Category: Youth

Early on in my married life, the subject of Long Term Care Insurance was never a conversation at the dinner table. As is common with most people today, we certainly weren’t thinking about aging – choosing to live (and spend) in the here and now rather than dwell on realities aging might bring. But the realities of aging - of becoming ill and dying – are an unavoidable part of everyone’s journey. While we ourselves might still be relatively young and healthy, those who have come before us are sadly growing older. Before long, the case for Long Term Care Insurance is profoundly staring us in the face. My grandparents were not wealthy, and truthfully, I’m not even sure such plans existed in the 1970s and 1980s, when it would…

An article recently ran on CNN.com entitled, “Audi pulls 'insensitive' ad featuring girl eating banana in front of car”. It’s not often you hear of an Audi ad sparking such controversy, so I thought it was worth a click-through to the full story. It seems that over the weekend, the German luxury automaker shared a photo on social media with the caption, “Lets your heart beat faster – in every aspect” – publicizing their RS4 sports sedan. The caption wasn’t an issue but apparently the imagery was. From the NY Daily News: “The image shows a cool-looking young girl — wearing a leopard-print dress, a denim jacket, pink rounded sunglasses — eating a banana, while the wind blows her hair off her face. She’s also leaning against the grille of…

Last weekend, my wife and I traveled east from our home in Colorado to a wedding in New York. While there, we attended an exhibit we booked months in advance, at one of New York’s rich, cultural museums. It was called Auschwitz – Not long ago. Not far away. A special exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Auschwitz, “Is the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the history of Auschwitz and its role in the Holocaust ever presented in North America, and an unparalleled opportunity to confront the singular face of human evil.” According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and the Auschwitz exhibit brought that reality to life leaving many visitors in disbelief. The entire exhibit was incredibly distressing –…