Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife – they have four children (including an adopted daughter) – been married 25 years. He's worth roughly $140 billion. The amicable tenor of the divorce announcement makes it highly likely that the couple has already reached an agreement on how to divide their assets, Jennifer Payseno, a family … Read more
Yup. Here you go.Obviously Pope Emeritus Benedict agrees – he'll be 92 in April. … A study out of the University of California-Irvine has revealed that consumption of moderate amounts of alcohol and coffee is linked to living a longer life. Re-read that last sentence. The key word is "moderate," of course. The study, called … Read more
In three sections – Business: Do a better job on social media of getting the word out about my company Hudson View Advisors, LLC. I need to up my game on linkedin, build a business facebook page, and start a business youtube channel. I’ve already begun some of these initiatives. Oh, and cut my expenses. … Read more
I spend so much time reading stuff for work as well as newspaper and magazine articles (most of it opinionated drivel unfortunately) as well as stuff people email me (I always open anything sent to me by anyone I know) that in the last several years I'd gotten into the sad habit of not reading … Read more
Another book recommended to me by my son Joe – he'd also recommended this one 12 Rules for Life, an Antidote to Chaos and both books come to some similar conclusions. This is despite the very different backgrounds of the two co-authors of this book and the author of 12 Rules, Jordan Peterson. The subtitle … Read more
Funny, I thought I'd already posted about this book, but evidently not. Author Amy Chozick covered Hillary Clinton for almost ten years for the NY Times – the subtitle is Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling. While it is about Mrs. Clinton, it's also about Ms. Chozick and her life while … Read more
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The Pope's Apostolic Exhortation (an important writing but below an encyclical) on the call to personal holiness. I think it's his best document and I wish it were more promoted; brief (only 80 pages) and very to the point. I read it when it first came out last May and re-read this Advent. There are … Read more
Thanks to my friend Paul for sending me this. The NY Times op ed columnist Ncholas Kristoff likes to ask the above sort of questions at Christmas to various religious personalities of note. Here he questions Professor Williiam Lane Craig who has a fine reputation for defending what CS Lewis called "Mere Christianity. It's a … Read more
Sue Konig – great writer. Just type in "Konig" in the search box up on the top right for more postings about her. Here's Sue's excellent column – Tell your kids the truth: Santa is real I remember when Susie Denk told me in third grade that there was no Santa. I immediately reported this … Read more