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Is Equity Release for Everyone? By Jem Mosley

There are many types of equity release schemes that offer those who are 55 years of age and older the option to borrow on the equity in their home. The older the home owner, the less risk there is. While some equity release lenders offer this option to those who are as young as 55, [...]

The Courage to Surrender, by john w

…….a baby boomer’s struggle with addictions and the courage to recovery……. How life was – in the beginning 1955 > 1965 How could a kid from a small town get so lost in life that alcohol and drugs became the solution to daily living?  When I left town for college in fall of 1965 I didn’t [...]

Orbiting Neptune, by popculture anthropologist, Ted Polhemus

‘Home from the War’ Charles Sydney Polhemus returned from Europe, the war finally over, in 1945. It had been the first time he’d left America, possibly even his first time out of New Jersey. He had ‘prayed every day I wouldn’t have to shoot anyone’ and, his prayers answered, he had seen no significant military [...]

BOOM! by Popculture Anthropologist, Ted Polhemus

It’s 1960 . . . Richard Nixon is battling John Kennedy for the White House – with help (not enough, as history will prove) from Don Draper and the other Mad Men at The Sterling Cooper Ad Agency. I’m in my first teenage year and in need of a new suit, so my father takes [...]

Tax Time is a Good Time for Insurance Review

It’s tax preparation time and there is no better time to take stock of your finances. Tax reporting forms are piling up and you’re beginning to sort through receipts from last year for deductions (telling yourself next year will be the year you get organized!) As you look over how much money you made and [...]