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Live Longer, Feel Better with a “Longevity Diet”

A so-called “longevity diet” means just what it says. By switching to a longevity diet – one designed to help your body shed pounds, avoid inflammation, and gain energy and strength – you can add years to your life, and – as the old saying goes – life to your years. So, if that’s true, … Read more

Don’t Retire with Debt – Instead, Pay These Off First!

Retiring with debt is something financial planners advise us to avoid – yet a large percentage of retirees ignore that sage advice. One of the critical steps in preparing for retirement usually involves taking a hard look at your debts, and strategizing about how to get those pesky encumbrances paid off so you can retire … Read more

10 Early Warning Signs of Dementia You Shouldn’t Ignore

What are the early warning signs of dementia? It’s much more than a purely academic question: with more than 6 ½ million Americas suffering with Alzheimer’s disease, and an untold number dealing with other, less common forms of dementia, knowing the potential warning signs is important to every family and every caregiver. The list of … Read more

Working Longer is an Unpredictable Retirement Strategy

Most financial experts who study retirement will agree that working longer is an excellent way to improve a person’s retirement outlook. The longer one works, these experts remind us, the more they can save, the later they can take Social Security, and the better off they are mentally and emotionally. After all, the old saying … Read more

Healthcare Systems are Dropping Some Medicare Advantage Plans Over Payment Disputes

During open enrollment, millions of Medicare beneficiaries are in the process of deciding whether to choose a Medicare Advantage plan or stick with traditional Medicare, augmented by a supplemental policy called a Medigap plan. Those Medicare Advantage plans are often slickly packaged and heavily advertised, and data seems to indicate that about half of all … Read more

Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863

On October 3, 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation designating “the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.” Lincoln’s announcement marked the culmination of a multi-decade campaign by Sarah Josepha Hale to make Thanksgiving into a national holiday. Although Lincoln wrote the vast majority of his state papers, the Thanksgiving Proclamation was … Read more

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