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Social Security has a minimum benefit? Yes, it’s true. Congress designed the Social Security special minimum benefit in 1972 to help workers who have earned low wages for many years. But today, the benefit helps very few older Americans and unless Congress takes action, the benefit is on the road… -
Muchas personas no comen espinacas porque han ganado fama que tiene mal sabor. Quizás la leyenda viene de las tirillas de Popeye donde los sobrinos nunca querían comerla. Pero muy lejos de la verdad, aunque quizá sola no tenga un sabor fabuloso, pero en diferentes formas y recetas se torna en un… -
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For me, beautiful fall Saturday mornings are meant for open air markets, bike rides and hikes. For Abed Commey, 55, they mean teaching computer skills to female ex-offenders at Friends of Guest House. FOGH is a nonprofit that helps women transition from incarceration back into the community by… -
The headlines read “Stocks Plunge” and “Why the Selling Is Just Getting Started.” It’s enough to get anyone scared and ready to exit the market. Before you do, consider the following: -
A few years ago, I wrote about a lawyer in his 40s who was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. We met for lunch at an oceanside restaurant and watched a restless surge of waves breaking in eternal conversation with the man about to lose his history. -
Hoy quiero compartir con ustedes un blog personal. No sé si es por la edad que tengo, pero últimamente me encuentro haciendo un esfuerzo muy consciente por permanecer en calma frente a situaciones que me incomodan o preocupan mucho. Incluso, me hallo repitiéndole a las personas que buscan mis… -
Tras la lectura de la “Relatio post disceptationem”, texto que resume las ponencias presentadas por los obispos católicos reunidos en el Sínodo sobre la Familia, vale la pena reflexionar sobre cuatro conclusiones fundamentales, que aunque son preliminares, causaron gran revuelo esta semana. -
In their final scheduled debate before Election Day, Virginia’s two major-party candidates for the U.S. Senate sparred over their records on Social Security and Medicare while voicing similar views on steps needed to address their long-term financing. -
Ready-made reading glasses, or “readers,” have become a favorite impulse buy for women age 50-plus. They make us look cooler, smarter and sexier without once subjecting us to the latest diet fad or clothing trend.