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Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to invent something. Being that I’m a lawyer, not an engineer or artist, I have always known this was more of wish than a real possibility. However, my itch to invent was scratched when I found “Shark Tank,” the reality-based television show in which inventors and entrepreneurs present business opportunities to investors…
Following the birth of my daughter, my spouse and I began looking at college tuition rates and anxiously saying to one another, “if college is expensive now, imagine how expensive it will be in 18 years.” This “sticker shock” led me to research, and eventually open, one of the most commonly used educational savings accounts for the benefit of our…
Since March of this year, I have received a steady stream of short, comical videos my friends created and crafted with the assistance of the social media app TikTok. I assumed this new directorial hobby was the spawn of quarantine boredom and would quickly fizzle out along with the app itself. I was wrong. According to Forbes Magazine, TikTok is…
Election Day has come, and in theory gone, and although we have a reprieve from the political ads and campaign mailers, the election remains in the headlines. Since Joe Biden was declared president-elect, the Trump campaign has been working tirelessly to defend the president’s position and to keep former Vice President Biden out of the White House through the filing…
“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want” – Calvin & Hobbes For many Americans, the decision as to when to retire is one to be labored over and discussed at length. Unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic is playing an important role in that decision. Most notably, statistics have shown that retirement-eligible Americans are opting to leave the…
When Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act in late March, media attention focused primarily upon newly-created stimulus funds and expanded unemployment benefits. As a result, the CARES Act also temporarily expanded the tax benefits associated with charitable contributions for the individual taxpayer. Traditionally, taxpayers fell into one of two categories with respect to the financial implications…
On March 27, the Supreme Court of Ohio and Gov. Mike DeWine issued orders tolling all pending civil, criminal and administrative matters across the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In other words, while cases are traditionally subjected to court-mandated timelines to ensure efficiency, the Supreme Court and governor agreed to hit the pause button on pending litigation and…
At this point, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act is old news. Passed on March 27, 2020, the legislation was intended to provide some measure of relief to Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold in the United States. Of course, there are divergent opinions on how well it met this goal, but it is important…
News recently broke about a new “tell-all” book covering America’s first lady. “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump,” written by Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan, promises to reveal an enigmatic and well-curated woman who is shrewd and savvy well beyond her wider portrayal in the news and in popular culture. A spokesperson for…
By guest author, Natalie Grandy, Ph.D., clinical and forensic psychologist, of Premier Behavioral Health Services I was recently asked to talk about how to cope emotionally with the turmoil that COVID-19 has created for so many people. Like a “good psychologist,” I explained the science behind the benefits of getting eight hours of sleep, balanced meals, and regular exercise on…