By Harvey Mackay We spend 45 percent of our waking time listening, yet we forget 50 percent of what we hear. Listening is a critical skill in everyone’s life. Remember the old game of “telephone,” where the first person in line whispers a message to the next person, and it gets passed down the line? [...]

After a career as a teacher, paralegal, paralegal manager and legal administrator, I had an epiphany while on photo safari in Africa about ten years ago. I saw the animals in their natural surroundings, doing what they were supposed to be doing. I saw a huge heard of elephant walking through Serengeti National Park on [...]

The Bottom Line: Hammering the Poor and Vulnerable There is a reason why many centuries ago, major religions warned adherents not to give too much power to the “merchant class.” That reason is still here—the commercial drive knows few self-imposed boundaries, especially when it resides in large corporations. A cruel manifestation of this singular drive [...]

NEW PRISON GUIDELINES Michigan Wayne County Judge Sheila Gibson gave 13-year-old Demarco Harris who was convicted of murdering a woman during a robbery to juvenile detention until he turns 21. The boy committed the crime when he was just 12 years old will be evaluated at age 21 and the court will determine at that [...]

SUBWAY Kicks Off Its Second Annual Baseball DeSIGNS with a National Little League Baseball Apprecation Game. Beverly Hills, Califonria was definitely the place to be if you like baseball, kids and hoggie sandwichs as SUBWAY kicked off its second annual Baseball DeSIGNS National Little League Baseball Appreciation Game tour at La Cienega Park. The game [...]

Parents want their children to be healthy. The Healthy School Meals Act sponsored by PCRM—the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has proposed legislation in Congress. If passed it will reward schools for participating in lowfat dietary options essential to fighting obesity and diseases that get its start in children and teens. Elizabeth Kucinich is head [...]

Okay, all you commitment-phobes and LTR-seeking missiles alike, listen up! Once upon a time in a faraway land (around 1950) saying someone was your boyfriend or girlfriend was a commitment. That title meant “Hands off, he’s or she’s with me!” And not long before that, an “I love you” was as good as a binding [...]

Rescue adventures can be exciting, but not so much when they take place on the 5 freeway. Trying to wrangle a scared pair of dogs in the middle of the highway, while cars are going 60 mph, is not an easy task and one I dare to repeat! Still, I do recommend keeping treats and [...]

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Dr. Richard Ellenbogen is more active today in his cosmetic plastic surgery practice on Sunset Boulevard than he has been for the last 30 years. As director of a prestigious post graduate Ph.D program in aesthetic surgery for moe than 25 years, some of the top plastic surgeons in practice today [...]