In response, Obama had invited me, along with other journalists, to the White House for off-the-record conversations. I attempted to press my points in these sessions. My efforts were laughable ...

This net worth doesn’t even include the paid-off house. The family currently spends $200k per year but aims to get it down to $120k in annual expenses by 2028. They have saved $425k for their ...

I just found out my uncle’s house is in foreclosure for unpaid taxes. He passed away in Texas two and a half years ago, and he didn’t have a will. He owned his home outright, but the unpaid ...

At the same time I was flitting up and down between my hometown and Glasgow working at my parents' hotel. It was very, very stressful. We had a massive flood at the hotel and we were closed for 18 ...

Because of this, we didn’t feel we needed to prepare the house by filing mail and documents away prior to our short trip. Lulu had her new boyfriend of a few weeks stay over for the weekend.

Sometimes I’ll go up with a friend for a concert and my parents welcome that person or persons with open arms, cooking meals and letting us use their house. But lately some of my friends who ...

Last week, House Republicans unveiled proposals to reform Medicaid, the fast-growing system of federal funding for states to deliver health care to low-income Americans. Their proposal creates the ...

Sometimes I’ll go up with a friend for a concert and my parents welcome that person or persons with open arms, cooking meals and letting us use their house. But lately some of my friends who ...

While in my home, she complained about my furniture ... GENTLE READER: Instead of buying her a house she might like better? Miss Manners need not be reminded that one should make one’s guests ...

Sometimes I’ll go up with a friend for a concert and my parents welcome that person or persons with open arms, cooking meals and letting us use their house. But lately some of my friends who ...

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Every Thanksgiving, my brother hosts the holiday meal — at my house. He does most of the cooking, which I appreciate, but every year we end up in the same strange tug-of-war over the thermostat.