A little while back, New York attorney Steven Schwartz found himself in hot water. Schwartz was representing a passenger injured on board an Avianca Airlines flight. In a filing with the court, Schwartz cited several precedents that appeared to support his case, including Martinez v. Delta Air [...]
Easy Money
Finance can be complicated—but it doesn’t have to be. How can you simplify your financial life? Below are 10 ideas. 1. Tracking donations: In the old days, it wasn’t too difficult to track charitable gifts. You would simply refer back to your checkbook. But today, most people have debit and [...]
Truisms of personal finance
Last year, I described a set of ideas I called truisms of financial planning. They’re concepts I’ve found helpful in navigating the world of personal finance. Below are seven more. Jeff Bezos is a bad role model. So is Bill Gates, Elon Musk and pretty much every other billionaire. Of course, [...]
The Turkey Principle
Sitting at the Thanksgiving table yesterday, there was some joking about all the different turkey-related expressions we have: If you want to have a frank conversation with someone, you need to talk turkey. If you want to quit something in a hurry, you go cold turkey. If you’re a dancer, there’s the [...]
Jeff Bezos’s big day
For those who keep score — namely, the financial news media — last Thursday marked a milestone: For the first time in a long time, Bill Gates was no longer the richest person in the world. Instead, that distinction went to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. This probably doesn't come as any [...]
