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Financial Protection Strategies for Growing Families: A Plain Explainer

The average American household with children spends roughly $17,000 per year on child-rearing costs, according to USDA estimates. That number doesn't include co...
The 529 College Savings Plan Loophole for 2026 - tech item 1
The 529 College Savings Plan Loophole for 2026
Last Tuesday, I sat across from a couple in their late fifties who were worried that the 529 college savings plan loophole for 2026 was the only way to save a b...
The Math Behind Personal Loans for Debt Consolidation - tech item 2
The Math Behind Personal Loans for Debt Consolidation
I sat across from Marcus in a Newark coffee shop while we discussed personal loans for debt consolidation: the math of his current debt. He was staring at a sta...

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The Trip Everyone Agreed On

The legal pad had columns with names at the top, written in Renata's good pen before the highlighter gave out. Her mother's column. Her mother-in-law's column. ...

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The Man Who Stayed an Extra Week

The shuttle board said 6:20 but the bay was empty except for a pigeon picking at a heel of bread near the curb. Gerald unfolded the laminate again, crease by cr...

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The Envelope System That Finally Made Sense After I Watched My Rent Money Disappear

I circled the coffee-shop charge the first time with a red pen, lightly, the way I used to mark math homework I wasn't sure about. Then I circled it again. Then...