Retiring to do what you want to do ... or are you already doing it by working? Read More

When I think of rainy days, and the melancholy effect they can have on us, I think of an episode of the classic TV sitcom, Barney Miller, a wry, understated  comedy series that ran from 1975-82.  The episode was called simply, “Rain,” and you can watch it at that link. For the uninitiated, who missed one… Read More

Good films can imitate life so well that we can discern and assess the values they convey. Read More

The jury system is a good one, but not infallible. Variables other than facts in the case can sway jurors. Read More

The timing of a mistaken announcement, confusion at a checkpoint, and the will of a people to seek freedom spelled the end of the Berlin Wall. Read More

Attacking the blank page in the early-morning hours can give us more of a chance of winning the battle of writing. Read More

When the dial-up age of the Internet morphed into the Wi-Fi age, most of us breathed a huge sigh of relief. Read More

A big part of aging is coming to see it's not as bad as you thought it was when you were young. Read More

After years of struggling with gambling, I learned the only way to win is to never play the game at all. Read More

As the clock hands moved from the 20th to the 21st Century, Cupid -- disguised as the Y2K Bug -- played his own hand. Read More