Dear Ben, I recently applied for social security disability benefits because I haven’t been able to work for over a year due to a serious accident I had in 2010; social security has not made a decision yet. However, someone just told me that I was wasting my time applying since even if I’m found [...]

Dear Ben, I get SSDI Childhood Disability Benefits on my disabled father’s record. What would be the effect on my benefits if I began trading stock and options, not as long term investments but closer to what would be considered day trading? I don’t want to violate any rules by trading stock and doing research [...]

Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone! As I indicated in my last post, some warmth was in the plans for my next travel destination. I’m happy to be checking in with you from paradise – Kauai, Hawaii. Even more exciting, my sister Quimby was able to join me for part of this trip and experience her first [...]

My friend Nate from ERI is always asking me when I’m going to take a trip to someplace interesting like Antarctica so I’m very excited to give him a shout out from that very place! “Hey Nate! Thanks for the suggestion.” I can report that I have not seen any polar bears from land, air [...]

Hi Ben, I’ve been getting SSDI based on my own work for several years now and I’ll be coming up on the normal retirement age, 66, in a couple of years. I was wondering if my disability benefit amount will change once I hit retirement age? Otto Moquah, WI Dear Otto, Someone in your situation [...]

Green vegetation as far as the eye can see, with leaves as big as elephant ears. Jade colored water. Toucans, monkeys, iguanas, dolphins, majestic blue butterflies – all are on splendid display here in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. Though well known for my ability to sleep soundly no matter where I am, I did have [...]