If you filed your tax return by April 15, you can exhale, kick back and wait for your refund – if you’re getting one. Here are some answers to many post tax season questions that most taxpayer have. When will I get my refund? The... Continue
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The rise of the Fox News/conservative radio network has challenged the traditional assumptions about the standards for political discourse and the very concept of facts as a basis for political decision-making. The most astute observers of this phenomenon have been comedians like Jon Stewart on... Continue
By the time things get "trendy" they've become clichéd, and as we all know the hallmark of a cliché is its loss of authenticity and meaning. Having become a mere trope of its former self, a craze quickly wears itself out and fades away, destined... Continue
In 2011, “Time” declared the sharing economy as one of the “10 Ideas that will change the world,” and titled their article, “Don’t Own. Share.” The sharing economy would engender a sense of community, create “meaningful human connections” and even produce a biological “spike” of... Continue
One of the most frightening, yet exciting, phone calls or emails a nonprofit leader can get is from a prospective funder, such as a foundation, giving circle, service club, or government agency, requesting a site visit. After a nonprofit organization submits a grant application to... Continue
The largest single demographic generation in the history of America, the 75-million strong baby-boom population is now entering it's final 20-year run. Avid consumers, boomers have fueled our economy at each stage of its varied history; as post-world-war-two children we prompted an elementary school building... Continue
“This issue is trust. Should voters put their trust in the Board of Supervisors as well as the city councils in the county’s nine incorporated cities, all of which will receive a share of the funds, to spend the money the way it is intended?” --... Continue
A newspaper not-to-be-named recently conducted a survey asking: “Should the city establish, staff and fund a recreation department?” Nearly 70 percent of respondents said “Yes.” Since the entire globe could take the online survey, it was hard to tell if the 107 respondents lived in... Continue
I know writing about death at the beginning of spring is crazy. I mean, it's lovely outside, flowers are blooming and people are buzzing like bees. It’s just that I keep opening the newspaper and reading about someone else I'll miss in the obits. So... Continue
Our fixed-city way-of-life has created a problematic situation: homelessness. Those who cannot afford to own or rent a home are left to wander the highways, alleys and shelters of our urban environments in search of safe spots in which to rest and sleep. The reasons... Continue