Justin, When our children were young, my wife and I set up basic wills to make sure they were taken care of if anything happened to us. Now that they (and we) are older, I think there may be a lot more we should do to make sure our things are in order. Can you […]
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If Marilyn Monroe were alive today, she would have celebrated her 93rd birthday on June 1, 2019. Although she was type-cast in the role of the “dumb blonde” in many of her block-buster films, she was actually much smarter than many of the young and unprepared celebrities I’ve written about in the past. Despite the
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Justin, My mother just turned 75. She’s healthy for her age, but I’m starting to see things that concern me. I want to help her, but I’m still raising two boys of my own, and I’m feeling overwhelmed. Can you point me in the right direction? – Judy Judy, Last week I told you that
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The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was first played in 1939. There was no Sweet Sixteen that year or in the decade that followed because the original tournament bracket included only eight teams. In 1951, the tournament expanded to include teams from 16 schools, and since then it has grown to the field of
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February 3, 2019, marks the sixtieth anniversary of the plane crash that resulted in the untimely deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big Bopper” Richardson, three of America’s hottest rock and roll musicians at the time. If not for a perfect combination of poor scheduling, bad weather, a virus, and a coin toss,
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Justin, My dad is in the hospital and not doing well. We’ve been advised that we should make sure he has his affairs in order. We’re worried because he doesn’t even have a will. Can he even sign a will while he’s in the hospital? – Virginia Virginia, I’m sorry to hear that your father
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Johnny Cash sings a song that begins, “One day near Christmas when I was just a child, mama called us together and mama tried to smile.” Mama said, “You know the cotton crop hasn’t been too good this year. There’s just no spending money and well at least we’re all here.” In Johnny’s words, mama
About a month ago, Mike and Carol lost their long-time housekeeper, Alice, to retirement. In her absence, the house quickly fell apart. After a couple of weeks, to get things back in order, the couple set aside a weekend to get organized. As Carol dug her way through the home office, she ran across the
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Justin, My mother recently set up a trust, and she asked me to look over everything to see if I had any questions. Everything looks right to me—she even retitled her home and brokerage account into the name of the trust. She didn’t change her checking and savings accounts, but she said she planned to add me to those. Do you have any other suggestions?
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For Todd Whatley, the path began when he was a boy growing up in Benton, Arkansas. That’s where he learned to respect the older generation from one of the most influential people he ever met, his grandfather, “Bull” McKinnon. Bull died when Todd was 19, but he had plenty of time to dramatically impact Todd’s life. And he’s the one who planted in Todd the seed of a desire to become an attorney.
Like most of us, Todd didn’t take the most direct path in life, but he ended up in the right place.
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