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By Reference Librarian Anne R.

 

I’ve been a librarian for a long time, and I’ve found that a big misconception people have about my job is that it’s boring. What, they wonder, could be interesting about working in a place filled with nothing but old books?

 

By Robert Pagliarini, 

Tribune Media Services

 

Who’s permission do you need? Really, it’s not a trick question. Who needs to give you the nod of approval before you can start a business, start dating after a bitter divorce or write the book you’ve been talking about for the past nine years? Who’s approval are you desperately seeking? Your spouse, a boss, friend or expert in your field? Unless you’re six years old, you don’t need anyone’s permission to create a better, fuller, richer life for yourself. Of course, it doesn’t always feel that way. Someone has to tell you you’re good enough and smart enough, right?

By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services

 

Many older Americans need to keep working well into their 50s and 60s to supplement income and boost long-term retirement resources. But job hunting can be a huge challenge – and not only because the economy is weak. 

By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services

 

“Chain, chain, chain, chain of fools.” – Aretha Franklin 

 

Aretha was singing about a cruel lover. But her complaint applies equally well to another kind of foolish chain that’s become a household word during this summer of federal budget battles: the “chained CPI.”