Student Loan Extension and Accountability Commentary Why schools need to be accountable for overextending #StudentLoans https://buff.ly/3ctzmuL via @FortuneMagazine “Any solution to the crisis in student debt must include accountability for the schools that allow these loans to be taken out.” You can now order on Amazon here: Education without Debt: Giving Back and Paying It Forward
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It occurs to me that I haven’t written about the care and feeding of my stray cat, Christopher Robin, lately. For any of you who have been anxiously awaiting an update, be anxious no more. (I’m sure there must be at least one of you – right??? If not, humor me.) For those of you […]
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Education Without Debt Featured in Del Mar Times Check out the article here at DelMarTimes.com to learn more about the perils of student debt, and let’s talk about what you can do about it. You can now order on Amazon here: Education without Debt: Giving Back and Paying It Forward
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The government can help people pay off student loans and be fair about it. Here’s how. Forgiving student debt to help the economy is a hard sell. And how do you decide whose loan to forgive? There are complex fairness issues to weigh. Check out my article on student loans featured 1 February 2021, over […]
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In doing research for my new book, Education without Debt, Giving Back and Paying It Forward, I came across several inspirational stories. Young people who came from challenging circumstances and managed to overcome incredible obstacles with the help of financial aid to achieve a college education and personal and career opportunities as a result. One […]
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I came from a family with no money, but we all had aspirations for a better life. That meant getting a college education. Fortunately, college did not cost so much 50 years ago, and I and my siblings largely worked our way through school. I worked in a factory; my brother had a variety of […]
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In this pandemic year, filled with sadness and fear and prayers for it all to end, I find I can smile remembering past good times. To that end, I’m re-running an Inkspots Christmas column I wrote years ago, in hopes that it will spark similar happy memories for all of you. December 24, 1992 When […]
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I sort of jumped the gun on decorating for Christmas this year. As in, I put up the tree and all the trimmings a month ago, two weeks before Thanksgiving. Don’t judge. This year has been like no other, so it seems to me that anything goes. Anything, in this case, being early, very early, […]
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In the years I’ve been inhabiting this Inkspots space, I’ve written about 147 columns about our family’s past Thanksgiving holidays. I said “about,” so don’t lecture me on exaggerating, the about allows me to use any number I fancy. And today, I fancy 147 – it has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? […]
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For someone who has pretty much retired from cooking, I get an urge once in a blue moon to come out of retirement and make something tasty. Okay, to be honest, I never was much of a cook and I never especially liked doing it, so you can understand why, after years of feeding seven […]
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