In the final episode of the past season of Breaking Bad, Brian Cranston’s character walks into a storage locker where his wife has stacked so much cash she has no idea how much money they have earned from making and selling crystal meth. It’s literally uncountable, there are so many packets of bills, in so…Read More
The candidate of your dreams . . .
In goodness
If you’re less than inspired by politicians in the United States, you simply need to look a little further south to feel more inspired. Uruguay’s seemingly incorruptible president has been called the world’s poorest and most generous leader. Jose Mujica offers the world a model for leadership through his character as a statesman and a…Read More
Life with the bigger Elvis
In Bigger Elvis
Dolores Hart was the first woman to kiss Elvis Presley on screen. Successful, beautiful—and in love with a man she intended to marry soon—she left it all behind, not long before her wedding day, to become a nun. If you want to know more and you get HBO, watch God is the Bigger Elvis, an…Read More
Anyone who lived through the recent election and its aftermath knows how destructive anger can be. It’s become the lingua franca of much political commentary, it seems, and simmered in the behavior of many people for weeks after Nov. 6. It also seems to be a temptation for Congress these days as we approach the…Read More
Profile in Generosity
In Buffalo
Retirement can sometimes be the time to start really making a contribution. When John Mika, 58, discovered how much teachers in Buffalo, N.Y., were spending, out of their own pockets, for school supplies, he decided to do something about it: Name: John Mika Role: Substitute teacher, everyday philanthropist The Problem: As a substitute, he discovered…Read More
