Local Opinion Editorials

God bless Lin-Manuel Miranda for bringing a Broadway musical to our homes (or movie theaters) two summers in a row.

Is homeownership a goal of yours? It does offer some benefits, in addition to meeting your basic need for shelter.

The COVID-19 pandemic may have unsettled many aspects of your life – including your financial situation. Even if your employment

Netflix’s The Woman in the Window, based on the novel by A.J. Finn, is not a good movie. I am

Netflix has been releasing some great family content lately. Not long ago, we enjoyed Yes Day, during which my husband

What’s the biggest financial mistake you can make? Choosing the wrong investments? Waiting too long to save for retirement? Underestimating

Melissa McCarthy and her writer-director-husband, Ben Falcone have basically created an assembly line for movies featuring her as brassy underdogs.

The past 12 months have been pretty challenging for everyone, in one way or another. And if you’ve been affected

“‘No’ is my favorite word. I get an endorphin rush just saying it,” my husband joked as we sat down

Fear has an evolutionary foundation. The emotion of fear was intended to keep you safe. Fear triggered the fight or

If you’re planning to retire in just a few years, you may be getting excited about this next phase of

When a show is declared “the new Gilmore Girls,” I take notice. Although I found that Ginny & Georgia’s similarities

If you’re close to retirement, you’ll have several financial issues to consider. But you’ll want to pay attention to one

When you begin investing, you’ll generally assess your comfort with risk, as your investment choices will be guided at least

When I started watching The Little Things, so much of its style looked very familiar. There are a lot of

Have your retirement plans changed because of COVID-19? If so, you have plenty of company. Nearly 40 percent of those

When you work remotely—as so many are doing now—there’s no natural boundary between the workday and family time. As we

The young people our nation is relying on to take the reins of our future economy are at an alarming

I waited, mostly patiently, for years for the second Wonder Woman movie to be released. It got pushed back repeatedly

Many of us probably felt that 2020 lasted a very long time. But now that 2021 is upon us, we

Netflix’s newest romantic comedy, Love, Guaranteed, leans heavily on conventions of the genre, but is so fun that I forgive

We’re nearing the end of 2020 – and for many of us, it will be a relief to turn the

‘Tis the season for corny, cliched holiday movies, and I could not be more ready for it. This year, both

It’s almost Thanksgiving. And although 2020 may have been a difficult year for you, as it has been for many

I am a Wingnut. That is to say, a big fan of The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin’s drama about quixotic

Gothic novels and adaptations of them are making a comeback this year—a trend that I wholeheartedly embrace. With the genre’s

If you’re a caregiver, possibly for a loved one dealing with an illness such as Alzheimer’s disease, you’re probably already

At the beginning of the year, in the Before Times when movies were still coming out in theaters, I reviewed