What’s a Man To Do? New Work for 2012 and Beyond
Find the new good life. From Chapter 12 of MenAlive: Stop Killer Stress with Simple Energy Healing ToolsFinding New Work In a World Turned Upside DownMost of us wait until there is a crisis before we...
View ArticleThe Most Valuable Gifts Are the People in Our Lives
My birthday gift coupon from Tiffany said, “My brother-in-law Mark is yours for 24 hours.”Most people are hard to buy for, unless you count collectors of Disney memorabilia. Then it’s just hard to buy...
View ArticleJim’ll Fux It
What forces might have made Jimmy Savile a sexual predator and allowed him to get away with it all his life? Ben Belenus on our personal sex gods.This was previously published on the sex god—No Mud No...
View ArticleUnmarried and Unequal
Why The Alternatives to Marriage Project fights for unmarried equality.Same-sex marriage took center stage in this year’s election. While we believe that anyone who wants to marry should have that...
View ArticleWhat If the Kids Don’t Want Our Church?
What happens when a generation comes along that doesn’t care about the game you’ve spent so much time buying equipment for?I had a conversation with a man not long ago who has the unenviable task of...
View ArticleToo Many Fatherless Father’s Days
Patrick Caneday didn’t know what he was missing, growing up without a father around, until he became a father, himself.I was two when he left.When I became a father and my daughter turned two, I...
View ArticleHow To Leave Your Legacy
Eric Leech believes you should not only create your legacy. You should live it.With Father’s Day behind us, it’s a good time to look at the man behind the curtain and consider the legacy you’re...
View ArticleAddiction, Genetics, and My Father’s Hands
Seeing his father in himself reminds Brian Shea of the things he’d rather not inherit.—As the son of an alcoholic, I probably pondered the mysteries of genetics far earlier than most. My father’s slow...
View Article5 Things My Sons Will Inherit When I Die
What every father can gift to their sons when they die. After less than favorable results from a colonoscopy last week, I’m focusing on what I want to leave for my sons when I die. These are the five...
View ArticleReflections on Father’s Day
It has been said that light gives of itself freely, filling all available spaces. But at age nine, even though I was a rabbi’s son, how was I to differentiate physics from theology? Frolicking on a...
View ArticleDream Chasing Legacy
— Both eyes should be firmly focused on the legacy that you will pass down. Often our motivation for our dreams can be self focused and small. We look at what is happening to us in the day today, but...
View ArticleLife’s Inheritance
— My father-in-law passed away this summer, and the home he’d owned and lived in since 1985 sold in three days for a lot more money than our real estate agent had anticipated. The cash from the sale,...
View ArticleArt for Everyone’s Sake
By Rachel Breen Is art a commons? Or does collective creativity violate the individualistic nature of artists themselves? That’s a topic I’ve explored both in my art and in conversations with artists...
View ArticleSins of Our Fathers
Some seemingly innocuous events reverberate through life, peeking their heads through the surface at the strangest times. Maybe it’s the extra Coronavirus induced introspection, I don’t know, but...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Inheritance’
Dani Shapiro had been questioned her whole life about her ethnicity. With blond hair and blue eyes, even though her parents were Orthodox Jews, people had told her from the time she was a baby that...
View ArticleWhat Happens During the Probate Process?
— This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide legal advice. Distribution of the estate and clearing of debts are some of the essential processes that take place when...
View ArticleState Legislators Eye Revenue From Inheritances and Gifts With New ‘Heirs Tax’
As New York State faces a severe budget shortfall and awaits federal aid, some lawmakers and activists are advocating for a package of legislation that would increase taxes on the state’s wealthiest...
View ArticleMoney Mistakes: Inheritance Money
By: Jeff Cooper, Welcome back to another installment of HYDMS presents Money Mistakes. Here is where we see even the self-proclaimed experts with money can make mistakes as well. Today’s post revolves...
View ArticleDying With Millions
Lawrence recently wrote in: Dear Jesse, My wife is 70 and I’m about to turn 70, and we’ve been retired for 8 years, and even with the tough market in 2022, our portfolio is up 40% from when we...
View ArticleWe Received a $600,000 Inheritance: Now What?
Hi Jesse – my husband and I just received a $600K inheritance. We earn modest incomes and live modestly and don’t know what to do or how to best handle this money. We still have about $40K of student...
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