Bob Carlson is the editor of Retirement Watch, a monthly newsletter and web site he founded in 1990. A contributor to forbes.com since 2017, follow him for independent insights on all aspects of ...

My son ordered furniture from Bob's. It took nine weeks to schedule a delivery. We were told by the salesman that "the desk would need to have the legs put on." I took that as minimal assembly. When ...

Over the course of his long, prolific career, Bob Hope conquered stage, screen, radio, and television. His USO shows, delivered to American troops stationed around the world and later broadcast to ...