than workers? He was sitting in the lobby of a new hotel in downtown Des Moines, part of an extensive redevelopment investment to attract workers to Iowa. ...more

May 31, 2008

By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for $1 of every $5 spent, the federal government projects. ...more

February 26, 2008

If the analysts and IT forecasting firms are right and we're heading for a recession, salaries aren't reflecting a down economy ahead. In fact, they've never been better. ...more

February 10, 2008

Whooping cranes aren't the only things migrating to the area this time of year. This week, thousands of recreational vehicles parked throughout the Hernando County Airport for the 27th Annual Southeast Area Motor Coach Association Rally. Seminars were held in the smaller tents while more than a hundred vendors occupied the large tent. ...more

February 9, 2008