Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), the 26th President of the United States, was ambitious, aggressive, occasionally contradictory, always dynamic. He was a physical fitness enthusiast, soldier, cowboy, politician, explorer, conservationist, big game hunter, and writer.…
Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram
On April 14, 2014, gunmen entered a boarding school in Chibok, Northern Nigeria, and kidnapped 276 girls. The perpetrators of this terrorist attack were part of Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist group that has been…
On Her Shoulders
"There is a light this world. A healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, and too much pain. Then suddenly, the…
National Cat Day
We here at Spirituality & Practice are great cat lovers! Frederic and Mary Ann have fostered countless cats through the years, finding loving and nurturing homes for their charges. Others became permanent residents and members…
A Prayer for Healing Action in the World
A Prayer for Healing Action in the World Upon hearing the heartwrenching and horrifying news of the shooting assault on the Tree of Life Jewish congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we asked Rabbi Ted Falcon of…
Four Tips for Selling Yard Equipment Online (Learned…
Reselling an item online seems like one of the more mundane tasks in our digital world. So why does it still feel like fixing cataracts with a rusty safety pin? Both Craigslist and eBay have…
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How Projection Bias Could Be Destroying Your Finances
Wise Bread Picks Have you ever gone grocery shopping on an empty stomach? If you’re like most people, you come home with all kinds of random junk food and disparate ingredients you have no specific…
10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Ask…
Wise Bread Picks When was the last time you got a big raise? We're not talking about the 3 percent raise you should get every year to keep your salary in line with inflation —…
Costco Without a Car
When my wife and I moved to Brooklyn, we felt lucky that we wouldn’t need to buy a car. Our apartment was close enough to a subway line and our neighborhood was walkable enough that…
How to Prepare Your Money for the Coming…
Wise Bread Picks Predicting an economic downturn can seem as mystical and convoluted as reading tea leaves. However, the economic tea-leaf readers — financial experts — are warning that the economic winds are changing. Even…