Human Interest

MERICAN PICKERS to Film in Utah!

Democrats' Hoodwinking of Blacks

Seven Ways to Rise Above the Negativity in
Social Media, Politics...and Your Own Head
Is the cultural tsunami of negativity wearing down your ability to stay hopeful and optimistic? Here, I explain how to overpower these voices, change your circumstances for the better, and become a positive leader and influencer to those around you.

By Jon Gordon

Historical fiction book brings readers to South America

L. Norman Shurtliff launches new book campaign for ‘Eldorado’

Sounding the Alarm on School Schedules
By Siri Fiske

American schools are raising a generation of dreamers -- daydreamers, that is. Fully 10 percent of teenage students say they are "disengaged" and "discouraged" in the classroom.

There's a surprising culprit behind this disengagement: the school schedule. Currently, most students shuffle from classroom to classroom with clockwork rigidity, impairing their cognitive development and even compromising their health.

Dear Dave,

When you use the envelope system, what should you do with any leftover money?

Mandy

Dear Mandy,

My suggestion would be to carry it over to the next month. Lots of folks don’t use all the money in their clothing envelope during a month. There’s nothing wrong with letting a little extra build up in one of your categories if you don’t spend it all in a given month or two.

Dear Dave,

I have some company stock my grandparents bought for me years ago. Would be a good idea to cash out the stock and roll it into an IRA?

Dylan

Dear Dylan,

Technically, you wouldn’t be rolling it into an IRA. You would cash it out and use the money to establish a Roth IRA. And yes, I would do that.

Time to Fire the VA Health System
By Sally C. Pipes

Rewarding failure appears to be something of a tradition at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

In April, President Trump kept up that tradition by signing the Veterans Choice Improvement Act, which extends the beleaguered Veterans Choice program. That initiative, originally due to expire in August, gives select veterans the freedom to seek care from private providers.

Red Cross calls for new donors to prevent
a summer blood shortage

About 38 percent of the population can donate; less than 10 percent of those eligible do

6 great tips for that first blood donation this summer

Overpopulation Hoax