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Jayne Anne Phillips’ latest book, “Lark and Termite,” opens with an epigram from William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury.” “Because no battle is ever won he said. They are...
Medicare and Social Security are supposed to be insurance against the perils of old age: poverty and illness. They are not supposed to be gifts or subsidies to the children of retirees. Yet that is what, in large part, they have become. The reason for insurance is that you can...
But if our elderly woman dies with $691,000 in the bank, it's evident that she didn't need the government money to pay for her health care or to avoid plunging into poverty. She wasn't lying or cheating--she might have been legitimately worried--but her worries...
Once Madoff is imprisoned or dies, the circus of press coverage will die down. We will be left with only our memories of him and several dozen biographies that will come on and off the best seller list in a matter of months. (See a brief history of Ponzi schemes...
And the content of puppy movies rarely gives parents paws. (Sorry. Another plus of dog flicks: the puns.) Marley dies but at the end of a long, mischievous life. The Chihuahua flirts, but the only doggy style in the movie is her couture. There are few worthier--or safer--recipients...