Caring for loved ones with dementia is hard enough. Families shouldn’t have to bear a financial crisis on top of that. Not too many romantic comedies have a major character who goes bankrupt paying the health care costs of a loved one with dementia. Although millions of American families can relate to this financial strain, […]

It’s fall, and time once again for the Chipper Invitational Golf Tournament here in the valley. You remember Chipper, Doc’s imaginary squirrel? The one who was squirrel-napped? Doc named the annual golf tournament to raise money for coats for kids who need them after good ‘ol Chipper, since the golf tournament itself was just about […]

“You can pay me now or you can pay me later.” Many people know that famous auto repair slogan. When it comes to public policy, people prefer to pay later. A U.N. Nobel Prize panel on climate change recently reported the earth’s temperature is climbing much faster than expected.  It forecast that we are close […]