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Churchill by Himself
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Churchill by Himself

By Richard Langworth

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: I’ve often wondered how Winston Churchill could be so often quoted, and now I know. He wrote over 15,000,000 million published words – books, speeches, articles, letters and...
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Me and Bobby McGee
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Me and Bobby McGee

By Kris Kristofferson

October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: This is just a great throw-back song for me. A lot of memories come to me from this hitchhiker’s ballad of missing their mate, some of the best...
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March Newsletter: Good Passion/Bad Passion

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Author’s Note: This is the 10th in a series of 12 articles about the mistakes we’ve made building our foundation since 1997. I’ve decided the last two articles will be...
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Here Comes the Sun
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Here Comes the Sun

By The Beatles

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: An oldie for this month since I’ve had some grey clouds the last few months. Then we spent last week celebrating my son Kevin’s love for his new...
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Right Between the Eyes
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Right Between the Eyes

By Graham Nash

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: After a difficult day with a delusional friend I took a run and this song came on my iPhone. As I listened to the words, I came to...
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January Blog “Social Service that Creates Economic Value” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The Business of Good serves those who serve the poor. Over the years, we’ve focused on creating permanent change in lives of the poor rather than safety net social service....
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Neil Young’s Lonely Quest to Save Music by David Samuels
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Neil Young’s Lonely Quest to Save Music by David Samuels

By Tim McCarthy

August 20, 2019

Editor’s notes:  I am both lover and hater of Neil Young during my 50-some years of listening to his music and his thoughts.  But this article is one of the...
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The Fool | Bob Miller

By Tim McCarthy

May 23, 2019

Editor’s Comment: My dear friend, Bob Miller, sends me his self-reflections and I learn.   Bob is one of the widest and deepest thinkers I know, particularly in matters of the...
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Bernadette Noll
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Bernadette Noll

April 25, 2019

I Want to Age Like Sea Glass As I hit 49... I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken. I want the currents of life to...
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East of Eden
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East of Eden

By John Steinbeck

April 25, 2019

Editor’s Comment: A friend tells me that at least once a year good readers should read a classic. I took her advice and reached back for this one. Though less famous...
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Gone
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Gone

By Jack Johnson

March 27, 2019

Editor’s Comment: Heard this (as usual) while shuffling through my ITunes library on a run recently. Seems a perfect complement to my son, Timmy’s poem last month titled “Enough”. Favorite...
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The Circle
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The Circle

By Dave Eggers

March 27, 2019

Editor's Comment:   If you are not a fan of satire, and i am generally not, this is a tough read. But reading it six years after its publication makes...
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Joseph Goldstein
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Joseph Goldstein

By Joseph Goldstein

March 27, 2019

we may give our time, our energy, our material possessions, our love.   All are expressions of caring, of compassion, of connection, and of renunciation—the ability to let go.  The beauty...
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Greatest Charts | Don McMillan

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2019

Editor's Comment:  This is our first try at video article instead of our usual print piece.  Seems worth it as I laughed most of the 9 minutes of this Don...
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Just Sit
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Just Sit

By Sukey and Elizabeth Novogratz

January 24, 2019

Editor’s Comment:   I like to think my life was “saved” by Amy Skerry and Paul Gellman who led me to meditation practice back in the 1990s.  The stress of...
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Lost In My Mind
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Lost In My Mind

By The Head And The Heart

December 31, 2018

Editor’s Comment:  Editor’s comment: This Christmas, I reviewed over 100 songs my daughter Caitlin has given me over time (she started creating Daddy Mixes when she was 14) and picked...
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I'm Only Sleeping
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I'm Only Sleeping

By The Beatles

November 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment: My son and I finally saw the Cirque du Soleil  performance of “LOVE” last month.  Since then, I’ve spent some time going through my collection of Beatles music...
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Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm

By Erich Fromm

October 26, 2018

"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers." -Erich Fromm
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Flow
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Flow

By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  This author and this book have been around for a long time but I’d forgotten about it until someone recently made fun of me for my fantasy sports...
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October Cartoon
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October Cartoon

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2018

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Anthem
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Anthem

By Leonard Cohen

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment:   My friend, Marty Grothe, reminded me of this wonderful song.  Really it’s a poem.  Then my son, Kevin, sent me all the verses.  Then while looking it...
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