Seniors can play key role in tough times
Seniors with experience in hard times past can play an especially helpful role in guiding society through this bout of troubles, writes “Our Time” columnist Jane Glenn Haas: We know these times can...
View ArticleWhat should you say to a laid-off friend?
Practice doesn’t make perfect when it comes to layoffs. Management’s timing always seems wrong. The notification process always feels insensitive. Employees who aren’t laid off feel survivor’s guilt....
View ArticleTogetherness in tough times isn’t easy
In tough times, do people grow closer to each other, providing mutual support? Sometimes. But it’s not easy. It can be tricky to express your sympathies to a newly laid-off friend without sounding...
View ArticleSlowdown in plastic surgery is changing our society
A dramatic change is under way as the recession cuts down on plastic surgery, says the O.C. Register’s Our Time columnist, Jane Glenn Haas: The gravity of the shift from youth to reality in our...
View ArticleIt’s a privilege to live in ‘courageous period’ of financial crisis
Speak your piece: Reader survey asks, “Are we ‘privileged’ to live in a time that will transform society?” TOUGH TIMES, PROFOUND TIMES? People today are “privileged to be living at this time,” says...
View ArticleRepent! Mortgage bomb is still ticking
Photos: Above and below, mortgage expert Robert Bernabe addresses mortgage workshop audience in the Refinery building auditorium at Saddleback Church. (Photos by Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County...
View ArticleFree marriage help for couples in foreclosure
Since financial hardships often lead to emotional strains, the organizers of a May 1-3 marriage-bolstering conference are offering free admission to married couples facing foreclosure. The same offer...
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