News and Issues
Investigating a Reverse Mortgage; The GAO Issues a Report
Should I use an estate planning service to find a reverse mortgage? FHA provides this information free, and HUD-approved housing counseling agencies are available for free or at very low cost, to provide information, counseling, and a free referral to a list of FHA-approved lenders more »
Now that We’ve Taken Back America, What Do We Do With It?
Now that We’ve Taken Back America, What Do We Do With It?: This year there was more interest in identifying what can be won. Energy and immigration were high on the agenda. Culture war concerns — e.g. race and gender — got an honorable mention but not much more than that. more »
Current Reading, Cum Laude in Evading Bandits
15 Tips from well-traveled New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, for students abroad pursuing a degree but also for the novice and experienced traveler: Buy a secondhand local cell phone for $20, outfit it with a local SIM card and keep it in your pocket. more »
Changing Lives Through Literature
Changing Lives Through Literature, an alternative sentencing program: "One study indicated that only 19 percent of CLTL 'graduates' re-offended while a comparison group of offenders had a 45 percent recidivism rate" more »
