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• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Factors to Consider Before Lending Money to Friends, Family

• Free Your Hounds from the Pound

  Poodle cuts baby in half on race, class, and di...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Saving for College with 529 Plan a Worthy Investment

• Temper Tantrum of the Early-Morning Dog

  The Dog restates the obvious in the aftermath o...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Let’s Get Our Heads Out of the Sand on Climate Change Effects

• Good Man, Happy Dog

  Poodle chews on Measure M and comes down with f...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: California Brown Pelicans Not Out of ‘Troubled Waters’

• What Hath Dog Wrought?

  Women priests are crashing Pope Francis’s party...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Cat Stevens’ Return to Music Scene Epitomizes the ‘Both-And’ Response

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Whale Feces Yield Big Clues for Marine Biologists

• The Dog Agog

  Einstein sheds light on treatment options....

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: New Tricks for Anyone of Any Age

• It's Not a Dog, It's a Woof

  Something fishy this way dies....

• Barking Loud, Saying Nothin’

  What’s Anita Hill got to do with anything? Only...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Gopher Snakes Can Be a Welcome Visitor in Your Yard, Garden

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Don’t Cash Out 401(k) to Pay Off Debt

• Every Dog Has Its Day

  “No Praise, Just Guinness,” says Poodle....

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Aligning Immigration Policies with Countries’ Economic Needs

• Curse of Amnesiac Dogs

  Alfred E. Newman on Water Supply: “What? Me Wor...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Making the Connection on Immigration Reform

• Virtuoso Goes One-On-One With Audience Member

  By Taryn This year I was lucky enough to be a...

• The Dog that Didn't Bark

  Don't mess with Big Pharma....

• The Film Fester Returns

  By Taryn It is once again my favorite time of...

• Let Sleeping Dogs Snore

  Poodle considers how not to go into a drought....

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Tips for Protecting Your Credit Against Retail Data Breach

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Speaking Out About I vs. Me, Lie vs. Lay and Other Peeves

• Random Blathering of a Semi-Addled Mind

  Poodle handicaps what's looming on the hori...

• A Whine in Time Saves Nine

  ...and Happy New Year...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Resolve in 2014 to Nurture a Savings Habit

• This Duck Has No Pluck

  By Taryn Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is a...