When it comes to topics to write about in this blog, I usually look through the news or around the home, but this week’s topic actually comes from another reader, not because they asked me to write on a particular topic—although I welcome your suggestions—but rather because the reader gave me a new way to look at an old subject.  I’ve written many times already on the topic of Roth IRAs, and each time I’ve taken the position that the Roth was somehow sacred, and that everyone in America should have one, but my new online friend gave me some compelling arguments as to why I shouldn’t be so down on traditional retirement accounts.  Rather than try to recap the conversation, I welcome you to scroll through the dialogue that is found in the comments section of my June 8, 2011 blog titled To Roth, or Not to Roth. Continue reading →