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Courageous mapmaker charts a course to victory in WWII thriller
It’s 1944 in Nazi-occupied France, and Resistance operative Charlotte Denneau is quite literally a woman on the run. Pursued by the Gestapo through moonlit fields and sleepy villages, Charlotte carries critical secrets that could influence the impending Allied invasion. Across the English Channel, Lieutenant Philippe Gerard – a French pilot ...Read more
Column: You should ask your teens for shopping and investing tips
Next time your teenagers have a craving for the ultra-spicy Buldak ramen or the fierce-looking Labubu toy, don’t scratch your head and question their taste. Rather, consider yourself lucky, because they are helping you spot the next billion-dollar brand before it gets on global investors’ radar.
With birth rates falling around the world, ...Read more
When You're a Parent, It's Always the First Day of School
The first day of school recently arrived at our house.
I woke up early to get the kids ready in time to take a few pictures out on the front porch before we left. I have to admit, I made them do the chalkboard thing -- the mug shot where you write their teacher's name and their grade on a placard and they hold it up -- with varying degrees of...Read more
Phones are Changing Our Dreams -- Literally
Our dreams are getting more boring, and believe it or not, the reason is ... phones.
So suggests Adam Haar Horowitz, a dream researcher with a whole lot of academic heft behind him, including a PhD from MIT and Harvard. Now he's living in Sitka, Alaska, to be closer to indigenous Americans who have long set more store in their dreams...Read more
Family guide to new movie releases
'HONEY DON'T!'
Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, some strong violence, and language.
What it’s about: A Bakersfield, California, private investigator looking into the suspicious death of a potential client turns up church corruption and police malfeasance during her investigation.
The kid attractor factor: Not much — this...Read more
Lori Borgman: Choosing a doctor takes patience
Our primary care doctor announced he is joining a concierge practice and invited us to follow him. We were excited, thinking this meant luxurious fluffy white robes in the exam room and 500-thread-count cotton sheets on the table instead of that crinkly deli wrap paper.
Visions of coffee bars danced in our heads. The concierge practice could ...Read more
Ex-etiquette: Our son won't come to my house
Q. My 14-year-old son refuses to come to my home and I have no idea why. I’m supposed to see him a night or two during the week and every other weekend, but he just won’t come over. I don’t talk to his mother much and when we do, it’s not pretty. She tells me there’s nothing she can do. I think she’s probably badmouthing me and is ...Read more
Find purpose and joy in transformative self-help guide
From its very inception, "Taking the Stairs & Liking It" has a remarkable origin story: it was inspired by a chance 2005 conversation with none other than President Jimmy Carter. Author Lauren Speeth, PhD, took to heart the nuggets of wisdom Carter shared with her during that serendipitous meeting, and over the years she developed those insights...Read more
A quantum tapestry of the soul: Joseph Bensinger blends science, spirit, song
At the intersection of metaphysics and quantum mechanics lies a vast area of exploration for curious minds. Among these explorations, perhaps one of the most compelling is how our ancient spiritual traditions can be reframed in the context of modern science, where we can examine and understand them in new ways.
Joseph L. Bensinger’s "The ...Read more
From war zone to classroom: Pilot’s firsthand account of life in the cockpit
Thanks to their miles-high vantage point, aviators develop an outsider’s perspective of life on the ground, like the Apollo 17 astronauts who saw the earth looking like a “blue marble.”
In his memoir, former U.S. Air Force and airline pilot Richard Hess takes the broad view. "High Flight: A Pilot’s Journey Through Life" is an all-...Read more




























