Tag: Charles

which I cannot call a foreword- because I am not a writer and I am inclined to believe Jacob Marley may elect to shake off his chains and give me a message from Mr. Dickens if I have the nerve to call it one. Charles Dickens was a writer of remarkable talent. His books, many of them set in places...

I knew how to move like a New Yorker. Purposeful, determined, no dilly dallying. I never walked much further than 5th Avenue and I knew how to take the crosstown bus home, which delivered me right to my door. These journeys often ended inside Saks. Their shoe department was vast and peopled by graci...

Recently I found out that the question of whether individuals from colder climates possess higher intelligence due to the challenges posed by harsh winters has long fascinated some white supremacists, even though it has been debunked for over a century. Apparently the said hypothesis was first pr...

The “rules” were seen as applying even to Southern Baptist superstars who were megachurch pastors whose media companies brought in $35 million a year. Charles Stanley’s career as a cleric should’ve been over. He recognized that. A 1995 news clip quotes him: &ldqu...

The main advantage of a Roth IRA is that your money grows tax free, and when you withdraw in retirement, you pay no taxes. For example, consider a Roth IRA that starts with $6,000 and grows to $6,500. During retirement, you can withdraw the gain of $500 tax-free. Now, consider a non-IRA account like...

The city wraps its arms around you and welcomes you to walk its streets. Timeless and untouched by modern war, it is a holiday weekend to the 18th century. To sit on the edge of the main square, near where Kafka was born, and look across to the ham man minding Prague Ham on the spit, is to look acro...