Point of View

UNITED STATES—Whether you're finally going solo after years of working for "the man" or simply fancy a career change, starting your own business is an exciting venture. However, the freedom that you gain by doing so is often offset by the added stress and pressures entrepreneurship brings with it. When the success of your company and livelihood is resting...

UNITED STATES—A lot of us take our health for granted. We really don’t think about what we’re eating, why we’re eating it and rather it is healthy for us. It sometimes takes someone we truly care about getting deftly ill for us to realize, “Hey we might have to make some changes to our diet.” I mean I like...

UNITED STATES—Toni: My husband, who is turning 65 this September, was laid off from a major oil company this year and the only way he can make a living is as an engineer on a contract basis as a 1099 employee with no benefits. I am a stay at home wife, who is now on COBRA. My question for you...

UNITED STATES—Many of us across the country are perplexed as to why Kentuckians keep re-electing Mitch McConnell. His near total abdication of honorably running the Senate has been ongoing for years, creating what is called a legislative graveyard with the piling up of bills passed by the House that he refuses to even bring up for a vote in...

UNITED STATES—Morning Toni: I found that even when all the "i's" are dotted and the "t's" are crossed and the paperwork is filled out correctly that Social Security can still royally screw up. I personally filled the paperwork for Medicare with the words in Red written across the top for the SEP because I was laid off from my company,...

UNITED STATES—I always say life will test you in ways sometimes that you never expect. Things are thrown in your direction that you never expected. I don’t know what to say about the past few weeks, with work (not one job, but two), school, family, death and so much more, I can’t believe I’m still standing. I pride myself...

UNITED STATES—I am a firm believer that when it comes to money, as soon as you get it, the quicker it disappears. It seems like the more I work the more bills I have or things just unexpectedly arise that I never expected. I’m a planner first and foremost. When it comes to income I always want to know...

UNITED STATES—Distressing data: Drug and alcohol consumption among young people is constantly on the rise in America. To illustrate just how vastly substance misuse is growing among high school students, Project Know analyzed Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance data to present a state breakdown of alcohol, marijuana and injected drug abuse among teens. Schools are supposed to be safe spaces for education and learning, but it...

UNITED STATES—Today the world is a beautiful place with lots of opportunities. However, a very unstable place. Everyone strives to get wealth and success, and once they achieve it, the most vital thing is to keep it. Living in a country like the USA, California, may seem care-free, especially for foreigners. Most of them tend to think that all Americans...

UNITED STATES—It seems like it always takes a tragedy to bring people together. I just literally had to go to a funeral for my uncle who passed away unexpectedly. Well to be honest, he was sick, but not many people knew because my mother’s side of the family has been estranged. It seems that people get into tiffs over...