I’m 71 and have always been happily single. I used to feel judged for enjoying time alone, including the holidays, but now I’m proud.
Bella DePaulo likes to see friends once or twice a week and spend the rest of the time alone. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bella DePaulo, 71, a social scientist and author who lives in California. The following has been edited for length and clarity. As a 71-year-old single woman who’s…
Costco recalled almost 80,000 pounds of butter because the labels failed to say it contained milk
The 79,200 pounds of butter were distributed in Texas. Costco recalled 79,200 pounds of butter last month because it failed to include a disclaimer that the product contained milk. A total of 1,300 cases of Kirkland Signature Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter and 900 cases of Kirkland Signature Salted Sweet Cream Butter were recalled because they…
My husband and I paid off our mortgage more than 15 years early by following a simple money rule we learned from our parents
The author and her family. In 2020, my husband and I sent in our final mortgage payment. Achieving this goal, which at one time seemed so far out of reach, became a reality in just under 13 years. I remember being 23 years old and looking in horror at a chart showing how much we’d…
A ‘Saturday Night Live’ comedian said Elon Musk made her cry. She said she named him because he was ‘rude’ about the postelection show.
Elon Musk and Chloe Fineman both appeared on an episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 2021. Chloe Fineman, a comedian on “Saturday Night Live,” said that Elon Musk made her cry when he hosted the show in 2021. In a since-deleted TikTok posted on Monday, Fineman said that she’d stayed quiet for three years, but…
I was laid off and rehired at Amazon. Then I quit. I should’ve seen the writing on the wall — the company has changed. I’d rather have no job than work for a company I no longer respect.
Stephanie Ramos quit her job at Amazon 11 weeks after rejoining. When I first joined Amazon in 2017, I felt very fortunate to work there. As a program manager working with the company’s middle and last-mile operations teams, I had a great boss who knew Amazon’s culture inside and out. I loved how our senior…
Taylor Swift’s fans-first business strategy all goes back to a childhood interaction with LeAnn Rimes
Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour in New Orleans. Throughout her career, Taylor Swift has credited many fellow musicians as vital influences, from Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks to Kenny Chesney and, of course, Tim McGraw. But perched quietly atop that star-studded list is LeAnn Rimes. In “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor…
Anthony Scaramucci is worried about a stock-market crash not seen since the late 1920s if Trump follows through on some of his plans
Markets cheered Donald Trump’s victory, but Anthony Scaramucci thinks the rally could unwind. For never-Trumpers like Anthony Scaramucci, the days since the election have been somber. For Scaramucci’s bitcoin-heavy portfolio, it’s been anything but. Bitcoin has caught fire in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential win. The so-called digital gold is up more than 23%…
Ukraine hoped to force Russia to pick between 2 fronts. Putin chose both.
A Russian soldier fires a howitzer toward a Ukrainian position in the Kursk region in September. When Ukraine began its audacious incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, it hoped to force a choice. Russia could keep up its main effort to invade eastern Ukraine, or it could focus on getting the Ukrainians off its…
Trump’s win is already scrambling supply chains
Trump has vowed to enact sweeping trade restrictions ranging from across-the-board import duties to increasing the cost of goods from China through tariffs as high as 60% to 100%. Last week’s electoral victory of Donald Trump is having an immediate effect on global supply chains, with several companies publicly discussing production changes they’ve made ahead…
