“Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero” – Pluck the day, trusting as little as possible in the next
Walking up Michigan Avenue in Chicago, I was thinking I should call my mother and, somewhat distracted, I reached into my pocket for my phone. That’s when a young man slammed into me – a solid, intentional body blow – and started cursing me loudly. Instinct kicked in. I sized him up. He was about […]
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
Long romanticized as the outlaw’s liquor of choice, tequila has a well-deserved reputation. After a few shots with salt and lime, the music sounds better, the girls look prettier, and even the most strait-laced accountant is dancing with abandon. But what happens when too much tequila is enjoyed? That leads directly to a head-pounding hangover and […]
She never saw it coming. Married for twenty years to a successful lawyer-turned-hedge fund manager, she trusted her husband, ceding financial control to him while she focused on raising their children. All her illusions were shattered when he confessed he’d been unhappy for years, demanded a divorce, then, with icy detachment, got in his car […]
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
On the last leg of a long journey to its home port of San Diego in the spring of 2003, the USS Constellation was abuzz with anticipation. The aircraft carrier had spent seven months on a combat mission in the Persian Gulf. The 5,000 sailors and pilots onboard were war-weary and homesick. I’d boarded the […]
Dreaming of palm trees but haven’t made the move to Florida? You don’t have to live in the Sunshine State to take advantage of the state’s powerful new estate planning tool, the Community Property Trust, or CPT. A CPT is a special kind of trust that some married couples can use to save on taxes […]