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May 26, 2013
By Howard Martell
Author's program note. I was sitting in the barber shop the other day when I saw two beautiful television anchors discussing the little faux pas made by Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael S. Jeffries an acknowledged power...
May 24, 2013
By Howard Martell
Author's program note. I was sitting in the barber shop the other day when I saw two beautiful television anchors discussing the little faux pas made by Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael S. Jeffries an acknowledged power...
May 21, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.
Author's program note. Let's be clear about something right from the start: the current scandal at the Internal Revenue Service is by no means the worst the agency has endured... yet at any rate...
May 18, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.
Author's program note. Let's be clear about something right from the start: the current scandal at the Internal Revenue Service is by no means the worst the agency has endured... yet at any rate...
May 17, 2013
By Howard Martell
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant
Author's program note. The world is graying as the Baby Boomers, now millions of us in our sixties, get older and older still day by inexorable day. Farseeing Stephen Sondheim, who I once met wh...
May 12, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.
Author's program note. If you were alive on any Saturday night in 1915 and were of good family, soon after the dinner dishes were removed, soon after the gentlemen's secret potation was poured...
May 12, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant
Author's program note. Right from the start we were different, special, the apple of everyone's eye. We were the Baby Boomers, by far the most important of people, examined, studied, displayed, c...
May 8, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant
Author's program note. Before you dip into this article, I ask you to consider a situation which may now, given your present realities, seem absurd, unbelievable, impossible. If you expect to sta...
Apr 19, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.
Author's program note. To experience the joy of spring in New England and in its first and principal city since its inception in 1630 you must have faced and survived the very real rigors of the...
Apr 8, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant
Author's program note. I became 66 just the other day and since I arranged everything back in November, as early as I could, my first check was automatically deposited in my checking account the...
Mar 13, 2013
By Howard Martell
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant
Author's program note. It came by courier about two months ago. I was at home, feeling poorly. I signed for the package, but confess I didn't open it right away; I felt so terribly. I shall alway...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
Today, we are used to having more options than ever before. It used to be that many working adults chose not to get a pet since they were gone all day long. Today, though, even busy working adults can have the love and c...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
If it's been a while since you tried Costa Rica coffee, you may want to try it again. Changes in coffee production and an attempt to keep up with the growing market for coffee and gourmet coffee has caused some changes ...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
What about that new single guy who has just moved to your neighborhood? He could possibly be a convicted sex offender who is not allowed within a certain distance from children. You will want to know this and be able to ...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
Locating good debt reduction advice may end up being somewhat confusing for you if you want to lower how much personal debt you have. Too much of the available info makes it seem like it's nearly impossible. Then you hav...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
There are many experts who tout the advantages of animals and stress relief. According to science the very act of petting a dog or a cat can actually lower your blood pressure. I have had animals my whole life and I have...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
If you are looking for information on what may or may not be included in a back ground check, you should go to backgroundcheck org.
This is a site that will tell you exactly what is or is not included when someone ...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
They say that exercise is one of the best activities for stress relief that you can do. And of all the exercises you can do, walking tops the list.
Taking a nice walk after dinner with your spouse, or a friend, or e...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
Spring break is a time of fun and a lot of drunken antics by the college communities out there. All those college students are heading to the warm beaches to play their hearts out and stretch their legs after a long wint...
Mar 7, 2013
By Howard Martell
Stress is not a very pleasant experience but unfortunately life throws situations full of incongruence at us that challenge our ability to remain calm. The reasons are endless from the noisy neighbor to the pizza boy who...