Well, our "extension season" is behind us (as of Monday the 17th), and we can finally turn our full attention to what's coming down the pike in 2017.   With the election brewing around us, Congress isn't doing *anything* right now about tax legislation ... so, as...

In a few weeks, I intend to send you a look at the tax policies being proposed by each presidential candidate. Much of it is "campaign bluster", but some of it does show how each of them might affect your wallet, and mine. In the meantime, there's a lot of argument...

I write these emails on Mondays, and as of today, we don't yet know what kind of drama (if any) will occur during the presidential debate set for tonight. But regardless of all the political posturing, we're all facing so much emotion these days. From the Terence...

With the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey, the nation seems (once again) to be on edge, and the news channels are (once again) analyzing non-stop the ramifications of it all, what should have been done, what could be done, etc. Fear can run rampant within us...

Lots of important things are happening in the world these days, but based on what I'm seeing in social media, perhaps the thing that people are MOST interested in is the return of NFL and college football. Perhaps that causes a mere shrug of the shoulders for many,...

There are people on social media who are already posting hopeful pictures about "Harvest Time" and "Fall 2016", and I think it might be because this summer has been a really hard one for the nation, and our world. We've had terrorist attacks, Zika, terrible flooding...

A couple things need to be said before I get into the meat of what I'm writing today. Firstly, our thoughts and prayers are with the residents of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast who withstood 7 trillion gallons of rain in just one week, and this disaster is shaping up to...

Despite what they're saying about the low TV ratings for these Olympics, almost everyone I know is talking about them. Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, Usain Bolt ... the great stories are flying at us so fast that it's almost hard to keep track. I'm so...

I've recently witnessed some child tantrums in the checkout line. You know how it goes ... many people looking away, some looking on with scowls of judgment and a few kind souls giving smiles and words of encouragement. Parenting is no walk in the park. Many parents...