My mother and I started texting when she was in her 80s. I’m so glad I have our texts to look back on now that she’s gone.
The author’s mother (not pictured) started texting her when she was in her 80s. Mother-daughter relationships can be challenging, and my relationship with my mother was no exception. But one thing my mother and I could always do was talk — whether in person or on the phone — though our chats often ended in…
My twins are both in college, and their dorm rooms show just how different they really are from each other
The author’s twins decorated their dorm rooms very differently. My twins both attend Fordham University in New York, but that’s where their similarities stop. Over the summer before their freshman year, my daughter asked me several times, “When can we go shopping for my college dorm room?” Once we picked a day, we asked her…
Taylor Kitsch is happy he never became the next big action hero The “Friday Night Lights” star was once on the brink of movie stardom. A decade later, he’d much rather be unrecognizable in his roles.
On Netflix’s “American Primeval,” Taylor Kitsch plays a rugged and dangerous man in the Old West. When Taylor Kitsch finally shows up onscreen in his new Netflix show “American Primeval” about 10 minutes into its premiere, one of the first things the audience sees is his bare butt. Those who know Kitsch from his breakout…
Zelenskyy said Ukraine captured 2 wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region. Here’s what we know.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has captured two wounded North Korean soldiers. In a statement posted on X on Saturday, Zelenskyy said the soldiers had been captured in Russia’s Kursk region and had been taken to Kyiv, where they were now “communicating with the Security Service of Ukraine.” He added…
A US passport is no longer the golden ticket it once was
A US passport has slipped down the ranks in recent years, falling from the top spot in 2014 to ninth place for this year. A US passport is not as desirable as it used to be, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which was first published 19 years ago. The index, which ranks 199…
Rate cuts may already be off the table after a mega jobs report — but strategists still aren’t concerned about stocks
Stocks have struggled for the last month, and higher-for-longer rates might not help. A key stock-market catalyst for 2025 is in serious jeopardy less than two weeks into the year. Interest rate cuts look like a long shot after an unexpectedly strong jobs report released on Friday. Job additions defied forecasts in December, rising 256,000…
Walmart’s CEO shares the 10 books that shaped his year
Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon read plenty of business books in the last year. While their calendars are often chock-full of meetings, some CEOs still find the time to read for pleasure — or to dive deep into a particular topic. Business leaders have long shared their picks for books that helped inform their…
My first wife and I moved our family to Maui. After a difficult divorce, I left the island, but I needed to return to fully heal.
The author moved to Maui with his family. I met my first wife working at a fast food restaurant and developed a friendship that turned into a relationship. We were married three months after we met — the day after my 18th birthday. Like me, she was from Milwaukee, and we raised three kids in…
Why top tech analyst Gene Munster says investors have 2 years before the tech bubble bursts
The stock market’s tech-fueled frenzy has a few more years to run before the air comes out of investors’ favorite trade. That’s according to Gene Munster, a top tech analyst and a managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management. Munster thinks artificial intelligence has fueled a big bubble in tech, and there’s probably another two years…
