By: Alex Talcott – June, 2017 Saving for – and even thinking about – retirement can be overwhelming. While it’s natural to worry about your financial future, be careful not to let preconceived notions prevent you from saving for tomorrow. My wife is a therapist by trade, so we talk about the kinds of things […]
By: Alex Talcott – April, 2017 Age 70-1/2 represents an important milestone for your retirement savings. Once you reach this age, you will need to begin withdrawing money from your retirement accounts. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires you to take these mandatory annual withdrawals, which are formally known as Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs). RMDs […]
By: Alex Talcott – Dec. 2016 Teaching college and high-school students of all backgrounds in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and advising families on how to finance their education goals, has been exciting and changing, as fundamental questions are being asked about what college is—and when to do it. A growing number of U.S. students are […]
By: DJ Bettencourt – August, 2015 The announced retirement last month of former New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O’Brien is certain to set off reflections and reactions from across the political spectrum as the legislative session winds down next year. To his liberal critics, the departure of their favorite boogeyman is bittersweet. While they were […]
By: Alex Talcott – July, 2015 READ PART I I’ve heard you allude to the possibility that Edward Snowden had an above-top-secret security clearance. Any comments on the theory or practice of security clearances? Well I hold a security clearance myself. …We have the best system in place right now to try to preserve our […]
By Alex Talcott – June, 2015 Dover, New Hampshire’s McConnell Center is named for the late Air Force Captain Joseph C. McConnell, a local credited with shooting down 16 enemy aircraft during the Korean War before dying in a test flight. I met there with Cold War era Army intelligence veteran Jim Gilmore, who also […]
By: Alex Talcott – April, 2015 Chylothorax is unfortunately not the genus of a beautiful spring flower. It’s the congenital lung disease that took the life of a day-young Durham child two Aprils ago. Kristin and Alex Talcott, parents of the late Acadia Jeanne Talcott, still think of their daughter as strong and of early […]
By: Alex Talcott, April 17, 2015 (Expected 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina was chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company from 1999-2005 after positions at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. She was the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate nominee in California and now resides in Virginia. Since 2014, the Unlocking Potential Project has been her primary political cause, […]
By: Alex Talcott, April 14, 2015 (Mark Everson of Mississippi is vice chairman of alliantgroup tax specialists and the former Commissioner of Internal Revenue, directing the IRS from 2003-7. He also worked in the federal Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Justice as deputy commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service during […]
By: Alex Talcott – March 2015 (George Pataki served as New York’s governor from 1995-2006. He is counsel with the law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP, chairman of the Pataki-Cahill Group for business strategy, and chairman of the “We the People, Not Washington” Super PAC supporting his political activities. Pataki is a prospective 2016 Republican […]
By: Alex Talcott – January, 2015 Get your house in order. (Or, first, consider getting a house!) Get your U.S. and state representatives to get their houses in order. The season of giving is over. It’s time to get getting. Get real about getting by…especially if you’ve gotten behind. This month, let’s explore some of […]
By Alex Talcott – July, 2013 In a recent Huckabee show appearance, former U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, and Fox News contributor Rick Santorum defended a new job as CEO of a family-friendly movie studio. To host Huckabee, Santorum warned (the Left? the Right? Huckabee himself?) that the enterprise precludes a 2016 run no more than […]
* Go to hell or off fiscal cliff?: ABC News reporter Sunlen Miller, who has the U.S. Senate beat, noted on New Year’s Eve the debate-opening prayer of Senate Chaplain Barry Black: “Lift them from the darkness of hopelessness.” Amen. But aw heck—a public records search shows that in addition to cushy federal benefits, we […]