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Proper Pup Etiquette

We like to think our pooches are very well-behaved, but how they behave in public, among strangers and other dogs, is the true test. Sit, Stay A properly trained pooch knows basic commands and, more importantly, obeys them while out and about. Knowing “sit, stay, come” at home is great, but immediately complying with these…


Do Your Retirement Plans Include Long-Term Care Planning?

Retiring is a step that seniors look forward to. Working days will have ended, and you can begin to live on the money you have saved in various retirement accounts over the years. There are plans to fulfill and trips to make. While no one wants to consider the need for long-term care—have you included…


Poetry: A.E. Housman’s ‘To an Athlete Dying Young’

To the young and healthy, death can often seem a courteous entity, one that will patiently await the completion of life’s narrative before interrupting with its final word. Published in 1896, A.E. Housman’s “To An Athlete Dying Young” confronts us with the tragedy of death as it comes, not to the sick or elderly, but…


Celebrity Hairstylist Tells of His Near-Death Experience and Discovering Hope: ‘I’ve Come Here for a Purpose’

Riding high on his Hollywood career, celebrity hairstylist Gabriel Georgiou had a brush with death. The profound experience later led him to find his life purpose: to spread the message of true beauty, harmony, and peace. The successful 53-year-old Greek Australian, who grew up in an orthodox Christian family, has a star-studded career spanning more than 30…


‘We’ve Had 7 Miscarriages’: Woman Asks God to Heal Her Womb, Becomes Homeschooling Mom of 12

After a succession of miscarriages shattered a Georgia couple’s concept of what their family would look like, they surrendered to their faith to write a new narrative. Years later, they are proud homeschooling parents to 12 kids and can’t imagine life without them. Washington-born stay-at-home mom Carly Bojczuk, 40, is married to her high school…


10 Uber Charming Lighthouses Are Being Given Away for Free—And You Can Maybe Live There, Too

Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines, protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety, are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government. The aim of the program run by the General Services Administration (GSA) is to preserve the properties, most of…


10 Uber Charming Lighthouses to Be Given Away Free or Sold Cheap—And You Can Maybe Live There, Too

Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines, protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety, are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government. The aim of the program run by the General Services Administration (GSA) is to preserve the properties, most of…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold, and Other Commodities (May 31)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell $1.37 to $68.09 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for July delivery fell 88 cents to $72.66 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for June delivery fell 4 cents to $2.56 a gallon. June heating oil fell 2 cents to $2.26 a gallon. July natural gas fell 6 cents to…


How Major US Stock Indexes Fared May 31

Wall Street closed lower as worries rise about the strength of the global economy and inflation. The S&P 500 fell 0.6 percent Wednesday. The Nasdaq composite fell a similar amount, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4 percent. Markets in Asia fell even more following discouraging data on manufacturing in China. In the United…


TV Series Review: ‘Chimerica’: What Happened to ‘Tank Man’?

June 4th represents the anniversary of the CCP’s massacre of democracy protesters on and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Thirty-four years after the 1989 mass killings, the world still does not know the identity of the man dubbed “Tank Man,” who stood in front of a column of tanks, then leaving the scene of the…