The Cleveland Browns ownership, Jimmy and Dee Haslem, is the latest billionaire welfare success story for Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Brook Park into an agreement to be the location for the Browns’ new stadium, another Northern U.S. city with a dome.

Investing when you’re young can have the potential to produce impactful earnings gains. And that’s because of a simple concept: compounding.

One thing about me when it comes to the sports I enjoy is that above all else, I am a man of hope.

The subject of the possibility of a new stadium for the Chicago Bears came up again this week. Despite what even the highest-ranking official in their front office says, I wonder if I will see it in my lifetime.

Once taking office I knew how important it was going to be to have the right leadership in every division of the office, and the jail was certainly no exception. Upon taking office, I appointed Lt. Kevin Gelbaugh as the jail commander and Chad Marsh as the assistant jail commander, and to say I am proud of all their work and accomplishments would be an understatement.

I was a member of Toastmasters International, a speaking and communication club affording several opportunities to improve the aforementioned skills along with improving brevity.

Be Vigilant When It Comes To Protecting Yourself From Identity Thieves

It appears the magic of last season has worn off completely.

Pete Rose died last week.

October is here. There are certainties as… certain… as… death and taxes for me.

Learning to drive is an important milestone in one’s life. Other milestones, like retirement are no different – we look forward to it, but we need to prepare and we can do that by learning the “rules of the retirement road.”

As I’m sure at least some of you realized, this column was absent last week. I apologize, and I promise it’s not because my Week 3 picks were god awful.

The baseball season is over for the Cubs and White Sox. Sadly for one, mercifully for the other.

I feel a little different today. This column, in a rare instance, was prepared late last night. Many times, I am opining while referring to your Saturday morning in the present.

Planning for retirement should really start as soon as you get your first real job, but it should continue through each stage of life.

We are through Week 3 of the NFL season and Week 4 of the college football season.

So many have come up to me concerned about the condition of our nation. My response back to them is “that we need to pray and then vote!”

Meatloaf – again?

We get many questions each week about Social Security, and rightly so; it is a very important element of retirement planning. It is one of the most popular government programs in history. However, it is complicated and there are many strategies to maximize your benefits.

Some things in life are absolutes. Some things in life will never change. I’m starting to think one of those is that the Bears’ offense will never be good.

I was in the grocery store last week and someone said to me “it feels like you are becoming a grumpy old man.”

Pardon my absence last week. While I had, um… concepts of a process… for a column, I basically had no column September 7.

A Roth conversion is a strategic financial move that involves transferring funds from a traditional retirement account — such as a Traditional IRA or 401(k) — into a Roth IRA.

In my last column, I encouraged everyone to remember that we have countless individuals – your neighbors – addressing “ongoing” concerns and desired services for our taxpayers.

Football. FOOTBALL!!!