We live in a highly interconnected world, and things don’t always go the way we want them to. Today’s column therefore is about preparedness for extraordinary occurrences.

More taxpayers across Wisconsin are being impacted as districts are left without any course of action but to go to voters for approval for a fund needed.

The Fourth of July should connote special feelings for Americans. We can speak, pray, earn, spend and live freely.

Recently I read a new edition of Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations,” a collection of his private thoughts written to aid in his personal growth and self-discipline.

Have you ever thought of spending St. Patrick’s Day in the place where it all started – Ireland, the Emerald Isle?

Epictetus, a widely-read Greek Stoic philosopher who died in 135 AD, reflected on how one should embrace whatever happens in life.

Over the past few years, I’ve received many letters, emails and phone calls regarding my publisher’s columns.

Recently a close friend asked me how I would like to die.

If you think back to kindergarten, what were we always told? That sharing is good. How timeless, and how true.

If we are forced to admit it, we all are vagabonds meandering through life.