John Wasik

1 week ago | nextavenue.org | John Wasik

A new book by David Brooks explores the fact that when children move out and the career winds down, some people look to retire but others seek ways to ‘give back’More than a decade ago, New York Times columnist and author David Brooks said he "hit a valley." Facing a divorce with his children in college, he was concerned he was "the guy nobody confided in.

2 weeks ago | lakecountynewsdispatch.com | John Wasik

By John F. WasikIn Lake County, you don’t have to go far to see tight rows of corn or soybeans in the growing season. Although this is a traditional picture of modern agriculture, it’s being challenged by climate change. Intense storms and flooding are undermining agriculture in a profound and disturbing way. In an era of global warming, vast amounts of topsoil and agricultural chemicals are being washed into our watersheds (and oceans) or turned into dust.

4 weeks ago | aaii.com | John Wasik

As an active investor, I am always searching for guideposts that would help me avoid the perennial mistakes most investors make. How do I avoid buying at the top of a market or jumping out when my entire portfolio gets whacked? How do I keep the faith when there’s turmoil aplenty, as was the case in 2008? How important are dividends in a downturn? In the portfolios of the great economist John Maynard Keynes, I found some answers and reinforcement.

2 months ago | nextavenue.org | John Wasik

Over her varied career, Yvette Ewing ran a call center for a strip-mall builder, worked for a local school district and served in the Army. Looking ahead to her seventh decade, she chose to pursue a new passion: providing social services to formerly incarcerated people. To fuel her passion, she came to realize that she had to fundamentally change, or "rewire," her attitude toward work, her expectations about retirement and her purpose in life.

Aug 16, 2024 | chicago.suntimes.com | John Wasik

With the azure lake on our right, my daughters and I delighted in biking down the middle of DuSable Lake Shore Drive in a Bike the Drive event organized by the Active Transportation Alliance a few years ago, biking one of the most beautiful urban thoroughfares in the world, a road so lovely that three guys sang a song about it.