Opinion
The duration of a generation has been traditionally measured in decades defined by significant historical events and cultural norms.
I don’t know about you but I’m having a hard time dealing with this latest COVID surge.
The year is 1922. Warren G. Harding is president. In February the first issue of the Reader’s Digest is published. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is established.
I’ve been traveling up to the Mt. Baldy area since I was five years old, creating numerous memories of skiing at the top of the Notch, hiking up Mt. Baldy — even helping build a snow igloo to spend a quiet, cold night at the peak.
I spent this morning enslaved to digital notifications. I meant to be pondering karmic lessons.
Yep, Omicron swept through the Rhodes camp over Christmas. The five of us spent the entirety of the break quarantining, as our aches turned to fevers, to nasty sore throats and hacking coughs, headaches, all-encompassing fatigue, and, for good measure, diarrhea.
All we can hope for is to keep learning as we get older; if we learn, we grow. If we don’t, we wither.
Old cars and old clothes are called “vintage” and “antique,” and are valuable, worth a lot of money. Old people are called “old fogey, over the hill, advanced in years, past one’s prime, not long for this world and decrepit,” and neither valuable nor worth much.
“John – you remember me?” I looked up. It was a surprising question. At least not one I was expecting.
Many towns and cities have magical elements which make them special, transporting the resident or guest to another place or attitude.
by Donald Gould Last week in part one of this two-part series, I focused on how to increase the tax benefit of your charitable donations, enabling you to give more to charity at the same net cost. In this part two, I will review three other strategies for tax-smart charitable giving. 1. Donating appreciated assets […]
Recently I was watching a talk show host shake hands with a guest. This host had thought, and often stated so publicly, that shaking hands was an archaic tradition.
The season is upon us. There is much to do. Many of us are preparing for a house full of guests, a celebration of shared love. There are traditions to uphold and pass on.
by Guy S. Foresman, M.Div. M.A. As a graduate of both Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University, it is my responsibility to speak about the values of both institutions. Each celebrates the values of truth over cleverness, humanity over self-interest, and equity over opportunism, and when faced with these choices, each institution is […]
Over the past several months, the COURIER has published a number of stories talking about the demise of local news throughout the U.S. We focused on what many of us call “news deserts,” where cities have little to no access to local news.
by Donald Gould “Give us your clunker and save on taxes!” “Call your PBS station right now and make a tax-deductible donation to support public television!” By now, it has been well pounded into our brains that donations to qualified charities are tax-deductible in the year the gift is made. The implication is that the […]