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Social Security Matters: Ask Rusty – About retroactive Social Security benefits

By AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor, Association of Mature American Citizens Dear Rusty: Both my wife and ...

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One on One: The great floods of 1916 and 2024

By D.G. Martin One of Miss Letitia Currie’s favorite topics in her history class in the 1950s at ...

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You Decide: What does the Fed’s rate cut mean?

By Mike Walden Recently the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made headlines by reducing its interest rate for the ...

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Social Security Matters: Ask Rusty – Will my wife’s survivor benefit less if she claimed her Social Security early?

By AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor, Association of Mature American Citizens Dear Rusty: I claimed Social Security ...

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One on One: Revisiting the war on terror

By D.G. Martin In September 2001, After the attack on the World Trade Center, I wrote the following ...

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Gig Line: Unforgettable friends

One day years ago, a man whom I initially met in my real estate office as a new ...

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You Decide: Why is there confusion about the job market?

By Mike Walden As a professional economist for almost five decades, I am the first to admit that many ...

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Gig Line: Grateful for good people!

Thank you to veterans or veteran family members who took time out of their day to stop by ...

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One on One: Republican kamikazes

The Wall Street Journal editors turned their newspaper’s attention to North Carolina last week. In a Sept. 19 ...

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One on One: A penny for your thoughts

By D.G. Martin A penny for your thoughts. Put your two cents in. It turns out that these ...

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