I really enjoy reading C. S. Lewis’s insights on true friendship. He focuses on a true friendship being based on a central question: “Do you see the same truth?” For …
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I opened up my Wall Street Journal a few years ago and was startled to see a friend of mine pictured sitting on a Harley Davidson. The story was on …
Oh no! Cancel culture has aimed its fire at SMWP. For the second time the SMWP Twitter account was locked. As you can see below, I was able to find …
I was fascinated to read about an author named Yuval Noah Harari who has sold over 27 million books. His bestselling book is called Sapiens, which is an anthropology book …
A Word to the Wise is Enough -Poor Richard I love the pithy sayings of Benjamin Franklin. Using the pseudonym of “Poor Richard,” Franklin published his Almanack from 1733 to …
There is something very emotional about how we think about the value of our own home compared to other investments. Conversations like the one my wife and I had a …
The last two weeks saw an amazing confluence of forces that created a financial story that shook the nation. We saw the power of social media in the form of …
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deedsToo much corruption, and crime in the streetsIt’s time the long arm of the law put a few more in the groundSend ’em …
I’ve been hit with one of the greatest fears in managing money lately. It’s called FOMO, or “fear of missing out.” And if you pay attention to financial news, you …
I hit the “Pay Now” button this week on what I believe will be the last of 20-years of paying college tuition bills! Whew! Five kids, four years of college …
