Word: legacyism
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Maxworthy is part of a small movement of folks leaving a solid career at mid-life to rediscover a sense of purpose. They could work longer and possibly stash away enough to enrich a favorite charity upon their death. But rather than leave a legacy at life's end, they...
Paid volunteer work--an oxymoron for the ages--is increasingly the norm. Maxworthy takes a $2,000-a-month salary from his operation to make ends meet. It was that, or keep his old job--and last year alone his organization says the program touched 3 million lives. "So many...
A few wars notwithstanding, Venice's relations with Islamic empires were deep and their influence enduring. The city's world-renowned Murano glass industry employed techniques learned from Anatolian workshops, while Venetian bookbinders and cartographers imitated their Arabic counterparts. One of the exhibit's showcase pieces - a hallowed marble throne...
It was a memorable evening. In the Great Hall of the Royal Courts - one of the finest Gothic Revival spaces in the world - the crowd met no less than 16 of our heroes. Some were locals, like David Attenborough, the legendary documentary filmmaker whose most recent series, Planet Earth, has...
In a 1995 study by UCLA psychology professor Paul Okami, it was shown that children who see their parents naked are in no way worse off than their prudish counterparts. In my experience, a naked family normalizes nudity in a wonderfully productive way. Being naked never feels wrong, embarrassing or...