Tag: Twice

Saving money is always a good idea, especially in these uncertain economic times. Of course, you’ll always hear people tell you that money that sits in a bank account is “money that sleeps”. That it’s useless and should be put to use in mutual funds, real estate, the stock ma...

Saving money is always a good idea, especially in these uncertain economic times. Of course, you’ll always hear people tell you that money that sits in a bank account is “money that sleeps”. That it’s useless and should be put to use in mutual funds, real estate, the stock ma...

There are some odd places in Germany’s Deep South that are strangely attractive to American tourists. For one, there is the Eagle’s Nest, Hitler’s Alpine refuge, which, not too long ago, one of my university colleagues cheerfully described as the high point of his German sight...

No one warns you that you retire twice. You learn about life as you go, as no-one really offers you all of the details. The small warnings you must identify for yourself. The surprises stalk you, at first. They creep up on you. This, I didn’t see until it was right on top of me. You reti...

OnJune 10th, 1692, 60 year-old twice-widowed, mother of four, Bridget Bishop, was hung by the neck until dead in front of her neighbors, patrons, friends and family. She’d been given eight days to prove she was innocent from accusations of witchcraft, conspiring with the Devil, and hurting oth...