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Short Takes on Billionaire Good Deeds and Ice Cream Obsessions Apr. 22, 2019
Sprinkles with That? According to polls, Americans used to prefer vanilla ice cream to all other fla... Read More
Did Bernie Sanders Steal His Wealth? Apr. 17, 2019
In 2016 and 2017, Bernie Sanders raked in over a million bucks. Last year, his gross income was down... Read More
Is Income Inequality Fair? Mar. 13, 2019
Some Americans have much higher income and wealth than others. Former President Barack Obama explain... Read More
Proof Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong for America Feb. 10, 2019
I knew Mike Root. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no Mike Root. My uncle Mike Root died a few days ... Read More
Looking for a Good Way to Start Investing? Feb. 06, 2019
Dear Readers: In last week's column, I made a case for why getting into the stock market still makes... Read More
What's the Cost of High Living? Jan. 30, 2019
The rich aren't merely different from you and me. ... They're ridiculous! I mean the uber-rich, the ... Read More
The Case for Investing -- Year In, Year Out Jan. 30, 2019
Dear Readers: If you had an extra $2,000, would you invest it in the stock market today? Should you?... Read More
Consult a Financial Professional If You're Worried About Your Assets Dec. 28, 2018
Dear Annie: I am an 84-year-old woman in love with a 92-year-old man. Since I'm rather old-fashioned... Read More
McCaskill's Exit Further Shrinks America's Political Middle Ground Dec. 19, 2018
Missouri's top-ranking Democrat is on her way out of elective politics, taking with her the last ves... Read More
A Different Investment Philosophy Nov. 28, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: This market frightens the heck out of me, and I'm scared my $263,000 individual reti... Read More
Give Thanks for a Trump Thanksgiving Nov. 25, 2018
This Thanksgiving, we should all thank President Donald J. Trump for putting an abundance of chicken... Read More
Republican Opportunity With Young Blacks Nov. 14, 2018
Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting t... Read More
Elder Fraud: When Someone You Trust Betrays You Nov. 14, 2018
Dear Readers: Lately, I've been thinking a lot about all the seniors in this country who've been fin... Read More
The Ultra-Rich Are Finally Getting Relief From Their Estate-Tax Burden Nov. 13, 2018
Under siege and weary from their crushing financial burden, the nation's ultra-rich are finally gett... Read More
Predictably, Republicans Hint that Tax-Plan Deficit Justifies Entitlement Cuts Oct. 26, 2018
So it begins. As congressional Republicans ushered in last year's big tax cuts, saying they would pa... Read More
Patience and Secrecy in the Kochs' Complex Conspiracy May. 02, 2018
In 1933, a handful of wealthy Wall Streeters were upset that the newly elected president, Franklin D... Read More
Uncle Sam Continues to Stick His Head in the Sand on Entitlements Mar. 08, 2018
Social Security and Medicare are the two biggest programs driving the growth of our debt. What's mor... Read More
More Freedom -- Good for Blacks, Bad for Black Politicians Apr. 12, 2017
When President Trump recently met with the Congressional Black Caucus leadership, they presented him... Read More
Wealth, Poverty and Politics Dec. 28, 2016
Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of his classic "Wealth, Poverty and ... Read More
Can Money Make You Happy? Three Things to Think About Aug. 24, 2016
Dear Readers, although my weekly columns are usually about the everyday practical side of managing m... Read More
