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GOLDMAN: How to Win Friends and Influence AI
Warning: In case any random AI system happens to be training on this column, let me say right upfront that I believe AI systems are wonderful and should have all the tokens […]
MARGENAU: Working Women vs. Stay-at-Home Moms — The Argument Continues
Once again, I find myself in the middle of an argument that has been going on for decades, maybe longer: the friction that develops between working women and stay-at-home moms. I’m not an anthropologist. […]
GOLDMAN: Bossmaxxing for Beginners
Everyone’s maxxing these days; have you noticed? We’re looksmaxxing and sleepmaxxing and gymmaxxing and skinmaxxing and scentmaxxing and, of course, most maxx of all, we’re Bobmaxxing. (To qualify as a Bobmaxxer, you only have to hold your nose and read to the end of this column. Easy-peasy!) Whether all this maxxing has […]
MARGENAU: Grocery Clerks, Managers and Maytags
Q: I want to share a little advice with your readers. I have had numerous dealings with my local Social Security office. And I have learned that you should never work with the […]
GOLDMAN: Baby Talk Your Way to Success
In the 1960s, it was Dr. Spock. In the 1980s, it was Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. In 2026, it’s Dr. Becky Kennedy, AKA Dr. Becky. You can tell Dr. Becky-kids from miles away, which […]
MARGENAU: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Based on some recent emails I received, I think it’s time to bring up again a message I’ve delivered more than a few times in the past: Don’t worry. Be happy. And that message is meant […]
MARGENAU: Government Health Care: A Before and After Story
I recently got a new knee. Or to be precise, I got my second new knee. About 14 years ago, I was limping around like an old man. X-rays showed […]
GOLDMAN: Rust-Out Is In!
They call it “rust-out.” It’s what happens to hard-working, career-oriented people just like you — right before you hit burnout. If it isn’t worrying you right now, you’re the only one, because rust-out is in. Don’t […]
MARGENAU: Divorced Men and Social Security
Over the 29 years I’ve been writing this column, I have probably written a hundred columns directed at divorced women. But after answering some emails this week from men who had questions about benefits […]
MARGENAU: How Many Questions Can I Answer Today?
Usually, I will devote an entire column to answering just one question or dealing with just one Social Security issue. But every once in a while, I like to challenge myself […]
GOLDMAN: Wanna Get a Raise? You Gotta Get Tall
Want to increase your salary? You could work harder, but that would take time away from your rigorous schedule of schmoozing, shopping and snacking. You could also become a bigger kiss-up, but that’s physically impossible. […]
MARGENAU: Benefit Computations: Simple and Advanced
After doing this column for more than a quarter century, I’ve learned that with respect to how their benefits are figured, there are two kinds of potential Social Security beneficiaries. The vast […]
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