Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation

December 30, 2006
Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation
By Jane Gross

To care for her ailing 97-year-old father over the past three years, Elizabeth Rodriguez, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, has borrowed against her 401(k) retirement plan, sold her house on Staten Island and depleted nearly 20 years of savings. Click here to read entire article.

"Courage doesn't roar, sometimes, courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try tomorrow"

Jeri Rowe, of the News-Record, writes about courage, the kind of courage that's alive and well at Greensboro's Sanctuary House. It's a story about ordinary heroism that will warm your heart, renew your faith in humankind, and maybe make you want to invest in something bigger than yourself. It's about God delighting in the least of these, and those who partner with them in their journeys, and the sacredness of life, no matter how small or insignificant that life might seem. I am learning that the poor have so much to teach us.

Click Rowe: The helping hand of Bobby to read the column...be sure to see the photo collection.

"People love greatness, people love the story of his bravery," Dr. Dean Richardson, D.V.M.

After 8 Months, Setback Ends Barbaro’s Battle
By JOE DRAPE
Published: January 30, 2007
The Kentucky Derby winner was euthanized, ending an extraordinary effort to save his life after a leg injury. Click to read the complete article.

“She has served the good Lord, she has served the church, she has served us. What better legacy can she leave?”

In Connecticut, World’s Oldest Woman Dies at 114
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: January 30, 2007
Born to former slaves in North Carolina, Emma Faust Tillman briefly held the title of the oldest person in the world. Click to read full article.

Where's the willingness to embrace responsibility?

Business / Your Money
For Top Executives, a Need to Be Aware of the Nearest Exit
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Published: January 14, 2007
Being a chief executive has many perks, but job security is not one of them.

Are executive gluts one indication of cheap industries or industries where managements have displaced responsibility? If you have an opinion I'd like to know.

Delay Denied on Tax Accounting Rule

Delay Denied on Tax Accounting Rule
By DOW JONES/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 18, 2007
The rule would have required companies to take a more stringent approach to reporting uncertain tax positions on their financial statements, and offers an expanded view of Gretchen Morgenson's January 14, 2007 article, A Tax Secret Emerges from the Murk.