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What If It All Goes Right?

By Scarlet Keys

January 6, 2026

Book of The Month: “What If It All Goes Right?” by Scarlet Keys Editor’s note: This is a fabulous, easy-to-read, morale-boosting book for anyone who needs a lift. Keys’ simple...

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Are You A Bozo?

By Tim McCarthy

December 2, 2025

I am. It was decided in the ‘70s when I noticed the title of a Firesign Theatre album: “I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus”. It struck me,...

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I Can’t Be Everything to Everyone

By Harley Finkelstein

December 2, 2025

Quote of the Month: Harley Finkelstein on being you: “I can’t be everything to everyone. I kind of made peace with it years ago—that at this particular phase of my...

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Strange Brew

By Eric Clapton and Felix Pappalardi

December 2, 2025

Song of the Month: "Strange Brew" by Eric Clapton and Felix Pappalardi Editor’s note: Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker were a trio that lasted only three years together...

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1929

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

December 2, 2025

Book of The Month: “1929” by Andrew Ross Sorkin, who also wrote "Too Big to Fail" Editor’s Note: Because my parents went through the Great Depression, I thought I knew...

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Truly Funny | Sports

By Tim McCarthy

December 2, 2025

Truly Funny: Sports I read about, listen to, and watch sports programming with rabid interest. As a result, I have dozens of actual quotes from coaches I consider truly funny. ...

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What Traditions Matter to You?

By Tim McCarthy

October 29, 2025

Make a list—it should be fun. Traditions big or small, carried on or long passed, old/new/borrowed/blue. Traditions beget memories and memories bring feelings of structure. How many of the things...

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You Can Change Outcomes for Yourself

By Catherine Burns

October 29, 2025

"If you look at the facts of something and write down your thoughts, you find that those thoughts lead to certain feelings, and those feelings lead to action. If you...

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Truly Funny | Miller

By Tim McCarthy

October 29, 2025

Truly Funny: Miller I was visiting my outlandish brother, Miller, not long after he moved to Florida when we went to the dealer to pick up his new Volkswagen Beetle...

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My Friends

By Fredrik Backman

September 29, 2025

Editor’s notes: Thanks to my pal, Joe Gibson, for the heads-up on this one. While reading, I highlighted dozens of humorous and poignant quotes—it's that kind of book. Any Backman...

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Truly Funny | Colonoscopy

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2025

My son was wheeled into recovery from an anesthetized colonoscopy. As he returned to consciousness, he looked up at the nurse, asked her for a date, then proceeded to fart...

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Money, Love and Change

By Trey Anastasio Band

September 29, 2025

Editor’s Note: This "new to me" guitar superstar will get a lot of my attention in the coming months. "Money, Love and Change" made me think of my favorite jam...

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Have You Been to Bentonville?

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2025

My first visit to Walmart's hometown in Arkansas was in the '90s. I remember a classic southern small-town square and a Walmart buyer who turned a 15-minute timer on me...

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5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life

By Bill Eddy

August 29, 2025

Editor’s note: My sisters and I have been discovering that age brings wisdom that mostly escaped us in our younger years. This book, and the people it describes, have been...

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Truly Funny | Banker and Doctor

By Tim McCarthy

August 29, 2025

I spent time with a childhood friend, who has been in private banking his entire career who told me about his client who was also his doctor doing an exam...

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Did You Take Your Medicine Today?

By Tim McCarthy

August 29, 2025

There are many phrases I attribute to my mom and among my favorites is, “laughter is medicine for your soul”. Throughout my lifetime, I’ve added a few more “pills” I try...

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Bad Days in History

By Michael Farquhar

August 5, 2025

Editor’s note: You’ll need a strong stomach if you choose to read this since many of the bad days described are matters of barbarism, particularly those from earlier centuries. But...

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What Do We Know About Immigration?

By Tim McCarthy

August 5, 2025

After November's election, I dedicated significant resources—time and money—to learning about "undocumented" immigrants. Our foundation avoids advocacy in favor of action. We are now in our ninth month of researching...

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Know Why You’re Living

By David Brooks

August 5, 2025

“Over the past 30 years, people have tried to fill the hole in their soul by seeking to derive a sense of righteousness through their political identities. And when you...

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Truly Funny | Sales Coach

By Tim McCarthy

August 5, 2025

Truly Funny: Sales Coach Long ago, I was working with a sales coach who taught me two considerations, so true that the observations made me laugh. I’ve followed his two...

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How the Light Gets In

By Leonard Cohen

July 1, 2025

“ The birds they sang At the break of day Start again I heard them say Don't dwell on what has passed away Or what is yet to be Ah,...

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What If It All Goes Right?

Are You A Bozo?

I Can’t Be Everything to Everyone

Strange Brew

1929

Truly Funny | Sports

What Traditions Matter to You?

You Can Change Outcomes for Yourself

Truly Funny | Miller

My Friends

Truly Funny | Colonoscopy

Money, Love and Change

Have You Been to Bentonville?

5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life

Truly Funny | Banker and Doctor

Did You Take Your Medicine Today?

Bad Days in History

What Do We Know About Immigration?

Know Why You’re Living

Truly Funny | Sales Coach

How the Light Gets In