November 2016

What You Allow Is What Will Continue

How do these guys sleep at night? In addition to pillaging the retirement accounts of public school teachers, Some large insurers prey on churches and charities. This is from Ron Lieber of The New York Times: He also reviewed the 403(b) plans of the nonprofits that had them. People who worked there were not sure…

A Year Ago Today

“Two roads diverged in a wood. And I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference.”  – Robert Frost Walking away from something that is comfortable and stable is a difficult decision. I did this twice in the last three years. The first time was resigning from a high-paying tenured…

Confusing Power With Greatness

“Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.”  – W.C. Fields   The American people are in dire need of “Change We Can Believe In”.  It is quite obvious; the majority of Americans detest both political candidates. We will have change in 2016; the belief part is a whole other story. The partisans…

Helping Women Teachers Gain Confidence to Get in the Game

Dina here … For those of you who have been following The New York Times’ multi-part series on teacher’s retirement plans, it is truly disturbing what has been permitted to occur in the name of business at the expense of those with the noblest careers.  The fact that women outnumber men in the teaching profession…