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By Josh Katzowitz, WCI Content Director Spencer Smith used to be an attorney. Well, he still is. He spends a few hours a week toiling his way through the legal profession, but it’s now more like his side hustle. And, frankly, it’s still a good backup plan for him if he ever needs to reverse course and return to what he trained for while in law school. These days, Smith has taken a different path in his life. He’s now a professional poker player, and for the last 16 months, he’s been a force on the green felt. Since February...

In the world of the rich, there are those who were born into their wealth (old money) and those who made it themselves (new money). And while both enormously wealthy twentysomething aristocrats and entrepreneurs share some qualities of those who have been swimming in infinite riches since they started breathing, there are subtle and not-so-subtle differences that people have picked up on.From flashing your excessive wealth to being rude to people who millionaires pay for backbreaking work, there are some eye-opening hints of what kind of millionaires we're dealing with. Not that it makes any difference to what we think...

the author and her husband at their wedding I met my first husband when I was 30 and very quickly decided, “This is it!” And once I’d proclaimed, I refused to admit that, well, it wasn’t. Call me naive, stubborn or hopelessly romantic, but not only did I not break up with him when I clearly should have ― we got married. I was a captain going down with the ship if the ship was a legal document tying you to someone you actually don’t even like.  It did not work out. Within a week of meeting my current husband,...

the author and her husband at their wedding I met my first husband when I was 30 and very quickly decided, “This is it!” And once I’d proclaimed, I refused to admit that, well, it wasn’t. Call me naive, stubborn or hopelessly romantic, but not only did I not break up with him when I clearly should have ― we got married. I was a captain going down with the ship if the ship was a legal document tying you to someone you actually don’t even like.  It did not work out. Within a week of meeting my current husband,...

Members of the African descent advisory committee for the Vancouver Police Department have told the Vancouver Police Board they feel they were lied to over the process to reinstate a program that deploys armed officers to public schools. Parker Johnson said he and the other committee members had “unanimously and unreservedly” determined they did not want police returning to schools this fall, and they were surprised to learn Thursday (June 15) that a decision had already been made. Johnson was among those who walked out of the police board meeting, where board member Rachel Roy resigned over the handling of...