Good College, Bad College

I’m editing The Pell Heist, my novel about an art heist on a college campus outside Newport, RI…also writing The Dirty Little Secrets of Money. Recently, I disappeared down an Internet rabbit hole and compared student debt by college versus starting...

Have a Story about Money?

Do you have a story about personal finance you’d like to share, perhaps a cautionary tale that will help others? I’m writing The Dirty Little Secrets of Money to address the money issues that families face when planning for the next generation. I’d like to hear about...

Happy Veterans Day

This photo is of my dad, taken around 1958. He was a pilot during WWII (B-24), the Korean War, and Vietnam (C-141). Many thanks to everyone who has served in the United States Armed Forces.

Narragansett, RI Super Heroes

During July I blogged about the low-life maggots, who desecrated the beach at the end of my street in Narragansett, RI. They tagged the rock formations with graffiti. And yeah, I guess you could say I was ticked. You can find my original post by clicking here, Google...

A Guide to Facebook Etiquette

Mr. Manners here. There’s a right way to post on Facebook and a wrong way. I’m here to spell them out. Not! Nobody has a monopoly on the PC way to use Facebook. Everybody has an opinion. And everybody has the right to say whatever the hell he or she wants to say....

The Lure of Wealth, Power and Glory

As my readers know, I spent much of my career in private wealth management with several of the iconic Wall Street brokerage firms. Now, in addition to my novels, I write a regular column for financial advisers who subscribe to the Wall Street Journal. I am...