One thing that has become very clear to me in the course of my 64 years is that many huge and important things have positive and negative sides. Read more

While paying bills , something I’ve done consistently in our household for three decades, I was ruminating on how differently we spend our money today versus 30 years ago.

It’s just my wife and me living in our home now. Our three kids are all on their own, married and doing great! But last time I looked at old household records, I noticed our grocery bill is still about the same even though we are now only feeding two people, not five. Read more

Growing up in Morgan City, you can’t help but notice one dominant feature is a very big lake. It’s called Lake Palourde, and we spent a ton of time on it growing up. One day, my Dad and I were crabbing on the lake, using drop nets and really cleaning up. Within just a couple of runs of about 35 nets, we had 5 dozen crabs in the boat, and they were showing no sign of slowing down. Read more

In our first installment covering the potential changes coming from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that passed in July, I focused on changes to the private insurance markets. This included  group insurance products and individual products sold on HealthCare.gov or the state-based marketplaces. Read more

Part 1: Private Insurance Changes

I’ve had more than one person tell me they don’t understand the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). And I can’t blame them. Right there in the name is the idea that’s a big bill. But they come to me for answers and that what’s I’m here for! Read more

It was one very weird August in 2005, let me tell you. Read more