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Balancing Fun and Wellness at an All-Inclusive Resort

By Noreen Kompanik From TravelPulse I thought I’d never be a fan of the “all-inclusive” experience. The idea of staying in one destination with a limitless bounty of food and drink wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. It sounded hedonistic and overindulgent and seemed to go against my nature as an adventure traveler. I was…


5 Tax Tips for Older Adults

More than half of older taxpayers (57 percent) are worried they’ll have to pay more taxes this year because of the 5.9 percent Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2022, according to a January survey by The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan seniors group. Taxes for the over-65 set can feel more complicated for a variety…


Dear Dr. Chloe, My Friend Makes Constant Rude Remarks, and Ignores Me in Our Group Chat. I Feel Lonely. What Should I Do?

Dear Dr. Chloe, I’ve known my three dearest pals for eight years—we met in college and became friends almost instantly. Since we all got married, we don’t talk or hang out as much, but we do see each other occasionally. One of them is constantly making rude remarks about me, including how I look and…


Dear Dr. Chloe, My Friend Makes Constant Rude Remarks, and Ignores Me in Our Group Chat

Dear Dr. Chloe, I’ve known my three dearest pals for eight years—we met in college and became friends almost instantly. Since we all got married, we don’t talk or hang out as much, but we do see each other occasionally. One of them is constantly making rude remarks about me, including how I look and…


Luxury and Devotion: Hans Memling’s Portinari Portraits

From a pitch dark background emerge the faces of a man and a woman, facing each other with hands folded in prayer. Their countenances appear austere, their clothing plain and simple. In fact, if it weren’t for the lady’s luxuriously jeweled necklace, the otherwise monochromatic painting might just escape our attention, lost amidst the multifarious…


‘Do You Believe in Life After Birth?’: A Tale of Twins in the Womb

Our “Tales of Wisdom” series aims to highlight important morals and inspire a cherishing of the age-old virtues that can uplift our souls and help us return to tradition. We hope you will enjoy reading this. Somewhere, a pregnant mom’s blissful bump was carrying twin babies—Faith and Doubt. They were healthy and developing fast. One…


Silence, a Place for the Priceless

Is silence just the absence of sound, of speech, just as some thinkers say that evil is just the absence of good? Actually, silence may open up unexpected horizons filled with heights too high to ever climb to the top of, and depths too deep to ever wholly fathom. More Than an Absence “Silence is…


Rookie Senior Golfers Reap Mental, Physical Benefits

George Salem was about 55 years old when he ventured out on a golf course with one of his buddies. “I enjoyed it and went back again. I started playing once a week,” Salem, an associate professor at the University of Southern California, told The Epoch Times. “It was from that experience that I began…


New Research Suggests Broccoli Can Protect and Strengthen Gut Lining

A recent study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University has found that broccoli contains certain molecules that help to protect the lining of the small intestine of animal models, thereby preventing the development of disease. Broccoli is full of vitamins C, A and K and is rich in fibre and potassium. This green vegetable can…


A Poetic Voice, a Tragic Life: André Chénier and the French Revolution

From Luciano Pavarotti to Jonas Kaufmann, talented tenors have vied to interpret the much beloved role of André Chénier—the French poet of the revolutionary generation, memorialized in the musical repertoire by Umberto Giordano’s popular 1896 opera. With a succession of passionate arias, the composer charts the tragic story of the talented poet, whose life was…