In 2009, I was a very senior executive celebrating my fourth anniversary at a brokerage firm. I was working about 70 hours a week, managing 80 people, and traveling to the company’s other offices (two of which were cross-country) 3-4 days a week, twice a month. Even when I wasn’t at the office or on [...]
The pot doctor has a backache. As Mahmoud ElSohly, shakes my hand, he’s wincing. Two days ago, ElSohly—the director of the University of Mississippi’s Marijuana Project—bent down the wrong way and threw out his back. And unfortunately, this morning’s visit to his chiropractor didn’t help him much. Ironically, just outside ElSohly’s office in the Waller [...]
Are you eating real, whole food as much as you’d like? The good news is, it doesn’t need to take as much time as you’d think. So today I wanted to share with you 7 tips for eating real food without spending hours in the kitchen. 1. Start small. It’s all about making it as [...]
In the creative world, we spend a lot of time talking about “talent.” It’s that special sauce—a certain style, a certain perspective, a certain aesthetic. If you’ve got it, you’ve got it. And if you don’t, well… it can’t really be taught, right? Not exactly. According to Stanford University’s Carol Dweck, the psychologist behind the [...]
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) likely has the votes on gun control legislation to clear its first procedural hurdle -- a victory for the gun control community, though one that hardly guarantees the bill's passage. The majority leader announced on Tuesday evening he would submit for a vote the bill to expand [...]
BOSTON -- Nearly a third of all foreclosed borrowers who faced proceedings brought by the biggest U.S. mortgage companies during the height of the housing crisis came to the brink of losing their homes due to potential bank errors or under now-banned practices, regulators have revealed. Close to 1.2 million borrowers, or about 30 percent [...]
BOSTON (Reuters) - The longest-serving mayor in Boston history told voters on Thursday that he would not seek a sixth term in office, setting the stage for the city's most competitive mayoral race in decades. Mayor Tom Menino, 70, declared his intention not to seek reelection to the office he has held since 1993 at [...]
SUFFOLK, Va. -- The kitchen floor is curling up at Carol Rood's house. She and her partner removed the edging when they redid the cabinets last year, and now there's nothing to hold down the white-and-green linoleum where it meets the walls. "This floor is nasty," Rood, 47, said during an interview in her kitchen. [...]
1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Schedule C, Schedule B, 1099, W-2…doing taxes is like trying to speak a foreign language that you've never taken a course in. Given how complicated the tax code is, it's not surprising that people mess up when filing their returns—and those mistakes can cost people thousands . As a Certified Public Accountant [...]
by Adam Winkler Mar 25, 2013 4:45 AM EDT As the Supreme Court considers potentially landmark gay-marriage cases this week, there’s one previous Supreme Court decision that won’t be cited by any of the advocates but is sure to be on the minds of the justices. It’s the case of Bowers v. Hardwick, and [...]
