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...your grown kids. Nine in 10 parents of adult children admit to having helped their kids financially - and a third of them concede that this aid is setting back their retirement aspirations, according to financial advisers at Ameriprise. "Have the courage to say no," says Renee Porter-Medley, a financial planner at Key Private Bank in Fort Myers, Fla. State colleges and small weddings are fine; you are under no obligation to help with a down payment. If the kids need money, let them get loans. They have decades to repay them; you can always help out later...
Beyond the philosophical implications of his question I had to admit that he was right. I think this was where I threw in my request to go to a tournament so I could see the debate team up close, maybe get to know something. It seemed to be a logical rejoinder...
...first to admit, some of my entries seem to border on the ridiculous. Apparently in 2007, I thought it would be wise to have a notebook called “Sports Lessons” in which I summarize the tips I picked up when taking a golf or tennis lesson. The one and only entry is from July 20 and reads: “Shot—keep back foot planted; stay balanced; don’t reach, let the ball come to your strike-zone; if you miss, miss long.” Fantastic. Good thing I have that...
...Administration, you were caught off-record calling him the worst President in the nation's history. After that comment was published, it went around the world about 50 times. The White House press secretary called me wanting to know if I really had said that. And I had to admit that I had, to a reporter while I was signing my book, though I didn't know it was a reporter. But I didn't apologize because it's what I felt at the time. Anyway, it's a free press...
...only fair to history that we admit that the reason behind our day off, Christopher Columbus’ arrival on our continent, will not be very much on our minds today. Some probably would say that it is good – we should not celebrate his arrival, they say, because the indigenous people of North America certainly did not appreciate the genocide he wrought. But, Harvard, we still appreciate the historical gesture. And though Duke and U Chicago, amongst many other illustrious academic institutions in this nation, are not granting their students rest, you are, dear Harvard...