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“Those at the top of the wealth distribution can absorb long-term-care costs without substantial losses, but for most Americans, the burden of paying for care wipes out decades of savings and home equity.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The city of L.A. is debating similar measures but for now remains fully in LAHSA.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

None of us ever met Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco da Gama, the great explorers of history, but for more than 50 years astronauts have walked among us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"I hope that today we plant the seeds of peace not only for Chinese people on both sides of the Strait, but for all humankind," Cheng said on Wednesday, in comments broadcast by Taiwanese media.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Dr. Spires had recommended even more tests for Fig, which my parents had said we’d consider, but for now we would follow his other suggestion to “wait and see.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas