Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time arguing over them, almost entirely on the basis of several common myths. Here are the five most consequential. Myth No. 1: The Rich Don't Pay Their Fair Share This is the most repeated ...

Your memories will try to trick you. I thought about that as I was driving down a street near my house the other day, when I spotted a father walking down the sidewalk, his young daughter slung over his shoulder like a sack of coal he was hauling out of a mine. Her hair bounced along on his ...

Sometimes when I'm feeling a little gloomy about things, I take a moment to listen to the Louis Armstrong classic song, "What a Wonderful World." In his distinctive voice, he sings about all the little things that we should appreciate, from the flowers to the trees to the sky to clouds and ...

“What! We had an assignment due yesterday!?” “Yes, and it was fifteen percent of your grade. How did you forget?” “I do not know! I made a list of all the assignments that I knew I was supposed to do… but then I left it on the counter and forgot about it.” “I prepped meals ...

In my many years working in the community, I have seen so much change and growth. As our community evolves, we also see emerging trends in ways we can come together to build and support each other. One of the things we are seeing is the increase in families struggling with all the demands ...

Here's a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with. This is a state generally seen to lean heavily to the political left. Its congressional delegation -- the largest in the country -- stands at 52 House members, of whom 46 are Democrats, ...