Long-term U.S. mortgage rates continued to climb this week as the key 30-year loan rate reached 5% for the first time in more than a decade amid persistent high inflation. The average 5% rate on the 30-year mortgage was up from 4.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. The average rates in recent…
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In September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to negotiate with Adolf Hitler. Brushing off warnings from the leader of Czechoslovakia, Edvard Benes, that giving Germany the Sudetenland would decimate Czech defenses, Chamberlain reached an agreement with Hitler that did exactly that. Hitler declared that he had “no more territorial…
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Is your Easter dinner menu set? Let me throw you a curveball. As I write this, I am looking out at the ocean from our rental house on the beautiful island of Kauai. One of the pleasures of cooking here is including Okinawan sweet potatoes with every dinner when we’re not eating out. If mashed…
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As we inch closer to the return of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, happening April 15-17 and 22-24 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, there are a few last-minute things to know before you go to the festival. There are notable changes with how you can pay for things and what to…
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The Galaxy and the Los Angeles Football Club will represent Major League Soccer against Mexican clubs Chivas and America in a doubleheader this summer at SoFi Stadium. The games will pit the Galaxy against Chivas and LAFC taking on America in a doubleheader on Aug. 3 in what is being billed as a Leagues Cup Showcase.…
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Decades ago, when I married into a French family, my mother-in-law Francoise explained that in her family and in many other French families, chicken is traditionally the centerpiece of Sunday dinners. She explained that hundreds of years ago, King Henry IV of France (a royal with the best of intentions, who is credited with attempting…
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When David Baldacci introduced private eye Aloysius Archer two books ago, the best-selling writer of crime thrillers says he did so in part to scare himself a little bit. “I’ve written a lot of books over the years, and this is a way for me to get out of my comfort zone and try something…
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It’s not unusual for children to be selective or “picky” eaters and go through challenging eating phases that they eventually outgrow. Selective eating can be a risk for nutritional deficits and weight concerns. So what happens when kids don’t outgrow selective eating? Is it possible for adults to overcome the challenges of selective eating? The…
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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to shake the foundations of international politics, another momentous event that is unfolding in Europe – France’s presidential election – also portends significant consequences for the future of Europe and the West. The result of the first round of France’s presidential election – which took place on Sunday,…
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One of the most important lessons in tax policy is that the person who is handed the bill and sends the check to the taxman isn’t necessarily the person shouldering the entire cost — or even the bulk of the cost. A tax might first directly hit a few rich taxpayers, but it never remains…
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