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Public Employees Are NOT Being Cheated by Offsets Apr. 24, 2024
A month or so ago, I wrote a column about people who mistakenly think they are being cheated by the ... Read More
Foreign-Born Parents Not Mooching Off the Social Security System Apr. 17, 2024
Q: I am sick and tired of all these people who bring their parents over here from foreign countries ... Read More
Divorced Man's Guide to Social Security Apr. 10, 2024
Over the 27 years I've been writing this column, I have probably written a hundred columns directed ... Read More
How Many Stars for Social Security Service? Apr. 03, 2024
I've been writing this column for about 27 years. And more than a few times, I took my former agency... Read More
Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Mar. 27, 2024
In today's column, I'm going to talk about Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Despite what many... Read More
Privacy Laws and Social Security Mar. 20, 2024
Social Security's privacy laws are a topic I've covered in past columns. But I can tell from my emai... Read More
Spousal and Survivors Benefits for Men Mar. 13, 2024
In the past 27 years, I bet I have written hundreds of columns explaining spousal and widows benefit... Read More
You Are Being Paid Properly Mar. 06, 2024
In my 32 years of experience working for the Social Security Administration and the 27 years I've be... Read More
That's Not What I Meant To Say Feb. 21, 2024
I've always taken pride in the fact that I do a pretty good job of explaining Social Security rules ... Read More
What We Expect From Government Jan. 24, 2024
I have been writing this column since 1997. So this will be my 27th year of helping people better un... Read More
Not All Bureaucrats Work For the Government Jan. 17, 2024
Well, this week I learned that not all bureaucrats work for the government. They can be found in any... Read More
Women and Social Security -- Common Misunderstandings Jan. 10, 2024
Whether you're a man or woman, Social Security rules can sometimes be confusing and hard to understa... Read More
April 11, 2021 Apr. 11, 2021
Dear Annie: My ex-husband, the father of my kids, decided to date my younger sister, who is in the e... Read More
Dreading Birthdays Dec. 10, 2020
Dear Annie: I am approaching my 72nd birthday. I am an only child. My dad died in 1995. My mother wa... Read More
A Divorced Woman's Guide to Social Security May. 27, 2020
Q: You always seem to write about married women. But there are a lot of us divorced women out here. ... Read More
Divorced Women Surveyed About Social Security Sep. 25, 2019
I've written many columns in the past with messages targeted to divorced women. And I thought I had ... Read More
Ex-Husband Still in the (Family) Picture Mar. 24, 2019
Dear Annie: Thirty-two years ago, my ex left me for another woman. He was verbally abusive and denig... Read More
Dealing With the Ex When a Kid Is Involved Jan. 25, 2019
Dear Annie: There is an issue that has been going on for quite some time now, and I don't know what ... Read More
Is It Betrayal to Like the Ex? Nov. 27, 2018
Dear Annie: I am a widowed stepmother of a man and a woman. My husband and I had a cordial relations... Read More
Declining Relationship With Daughter Feb. 16, 2017
Dear Annie: My ex-husband was emotionally, verbally and physically abusive, and he was a womanizer f... Read More
