Gratitude makes us more worthy of the many blessings we receive, and Thanksgiving is an apt time to remember and be thankful for all the good things, great and small, that enrich our lives.  In that spirit, I thank you, our readers, for your loyalty and participation in our community.  I’m also going to give you a little peek ahead into what’s coming in the next few weeks and months — see below for details. Continued - click here >>

Between now and 2012 the estate tax laws are subject to big automatic changes, and the most likely change is that they will be raised in order to help balance the Federal budget.  Therefore, NOW is the time to take stock of your current finances and estate plan to take advantage of current law and to plan for probable increases when Congress revisits the law over the next several months.  See the full article for details: Continued - click here >>

This page will be updated daily with an interesting article about an historic event that took place on this date:
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Here are some simple tips you can follow in preparing your home for sale that will help you sell your home faster and for more money in today’s buyer’s market.  See the full article for details: Continued - click here >>

Blackberry desktop software lets you back up the data from your Blackberry and add, remove, and update the software on your Blackberry, and control everything from your laptop or desktop computer.  Now you can do this from your Mac as well as your PC and it’s a no-charge download from a special page on the manufacturer’s web site.  See the full article for details, including initial test-drive results: Continued - click here >>

As Congress considers the various Obamacare proposals, Massachusetts health care program that began in 2006 is heralded as the magic potion that merely needs to be applied to the rest of our country to cure all its healthcare ills.  Let’s take a closer look at the Massachusetts plan, some its features, and a hard look at some of its realities.  See the full article for details: Continued - click here >>

FCC is taking action on net neutrality, which has impacts on Google Voice for cell phones and recent actions by Apple for iPhone - see the full article for details: Continued - click here >>

President Obama spoke for an hour on prime time TV about health care reform in an attempt to garner support from the right wing, assuage fears of the 84% of the public who already have some form of public or private healthcare coverage, and to deny some of the accusations made by his detractors.  On the other hand, remember that Congress has been the quarterback in this game and Obama has been more of a cheerleader and goal-setter who has left the heavy lifting and details to others.   Let’s take a closer look at some of the things that were said, as well as the details that were left out.  See the full article for details: Continued - click here >>

We’ve heard so much talk about how healthcare reform is going to make healthcare more affordable, but with all this time for the President and Congress to come up with great ideas, where are the great ideas?  Let’s take a look at the current ideas put forth by the President and the House and Senate committees writing  health care reform bills.  See the full article for details: Continued - click here >>