October 31, 2025

The New Citizens Press

News For, By and About People

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Retire Smart: Digging into the mailbag

Rina Risper07 mins

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Media Services
 
Every few months, I like to empty out the inbox, which has definitely piled up. I will answer a variety of your questions. As a reminder, if you have a financial question or a comment about a column, send it to: askjill@jillonmoney.com. If you would like to be a guest on my syndicated radio show, call 855-411-JILL.

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Interpersonal Edge: Get the credit you deserve

Rina Risper06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
 
 Q.  When my boss asks for ideas, I find I will often state a good idea, it will get talked over, and then someone says the same thing and takes the credit. Is there a way I diplomatically can point out that I said it first?

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Love and Embrace the Real You

Rina Risper07 mins

By Gina L Battle
 
It’s still the same story, we often think we want what someone else has, not being satisfied with the juxtaposition of our own lives. You know how it is; if only I were taller, richer, or shorter, or skinnier, or had a house like my neighbor. But, the problem with having positioned your attitude in that way is, you really have no idea what the person’s life you envy is truly like. 

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Top 5 non-art museums

Rina Risper07 mins

Left:  The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum maintains the world’s largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts, encompassing all aspects of human flight, as well as related works of art and archival materials.
 
Courtesy photo
 
 
 
When you mention the word “museum,” most travelers imagine the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the thralls of people trying to sneak a peak of the Mona Lisa at Le Louvre. 

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Retire Smart: When to take Social Security benefits

Rina Risper07 mins

 By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Media Services
 
In 2013, 37 million Americans will receive Social Security (SS) retirement benefits totaling $47.4 billion. Clearly, Americans have come to rely on Social Security retirement income, with more than half of married couples and nearly three-quarters of unmarried persons receiving 50 percent or more of their total income from the program.

 

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Aboutthatcar.com: 2013 Ford Fusion

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Frank S. Washington

 
DETROIT, MI – Ford has done really well with the redesigned Fusion since it was introduced last year. Much of its success goes to the pragmatic and very functional way the midsize sedan operates.

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Interpersonal Edge: Is coworker a liar or just unrealistic?

Rina Risper07 mins

  By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services
 
Q. I work with a person who was just promoted to lead. My problem is he always promises to get tasks I need done and then makes excuses. We just had someone quit, and I know he has a lot on his plate, but I am tired of him lying. Is there a way to get him to deliver what he promises?
 

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Lansing School District Fights Back to Curb School Suspensions

Rina Risper017 mins

By Deborah M. Walker

 
How can a student learn in school if they are not there? The answer to this question is simple… they cannot. It is no wonder as the rate of school suspensions climb the rate of graduations decline. Students are being suspended at a rate of more than double that of thirty years ago. School expulsions have risen fifteen percent from 2002-2006. These rates are alarming and it seems this trend is only going to continue yet, local school officials are fighting back and new in-school programs are proving successful. 

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The Kid’s Doctor: Family routines can reduce childhood obesity

Rina Risper05 mins

  By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com
 
 I just read an article published in the journal Pediatrics which once again validated the importance of family routines. In this study, researchers from Ohio State University looked at household routines as they related to childhood obesity, an ever-escalating problem.

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