Natural Family Planning (NFP) is the natural method of trying to avoid pregnancy with little to no help from artificial means such as birth control pills, etc. This method involves closely watching your body and its reactions at certain points during your menstrual cycle. It also involves having much... read more

Any parent’s worst nightmare is that something bad may happen to their child. Making your home a safe place for your children is the best thing you can do to help prevent this from happening. One way to keep your children safe in your home is to install child safety latches on all the doors and windows... read more

Adults are pretty much divided between those who are frenzied and those who are calm. These traits seem to be inherent, which means that, when young, some children are frenzied while some are calm. This comes to no surprise to those around preschoolers, but today found me wondering if there can really... read more

Say what you will about the stock market but, in general, investing usually pays off better than keeping money in the bank or investing in bonds or some other comparatively safe financial vehicle, although it is possible to lose money on bonds if you are holding notes from a company that cannot redeem... read more

One writing job that I wrote a detailed sample for in a specified format wanted to turn math lessons into comic book stories.  This is the fruit of my vainglorious labor meaning I would have been delighted to get the gig, but, unfortunately, did not.    Fractions comic submitted by Neil Levine Word... read more

This was an effort to use the Dow Jones Industrial Average to support the privatization of Social Security, which was beaten down by the Democrats because they represent people who have trouble making money in the private market place and also because they prefer to have control of other people’s... read more

  A famous Broadway tune promises “Something for Everyone..” That is just one reason Times Square is called the Crossroads of the World and is such a world class destination. It is a rare place where something is always going on.   But when hitting a hot spot, it helps to start out checking... read more

In a moment of theusiastic euphoria, while I was laboring under the illusion I was going to sell a stock market article, I wrote the following piece last June (2005)  expecting to sell it, too.  Although, subsequent events, including the hiring of Alan Mulally to head Ford, emphasize that the company needs... read more

On July 6, I put up an essay mentioning that I had tried unsuccessfully to sell an article in July, 2005 about Kirk Kekorian and General Motors to the MotleyFool.  This is that article.  In short, it says GM became the largest automobile maker in the world by combining many divisions across the transportation... read more

Being a single parent in this day and age is becoming a more frequent occurrence. Parenthood by itself can be quite a challenge, but when you are without a partner, it can be even more difficult to deal with. One of the most important things that a parent will have to do is to deal with the child’s... read more