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Sometimes the Government Giveth and Then Taketh Away May. 02, 2018
Q: I am 66 years old, and I get my own small Social Security retirement benefit. Because it is so sm... Read More
Cigarettes and Coffee Mar. 26, 2018
Back in 2006, President Donald J. Trump is supposed to have played a brief game of bump and shove wi... Read More
What's Happening to Our Young Men? Mar. 14, 2018
Writing last week about the opioid crisis, I suggested that, as we consider policy options for deali... Read More
Reigniting Lost Passion Is Possible Jan. 18, 2018
Q: A friend and I were talking about what we had thought we wanted to be when we were in high school... Read More
Facing Reality Makes Decision-Making Easy Oct. 05, 2017
Q: My boss is dysfunctional in many ways and also probably a narcissist. He thinks and acts like he ... Read More
Fired After Workforce Layoffs, No Benefits Sep. 21, 2017
Q: Only two of us remained employed after five others in our department were laid off. The company e... Read More
Making The Best Of Job Status Change Aug. 24, 2017
Q: I am a woman in my early 60s who has worked for the same public relations firm for four years doi... Read More
Continue Job Search Until Written Offer Is Made Aug. 17, 2017
Q: Out of the blue, I was contacted by a corporate recruiter who said her large firm was looking to ... Read More
Stop Your Job From Ruling Your Life Jul. 27, 2017
Q: I've been in my job for two years. At first, it was the best job ever. In the second year, we had... Read More
More Widows ... More Questions Jul. 19, 2017
Perhaps I've opened the floodgates? I've written a several columns over the past month or two discus... Read More
Obesity Ignored Jul. 03, 2017
Dear Annie: I am over 70 years old and in failing health. My stepbrother, "Tom," is 58. Although he ... Read More
The Cost of Medicaid Jun. 28, 2017
The number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid has increased from 29 million in 1990 to 73 million tod... Read More
Social Security Options for Widows and Widowers to Consider May. 24, 2017
Q: My husband died in 2009. I continued working until I was 62 in 2013. I then started drawing widow... Read More
Tale of Two Women May. 03, 2017
In today's column, I present emails from two different women. They have two things in common. They a... Read More
Back to Work After Having a Baby Apr. 23, 2017
Dear Annie: My husband and I welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world three months ago. She's o... Read More
The Health of PETS Jan. 25, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm a 65-year-old single woman, and using your column, I've picked some good stocks ... Read More
Direct Contact Sep. 21, 2016
Dear Annie: My husband is a salesman and is constantly working, regardless of time of day or whether... Read More
Not Doing His Fair Share Sep. 08, 2016
Dear Annie: My first husband was a workaholic with little time for me or any enjoyment, so when I di... Read More
Working Seniors May Get Social Security Increase Dec. 02, 2015
I get lots of questions from working senior citizens who wonder if the Social Security payroll taxes... Read More
Working 9 to 5 for Husband's Affection Oct. 19, 2015
Dear Annie: About four years ago, after 17 years of marriage (no children), working full time, havin... Read More
