Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by: Silver Medal Reviewed by: Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® Medal Rating: Silver Medal The 28 men in this story faced unimaginable hardship and privation. After the Endurance was crushed in pack ice, they...
There are chilling similarities – but fundamental differences too On December 7, 2001, a Gallup Poll ran the following headline: “Americans Say Sept. 11 Will Be More Historically Significant Than Pearl Harbor.” That December 7th day when Gallop ran that headline...
When Pride Still Mattered; a Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss Reviewed by: Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® There is a good reason the Super Bowl trophy is named after Vince Lombardi. His Green Bay Packers were NFL champions in five of his seven seasons as coach,...
Every year on March 17th, people around the world put on their green attire, indulge in Irish cuisine, and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with parades, music, and merriment. But do you know the story of St. Patrick? Let's delve into the history, traditions, and...
Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to father did it seem that they were all alike. That was father’s secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn’t know they were there.
Growing up in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, I knew of Jim Thorpe not as the world’s greatest athlete but as a little town in the next county with a weird name.
Did you ever see a black swan? Probably not, but they do exist, discovered in 1697 by the Dutch explorer Willem de Vlaminghin in Western Australia.
The great flood of 1955 washed through the Broadhead Creek separating Stroudsburg from East ‘burg. Lots of people died. Lots of property got destroyed.
People got out of their porch swings, grabbed their weapons and their loved ones, and headed for shelter.
Albert Einstein knew a few things about power. Some argue that he was one of the most brilliant physicists of all time.