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In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Morra Aarons-Mele, who serves as BlogHer’s Political Director in addition to covering politics as a Contributing Editor. She’s also a grad student, political consultant and frequent media commentator. I’ve caught her more than a few times on CNN. She gives her financial take below on school, mortgages, politics and her whopping wedding bill. Enjoy! 1. What kind of return do you hope to gain on your grad school investment? Well, I did a career change, and I needed a credential to help me along, so my grad school is more of a credential than an ROI. My big return is that I hope to complete my doctorate, which will allow me to work clinically in the field of adult development, do research, to teach, to write and to consult and carry the kind of capital-C credential I'll need to do my work. I won't know the real return for a long time, but in terms of return on investment, it has already helped. It's a wonderful door-opener.  Read more >

In this week’s Ten Money Questions, we speak with Adryenn Ashley, an outspoken pundit, constitutional scholar, speaker and author of the new book, Every Single Girl’s Guide to Her Future Husband’s Last Divorce, dubbed as an all access pass to the world of second marriages. Read on to hear what she has to say about money and matrimony. Consider it a sneak peek to what she’ll be touting at the virtual Wealthy Girl Summit on January 24th to 27th, 2008. 1. What are three things that women can learn in your book about protecting their assets? Why Co-Mingling Is For Cocktail Parties! Keeping your assets separate is only good business practice... remember, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket!"? That's because you could drop the basket. Then what? So keeping your assets separate ensures that if one pot of gold is stolen, you have more to live on.  Read more >