Articles by Ray Adler

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Grandpa told me that he knew a certain man who had an indominable spirit and refused to acknowledge defeat. He was blind in one eye,…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Having lived through several elections, experience has taught me that one cannot always tell jokes during the political season without having the joke misconstrued or…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Fuel prices, food prices, home prices, oh my! In February of 2022, actual inflation rates reached 7.9 percent,…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler As a young man growing up on a farm, my grandfather taught me how to use tools. He had been a contractor in Fort Wayne…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler We often have the pleasure of meeting with people who have questions about their estate plans. Each situation is unique, of course, and it is…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler My father taught me that there are several ways to buy and sell corn: (1) The arm’s length transaction, where each person negotiates from their…

Editor’s note: This column was updated at 5:22 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 to remove a paragraph that referred to statements made by Professor Michael Rectenwald, Chief Academic Officer for…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler So, you want to run for office? The Election Board at its last meeting had the difficult task of removing several people from the May…

By RAY ADLER Ask Adler It drove me crazy as a kid when my father used to tell me, “It’s all in your mind.” In a series of previous columns…