I sat down with David when dropped by Toronto in service of his latest novel, Crimes Against My Brother. We spent a lovely hour in conversation. As is to be expected, David was charming, …. You'll find in places like this that if you're born with a …

He said they begin with pioneers exploring new lands, then conquests of those lands, followed by the age of commerce, the age of affluence, the age of intellect, the age of decadence and then the age of decline and collapse. America seems positioned …

"They have the best customer service of any store, hands down." Come Aug. 16, McCourt will have to find another place to shop when the only Central Florida Nordstrom shuts … Retail analysts blamed the department store's failure on competition from …

The political battles over this fundamental question will be waged between generations, income groups, high- and low-tax states, taxpayers and retirees, public employees and recipients of every other government service. The math is unavoidable. The …

Moreover, I actively welcome any defensible “body of evidence” that can help persuade gatekeepers of all sorts that access to appropriate mental and physical care is necessary to alleviate the pain and anguish that marks many of our lives, as was the …

Foreign tourists in Kazakhstan tend to be “put off by the prices and the lack of service corresponding to them,” Mariya Zeynelova, deputy director of the Naurzum nature reserve in northern Kazakhstan, lamented at a recent travel fair. Astana – which …

The service and advocacy organization for people with disabilities moved into a new Berkeley headquarters at the Ed Roberts Campus, across from the Ashby BART station, when that facility opened in 2010. Because of that history, according to the staff …

Affluent trust of the financial services industry is so fragile that skepticism and distrust have become the new normal. That said; financial advisors who allow their affluent clients to get to know them on a personal level, by socializing, have ranked …

… business-owners and affluent clients in the qualified and non-qualified plan markets, estate planning and financial and investment planning. He is currently on the advisory board of the Phoenix Tax Workshop, a member of the Society of Financial …