President’s budget threatens crucial programsAs a responsible parent, I’m careful to economize in a way that allows us to pay our bills in full and on time. Yet I would never take food from my children or jeopardize their education to do it. Trying...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published June 1, 2017
Welcome to June! This summery month offers up many highlights: lazy sleep-late days for the kids, afternoons at the pool, camps and family vacations...and oh yes, let’s not forget National Donut Day, celebrated this year on Friday, June 2.Whether...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published May 26, 2017
When Dr. Kenneth Cooper published his first bestseller, "Aerobics," 40-some years ago, he simultaneously introduced a new word into the Oxford English Dictionary. This book, translated into 41 languages as well as Braille, propelled Dr. Cooper to the...
By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published May 25, 2017
That kind of fame and fortune is no protection. It may be more of a burden. The private world of public people is always abused by fame, more now than any time in my memory. Their lives do not seem to be their own and we are obsessed with them. Our own...
The gatherings we held for healing from the fear and anxiety caused by the election of Donald Trump seem a distant memory. The initial shock has given way to deep concerns for our democracy and the loss of hope that the office would be bigger than the...
The festival of Shavuot, which begins at sundown May 30, focuses on Moses receiving the tablets of the law. But an even more fascinating part of the story is when he shatters them. In an astounding midrash, or rabbinic commentary, Moses’ act is portrayed...
While extensively covered by both the national and local media, the vandalism crime committed at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in February of this year has been effectively swept under the rug by the University City Police Department. The Vice President...
I've sent out hundreds of resumes over my career, applying for just about every kind of job. As a business owner, and as a search and outplacement consultant, I've personally reviewed hundreds of resumes.Some resumes are great, most are just ok, many...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published May 19, 2017
I just love sharing good news, so unabashedly, here it comes: On May 10th, our daughter and son-in-law became proud parents of a baby girl…their first child and our first grandchild. After reining in the floodgate of my emotions, I was able to take...
Recently, the following two things happened to me on the same day. I celebrated the 15-year anniversary of my retirement, and I received a note from a cousin listing some of the things that Will Rogers, the great American humorist, said about growing...
When the British people voted last June to leave the European Union, it was as shocking an outcome as the U.S. presidential election in November. On March 29, British Prime Minister Theresa May formally began the difficult process of negotiating Britain’s...
Several years ago, while covering organized labor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, I covered a story about a cookie company in Overland that was closing. Its Italian corporate owner was moving the operation to Ontario.The story got into the details of...
