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Recently it's been clear that more people are under more stress. Homeless guys are getting more aggressive about handouts. My neighborhood seems slightly more dangerous (my offce got broken into last week.) And my friends who are lucky enough to have jobs are unlucky enough to be working really long hours and sitting in too many meetings.
Dear Steve:
I read your comments about the D&G in the St. Joseph News-Press with great interest. My Dad and Uncle started the D&G late in World War II, and it was truly a family business--my Aunt worked there early on, and my Mom was fully engaged in the busines . I have been lucky enough to have a great career, but nothing has ever pleased me more than having the Rachel sandwich named after me.
I’ve decided that the fun has gone out of feeling bad. For a while, there was a kind of shared excitement I felt with other tomatoes as we watched the economy doing loop de loops…king of like the horrified fascination I felt as a kid, watching a crop duster airplane sputter into an impossible dive, feeling the ...
With the market falling, and brand name companies teetering, everyone I know is feeling kind of antsy. Even people whom in my opinion have “enough” money don’t think it’s enough…and besides, it could be gone tomorrow.
In the mid-90s, I worked for a big securities firm, as head of marketing. I was proud of the fact that under my leadership we developed one of the first on-line interactive retirement planning tools. My big contribution was that I made sure the plan could assume different retirement ages for the husband ...
