Category: Life

When I walked through the front door at The Way to Happiness Foundation International in Glendale, California recently, I found the building empty except for a young brunette receptionist. I expected the impressive Scientology building to be empty — I haven’t seen one recently that wasn’t scarcely populated, and I’ve visited a few of their...

In 1996, I had been involved in $cientology (that’s how I spell it now) off and on for a couple of decades. It started off innocently enough. I was estranged from my family, had dropped out of college, had recollections of past lives, and wanted some answers and direction in life. I wrote about this...

In a fascinating article that recently appeared in New York Magazine, writer Lisa Miller outlines and ultimately defends the current boom of men and women becoming parents at age 50 and beyond. The article begins with an anecdote – a couple meet and fall in love when she’s 47 and he’s 54. Through a donor...