Every once in a while, my stockbroker and I have lunch.  We don’t necessarily do it to adjust my investments.  We get together to solve the world’s financial problems.  Right now, the world, according to my broker, looks glum.  He’s especially annoyed with Greece for not pay

With the baby boomers moving into  retirement, the next generation, particularly those in the middle class are “increasingly aware that saving for retirement is on them.”  So says Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com. (“Fast Facts,” Money, July 2015 pg. 18.)

Some women in the United States believe equal rights for women is an accomplished fact.  In other parts of the world, it’s clear the issue has never been addressed.  Women continue to be targets of war and rape remains a common act of terror.  In Argentina, tens of thousands of w

Listen up all young women who think feminism went out with the dinosaurs.  Discrimination against females in the workplace is alive and well. So says Facebook’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In.  Never mind that Ellen Pao, former partner with venture capitalist firm, Kleine

We have a social club in my town where the rich and powerful gather to make decisions for the public without the public’s knowledge or consent.  It sits, like an exclamation point, at the  end of a long, leafy park block near the center of town — white pillars and red brick

One function technology has yet to mimic is the brain’s ability  to see color.  Yes, machines can identify wave lengths associated with color, like 400 nanometers for violet and 590 for red, but the optical illusion the human brain creates to interpret the environment can’t be r

Many years ago, I ran an art gallery, part time.  I knew I’d never make enough to live off the profits, if there were any, but I wanted to  open a venue for local artists who were talented but didn’t have an “in” with established galleries.  For 5 years, I launched gifted

No matter where a feminist goes, men seem to be ahead of her.  In the early days of the movement, I recall driving to California from Oregon and stopping at a road side café, one of those places with red vinyl booths and a sign as you entered that said, “Please seat yourself.” 

At the retirement center, there is a “lightly used” shop where the prices can’t be beat.  For a song, a buyer can find anything from a couch to a hat. Profits from the shop help residents who have fallen upon hard times, mainly because they’ve outlived their assets.  The ca

When I revealed in an earlier blog that, prior to the election of George W. Bush, I’d been a registered Republican, readers admitted they were surprised. We live in a complex world, I replied, and I’m not averse either to profits or the stock market.  (Blog 5/19/15)   Not to pu