Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was a great statesman and philosopher in ancient Rome, and he usually went by a shortened version of his name: Seneca.

Homelessness and food scarcity are real concerns in Wisconsin. There are more than 4,500 Wisconsinites without a home right now.

We all depend on the certainty of life. We manage it. We control it. We jam it into a routine upon which we can depend.

Anyone who cares about keeping our country out of the control of a single god-like dictator should read “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination.”

Labor Day weekend is a busy time for a lot of businesses. Stores, hopefully our local stores that give back to our community, are brimming with shoppers.

So how do those that are hurting right now find healing?

There is a struggle inherent in many love relationships. It is a struggle for dominance, to decide who will be in charge.

As we get older we settle more comfortably into who we are and what we have accomplished.

How hard have you been working these days?

We live in a fragile and complicated ecosystem governed by fallible men and women.