Personal Finance

You may have heard the recent report that raising a kid costs a fortune. To be more specific, the government estimates that it costs $300,000 over the first 17 years to raise a child. Gulp. But don’t worry, it gets worse. Add in the cost parents spend on children after age 17 and the income [...]

When I turned 16, the first thing I did was get my driver’s license. And the second thing was to get a job. My idea of a job was to work at a local fast food restaurant, and later a grocery store. My first “real” job (I delivered newspapers at a young age) paid $3.35 [...]

Photo: kizzzbeth When I was in law school, my wife paid the bills. It was a depressing undertaking because we had more bills than money to pay them. After I graduated, my wife decided she had had enough and passed the torch to me. So for the last 20 years or so, I’ve been paying [...]

A New Year’s resolution is, in the words of Mary Poppins, like a pie crust promise–easily made, easily broken. But that doesn’t stop us from making promises of positive change every year. Whether it’s a big change or just a few tweaks, New Year’s resolutions are a dime a dozen. In fact, almost 50% of [...]