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How to Teach Your Children to Invest in the Stock Market

February 13, 2015 by Laura Blodgett 3 Comments

We teach our children many things, why not also teach them how to invest wisely in the stock market?

I have recently had the pleasure of setting up custodial stock market accounts for grandchildren. I knew this could be done because we learned about it when setting up stock market accounts for our (still at that time) minor children. I was also inspired to do it because my dear mother-in-law bought savings certificates for […]

A Christian Libertarian Perspective on the Conflict Between Israel and Other Current Arab States in the Middle East

August 10, 2014 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[box]One of my friends asked me what I thought about the conflict between the current government of Israel and other Arab nations. She was frustrated with an almost blind acceptance among some Christians friends of Israel’s current government, being made to feel like a person could not really be a Christian if he or she […]

Is the Paleo Diet Good?

February 21, 2014 by Laura Blodgett 4 Comments

The basic premise of the Paleo diet is to eat what people purportedly ate between 10,000 and 2.5 million years ago. There are both good and questionable aspects to this way of eating. First, here are some weak points to the premise: It is extremely difficult to say what foods, and in what forms, people […]

Healthy Eating Ideas Are Not Rocket Science

February 14, 2014 by Laura Blodgett 4 Comments

One of my sons recently emailed me and said “I’d be interested to know what you think of this.” and attached the article linked to directly below: Celiac/Gluten Intolerance: Are We Chasing the Wrong Villain? So, I wrote back – Good morning.  🙂 Did you ever read my blog about nutrition? You probably remember my […]

10 Things You’d Think People Would Know About Life by Now

January 30, 2014 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

1.    Everyone is NOT going to just get along. Saying we all want peace and love is fine, but it tends to gloss over differences in perspectives and priorities that can’t be solved by nice slogans or even laws. 2.    People often give time and money in ways that make them feel good […]

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