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The Light Changes Before the Day Is Done
After forty years in emergency nursing, Janet Nalini Hull explains the “magic light” that can reveal what matters most as a life nears its end.
CPR Is a Miracle Until It Is Not
CPR can save a life—but when illness is irreversible, families need an honest account of what resuscitation can and cannot restore.
When More Treatment Creates Less Life
The hardest medical question is not whether more treatment is possible, but whether its burdens will consume the life it is meant to preserve.
Love Holds On; Attachment Cannot Let Go
When someone is dying, love and the fear of loss can pull a family in opposite directions. The patient’s wishes must remain the compass.
A DNR Order Is Not a Care Plan
A do-not-resuscitate order answers one narrow question. Patients and families still need a positive, individualized plan for care.
Your Last Days Still Belong to You
Advance directives matter, but the conversations behind them are what keep a person’s values present when they can no longer speak.
The Missing Middle Between Cure and Hospice
Palliative care can begin alongside treatment, helping people manage symptoms and make decisions long before hospice is appropriate.
What a Peaceful Death Asks of the Living
A peaceful death may require preparation, skilled symptom care, and the courage to accompany someone without demanding a particular ending.
Why, G-d, Why?
When pain is real and answers feel inadequate, Rabbi Gershon Schusterman explores how faith, prayer, and a lived relationship with Hashem can steady us through uncertainty.
Bluesy Moods
Rabbi Gershon Schusterman argues that ordinary blue moods are not identity or destiny—and that Jewish thought gives us the tools to master them.
Why a Clear Business Vision Is a Competitive Advantage
Goals measure progress, but vision decides which progress matters. A practical framework for founders who want their companies to create value without consuming their lives.
Should You Sell Your Business?
Should you sell your business? Garrett Gunderson shares the decision lens he wishes he had used before selling: cash flow, purpose, team, and freedom.
Money Sayings: The Phrases Running Your Financial Life
Money sayings can quietly shape fear, spending, and self-worth. Use Garrett Gunderson's Money Language Audit to question old phrases and choose a better rule today.
Financial Independence in One Year? The Real Math
Can financial independence in one year work? Test your cash flow, starting assets, skills, and tradeoffs with Garrett Gunderson's practical five-lever framework.
So Why Are Hutterite Colonies Able to Split Their Income But Private Business Owners Have TOSI? Mismatched Socks Tax Policy
Kim G C Moody examines Canada's mismatched income-splitting rules, why leaders' actions must match their words, and the real cost of public debt.
Canada’s Process of Developing Tax Policy Needs Massive Change
Canada needs a policy process that respects economic reality, tests ideas before announcements, and gives leaders and investors a clear signal.
Foreign Artists Performing in Canada – like AC/DC – Have Significant Tax Hurdles
Foreign performers face serious Canadian tax barriers, while bees and capital markets offer parallel lessons about leadership and clear signals.
Are The “Rich” Paying Enough Tax?
A closer look at who pays Canada's taxes, how leaders create conditions for greatness, and what an economic garden teaches about long-term policy.
The Canada Revenue Agency Has a New Commissioner…Will This Be a Small Step Toward Improvement in the Tax System?
A new CRA commissioner may be one small step toward better service, while humility and clear-eyed trade policy remain tests of leadership.
Bare Trust Reporting is Coming Back!! Are You Ready??
Bare-trust reporting is returning with daunting complexity, alongside lessons about critical thinking and the real source of government money.
Where There’s a Will… Hashem Shows the Way
A pre-dawn bereavement call sets off an extraordinary race to bring a husband home from New York before Sukkos begins in California.
She Had One Last Promise to Keep
When a dying woman pleaded for doctors to stop, her daughter had to choose between one more surgery and the promise she had made.
The Day Three Children Came Back
An ER nurse remembers the frantic rescue that revealed both the miracle of emergency medicine and the bonds formed at death's door.
His Last Request Was a Coca-Cola
At 88, facing a breathing machine he knew he would never leave, Walter made one final decision for himself.
What She Told Her Children After Their Father Died
In one family's worst moment, a mother's words turned sudden loss into a final expression of gratitude and love.
The Diagnosis, the Tractor, and the Chair
A lifelong farmer recognized three signs that his life was winding down, and chose a different kind of care for each stage.
Pope Francis Pillories Israel, Providing a Moral Free Pass to Its Existential Enemies
The pontiff’s rhetoric toward Israel, the authors argue, strengthened a global campaign of demonization while offering no workable path beyond the Gaza war.
The Shame of the Netherlands: A Young Muslim Must Go Into Hiding for Fighting Anti-Semitism
A Muslim doctoral student’s stand against antisemitism forced his family into hiding—and posed a stark test for Dutch civic courage.
Berlin and the Quiet Closing of a Door
The disappearance of a visibly Israeli restaurant after sustained intimidation raises a larger question about whether Jewish public life is again being pushed into retreat.
PM Starmer: Use UK’s Toolbox to Crush Domestic Terrorists Targeting Jews—or Hand It Over to a Leader Who Will
After escalating attacks on British Jews and Jewish institutions, the authors argue that the government must treat the violence as domestic terrorism rather than another foreign-policy dispute.
Seoul Debases Its Reputation as a Middle Power
South Korea’s reliance on false claims about Israel, the authors argue, jeopardizes a hard-earned reputation for balanced diplomacy and democratic responsibility.
A Conspiracy of Silence, a Blood Libel Against Jewish Nationhood
The authors contend that international institutions and human-rights organizations have inverted the moral meaning of October 7 and rewarded its perpetrators.
Please, No More Lectures
After October 7 and the campaign that followed, finger-wagging from foreign leaders has lost its moral force for many Israelis and Jews.
Truth and Consequences for Europe and the Jews: Fighting Antisemitism While Fueling Jew Hatred
European governments cannot credibly reassure Jewish citizens while advancing accusations that portray Israel as uniquely criminal, the authors argue.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Grief Support
Practical ways to be present for a grieving person—without minimizing their pain, rushing their healing, or trying to fix what cannot be fixed.
3 Steps to Building Resilience
Resilience begins by accepting life’s difficult terms, practicing humility, and learning how to care for ourselves when plans fall apart.
3 Ways to Leave a Legacy of Love
A meaningful legacy is built in the present: through how we treat others, put our families in order, and pass our blessings forward.
6 Tips for Dealing with Aging Parents
Supporting aging parents requires patience, honest conversation, realistic expectations, and respect for the dignity of everyone involved.
4 Positive Ways to Deal with Jealousy
Jealousy can expose fear, insecurity, and unmet needs. Facing those feelings honestly can turn them into a path toward confidence and growth.
The Empowerment Effect: How to Become a Better Leader
Effective leadership is less about controlling every decision than helping people develop the confidence and judgment to lead themselves.
4 Ways to Improve Family Communication
Healthier families learn to slow down, listen without preparing a rebuttal, and speak honestly before misunderstandings harden into distance.
Closure Is a Myth. Healing Is a Lifelong Process
Loss does not end neatly, but healing remains possible when we replace pressure and self-criticism with patience, courage, and self-compassion.
Grieving the Living Losses of Our Lives
Some losses arrive without a death: illness, divorce, estrangement, upheaval, or the end of a life we expected to keep living.
When Aging Parents Enable
Parents who repeatedly rescue an adult child may unintentionally preserve destructive patterns. Compassion works best when paired with clear boundaries.
Taking Away Your Parents’ Car Keys
When an aging parent may no longer be safe behind the wheel, families need a plan that protects everyone without sacrificing dignity and trust.
Learning Not to Take Things So Personally
A pause between what happens and how we respond can keep another person’s frustration from becoming a verdict on our own worth.
The Trump-like Populist Who Would Save the UK
Nigel Farage has taken some hits. It would be foolish to count him out.
On Broadway, A Giant Show Of Antisemitism
A hit play about Roald Dahl’s attacks on Israel raises an uncomfortable question: is Broadway challenging antisemitism, or packaging it?