| Nov 20, 2019 | Economy / BusinessRalph Waldo Emerson once wrote of being leery of a fast-talking huckster who visited his home: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons,” Emerson quipped. Likewise, today’s workaday families should do a mass inventory of their...
| Nov 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAre you there yet? By “there,” I mean have you at last become a 1 percenter? It’s the dream of many social climbers to be in the top percentile, but it’s a steep climb — it now takes a paycheck of $515,000 a year to dwell with the swells at the peak. Actually,...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEvery weekday for six weeks this fall, I had radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer. This journey has been a lesson in our broken social and economic systems. In May, I saw my obstetrician for pain in my right breast. I had already put off the visit for...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBill Gates wants you to know he pays taxes. “I’ve paid more than $10 billion in taxes. I’ve paid more than anyone in taxes,” Gates told journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. “But when you say I should pay $100 billion, OK, then I’m starting to do a little math about what I...
| Nov 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthThe one thing you never want to hear your dentist say is “oops!” It’s also alarming to hear from a former U.S. senator — 25 years after he passed a temporary oil subsidy for Big Oil. With world petroleum prices low at the time, Senator J. Bennett...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityIf you’re looking for a way to honor veterans, here’s one: protect the U.S. Postal Service. I’m a veteran from a family of veterans. After serving in the Marine Corps, I got a good-paying postal job that put me on a solid path to financial security. Now I lead the...
