Howard McEwen, CFA

I don’t know. I always read. I read ahead of my age although I realized I didn’t comprehend the subject matter. Once in elementary school I had a librarian stop me in the hall after checking out something she thought I was too young for. For some reason I’m picturing the book as Lord of [...]

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When writing my novel Wrath – the life and assassination of a United States Governor I wanted to open with something that would be noticed. I pondered the greats: It was the best of times worst of time… Call me Ishmael. It is a truth universally acknowledged…. Lolita, light of my life, fire of my [...]

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One of the problems I had with writing Wrath – the life and assassination of a United States Senator is that I didn’t like my lead character – William Goebel. Historically, he was a nasty man. My book was a novel so I could fill in some back story for him and could make up [...]

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I’ve written fiction off and on since I can remember.  What I never knew until the last few years is the why. Why do I write fiction? It’s pretty damned simple really. I’m trying to figure people out. People baffle me. I have no idea why they behave the way they do. I look at [...]

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Sometime in 2008 I was doing the pre-internet equivalent of web browsing – aimlessly roaming the public library. I’d pick up books, sample a bit then move onto something else. In the ‘BIOGRAPHY’ section a slim, 130 page blue book caught my attention. It was William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath by James C. Klotter. [...]

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You can find links to the short story at Amazon and BN.com for the Kindle and Nook @ facebook.com/prescottcarmichaeljaunts Here’s the description Just fired and sitting in a bar, Jake Gibb gets a phone call. It’s a job offer from the mysterious investment advisor Prescott Carmichael. Jake soon learns providing ‘client service’ involves more than [...]

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I talk with 700-WLW’s Scott Sloan and Tracy Jones here about the importance of keeping your beneficiaries up-to-date. As Sloanie said, “It’s a five minute fix”.

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Last week I got a call every day (and twice on Thursday and Friday) from clients and friends telling me they were unemployed. That was 7 non-lazy, skilled people losing their jobs. Of course, people have called me in the past every so often and people are losing their jobs all-across the country for years [...]

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