Machiavelli and the New Order of Things

I begin with a favorite quote : “It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things; for the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old...

Paying off Federal Student Loans – a new idea

When my Dad entered college in 1949, the $700 annual cost seemed daunting, compared with an annual family income that might have been $3,000.  The construction of the New York State Thruway was an opportunity for him to make enough in a summer to pay a year’s...