By Liam P. Mayclem– This year California saw the worst wildfires in our history, taking out hundreds of homes, business, and wineries; and there was devastating loss of life, too. As our beloved Wine…
By Ann Rostow– Look on My Works, ye Mighty, And Despair Join me won’t you, dear Readers, on a trip back into the past. Here we are in our ninth…
By Louise “Lou” Fischer– Despite getting an extra four days, and clinging to the hope that Joe Biden would win decisively, at the time of the final “drop dead” deadline…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– “Don’t Kill Innocent People in the Name of Religion.” So read a wall mural in Kolkata, India, which we happened upon when we were…
By Okan Sengun, Esq.– I’m a methodical person: I like lists, I like organization, I like starting at Point A and discovering the fastest route to Point B. Ask anyone…
By Brandon Miller, CFP– There was an Anne Fizzard cartoon in The New Yorker the other week that showed a man suspended in a pod while his wife tells a…
By Philip Ruth– “Okay, let’s be clear about what you really want here.” That’s a sentence I say to my clients ad infinitum, as we parse out the ad hype…
By Derek Barnes– Last month, I began describing ways we could all demand more philanthropic leadership from the wealthiest individuals and corporations by adopting “the 5% challenge”—donating, annually, at least…
The world has lost a gentle giant. Tom Taylor passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at 7:37 am at the side of his devoted husband of 48 years, Dr.…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– On the night of March 27, 1943, the Amsterdam Fire Department received a telephone call from the Gestapo. The Municipal Public Records Office was on fire.…
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