How will higher rates affect you?

As you know, interest rates have risen considerably over the past couple of years. But what does this mean to you, as a consumer and as an investor? From a consumer’s standpoint, it’s not hard to see the effects of higher interest rates.

The brighter side of climate change

All these stories and conversations about climate change are starting to give me a headache. But I’ll be okay because I know there’s a brighter side to every doom-andgloom prediction of the future.

Congressmen pay price for anti-war stand

Jeff: McLemore, a feisty freshman congressman from Texas, butted heads with Woodrow Wilson on Feb. 17, 1916 over the president’s about-face toward the European war.

Overtime Matters

As I reflect on the thrilling spectacle of the Super Bowl, particularly its climactic last five minutes and the heart-stopping overtime, I can’t help but draw parallels to the journey of faith and perseverance in our walk with God.

I remember wanting him to make it stop

“Long as I remember The rain been comin’ down.” — ‘Who’ll Stop the Rain’ song lyrics by John Fogerty. ----- The idea early Sunday was to thread some thoughts together for this week’s column. The sunrise through the breakfast room window was cloudy.

I have friends

In 2009, I went on my church’s choir/ orchestra tour to Argentina. It was a fantastic trip, but I was really pushing the envelope for me to get outside my “comfort zone.” What a trip! What sights to see!

The genuine article

“They just don’t make them like they used to.” Chances are, you’ve heard that saying about everything from cars to food to people. And, in many cases, it’s true. Some things and people are almost throwbacks to another time. A different investment in quality. Different factors to create a whole.

Why see a financial advisor?

Investing for your future is important — but it can be challenging. How can you navigate the complexities of the financial markets and make the right decisions for your situation? Fortunately, you don’t have to go it alone.

A little mid-February pep talk

I’m so proud of you. I bet you never thought you’d make it this far. But you did. And I knew you could, even though the past few years have been kind of tough. But did you give up? Obviously not. Did you have days you thought seriously about throwing in the towel? Of course you did. We all did.

This Week in Texas History

A thousand people, mourners and the morbidly curious, squeezed into a Lubbock church on Feb. 7, 1959 for the funeral of hometown rock-androller Buddy Holly.