FEUDS AND FLASHPOINTS
When my great uncle, John Calhoun Bell, was county attorney in western Colorado, the local doctor challenged him to a duel. It was 1876. Friends... Read More
FAMILY WEALTH IN CRISIS
The turbulence in world financial markets confronts wealthy families with acute crisis management.
Some will call upon wise family organization to... Read More
FAMILY REMODELING
Genealogy rewinds: Who were your ancestors? Where did they come from? What were they like five, six, seven generations ago?
Family building fast... Read More
FAMILY DIALOGUE
Dialogue accesses knowledge that is otherwise inaccessible to individuals inquiring alone.
Suppose the major estate asset is the family... Read More
FAMILIES ARE LIKE PORCUPINES
At wedding rehearsal dinners, my wife toasts the bride and groom:
“May your marriage be like two porcupines snuggling down on a cold night: close... Read More
DOOMSDAY MACHINE
The Family “Doomsday Machine”
At the climax of the cult movie “Dr. Strangelove”, the Soviet Union unleashes its “Doomsday Machine”, a destructive... Read More
DON’T MAKE MONEY A TABOO TOPIC
When our older daughter was about nine, she bounced up on the bed beside me with a question:
“Why do I look like you, Daddy? “Mama told me to ask... Read More
