by Dave Duringer | Sep 26, 2018 | Family Protection, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
You can tell Brett Kavanaugh’s “virgin defense” is effective — just look how it’s belittled by all the media right now, on the eve of the Senate Judiciary Committee showdown planned for tomorrow. The fact is, few in the media can relate...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 16, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Punishment, Religious Faith
The second item in our Bill of Rights is actually a very Catholic Second Amendment. This may surprise, since although the Catholic Church has a reputation for defending a number of aspects of Family Power, our bishops are not exactly known as big gun rights...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Pet Protection, Punishment, Religious Faith
The term “family protection” is used in many different contexts. For example, in insurance planning it often refers to the concept of “income replacement” for a family bereft of its primary breadwinner. What should “family...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 23, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
Thomas Aquinas and his treatment of self-defense in his great work Summa Theologiae should be a part of any debate on use of lethal force in self-defense (online here): Question 64. Murder Article 7. Whether it is lawful to kill a man in self-defense? Objection 1. It...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 10, 2017 | Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Religious Faith
A new Harvard University poll Tuesday is blaring a loud danger signal to the Republican Party after finding that millennials are now the largest generation of voters and they are overwhelmingly Democratic, by a two-to-one margin. Article here. Maybe time for a little...
by Dave Duringer | Nov 24, 2017 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
The abortion rate in the US has plummeted to an historic low: In 2014, there were 12.1 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age – down from 19.4 in 2008. On the other hand, in England women are having fewer children than ever: The same generation also had...
by Dave Duringer | Sep 4, 2017 | News & Commentary, Religious Faith
A unusual social study has revealed that atheists are more easily suspected of vile deeds than Christians, Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists—strikingly, even by fellow atheists, researchers said Monday. Source: Atheists thought immoral, even by fellow atheists: study...
by Dave Duringer | Jun 14, 2017 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
The Left went bananas over the so-called travel ban because it was just one more example of a spotlight on the clash between civilizations — Islam and Catholicism. The Left may be insane but they aren’t stupid. They know Islam is a not really a religion as much...
by Dave Duringer | Jun 7, 2017 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Mastering Life Ministries’ 850 videos were recently all barred from Vimeo. Many of the videos addressed healing from childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and pornography addiction. Source: Former transgenders share sex change regret stories in new...
by Dave Duringer | May 15, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith
Some families construct a legacy of memories and real estate, say by buying a vacation property that is held in a trust or other structure so it is equally owned by all heirs. “That keeps it intact for at least another generation and ensures that it is not...
by Dave Duringer | May 15, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith
Great article. Personally, I call my practice “family protection” law and the author appears to be on the same page as me. In its most fundamental state, estate planning should support the family (or the individual) first, and thereafter concern...
by Dave Duringer | May 15, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Punishment, Religious Faith
Among affluent families, the disconnect between what their current wealth transfer planning does, and what they want their planning to do, is staggering. While 75 percent of wealthy parents say it’s important to leave an inheritance to the next generation, only...
by Dave Duringer | Apr 7, 2017 | Religious Faith
Studies have shown that most of the famous atheists of history: [Albert] Camus, [Jean-Paul] Sartre, [Friedrich] Nietzsche, [Sigmund] Freud, Voltaire, [H.G.] Wells, [Ludwig] Feuerbach, all had a father that either died when they were young, divorced their mother...
by Dave Duringer | Mar 29, 2017 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Mainstream medicine simply won’t go here, however, as compelling as the evidence is. So “we the people” need to guide our nation and communities back to sense about the perils of homosexuality and gender confusion, especially to our children. Source:...
by Dave Duringer | Mar 28, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Pet Protection, Punishment, Religious Faith
Over the next 20 years, $30 trillion dollars could be transferred from the current generation to the next, making now a critical time for advisors to discuss multigenerational planning with high net worth clients. Along with planning for the financial...
by Dave Duringer | Mar 12, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith, Retirement Planning
The model these ETF’s are based on is located here. As you can see from the parameters, it is solidly Christian and there is nothing in there that is anti-gun (closest thing to that is aiding oppressive regimes). This is a relief for me because a few...
by Dave Duringer | Feb 10, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith, Spendthrift Children
Good discussion of incentive trust planning: Many subjects that serve as substantial planning motivators aren’t found on client questionnaires and are frequently absent from planning discussions. Source: The Other Reasons For Estate Planning (Well actually, we...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 30, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Journalism or hate? OC Register lists traditional Catholicism as type of hate group! #tcot #ccot #catholic #2A #NRA Click To Tweet The 2015 Hate Map is nearly 14 percent bigger than the 2014 map. The Southern Poverty Law Center has been tracking the numbers since...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 29, 2017 | Estate Planning, Religious Faith
The shares and percentages of wealth distribution between the heirs is based on clear formulas. There are so many combinations of families that each cannot be stated. However some primary principles are that the sons get double the share of the daughters hence...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 25, 2017 | News & Commentary, Religious Faith
Conservatives say any use of condoms violates Church teaching that considers all forms of contraception to be an unacceptable barrier to life. Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI have both adopted a more flexible stance, signalling that the use of condoms...
