Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Let me return today to two past column subjects: the Riverside County years of Carl Barks and Harpo Marx. Why pair Barks and Marx? Chalk it up as one of my larks. Barks was the Disney cartoonist who ...

The man appears to be concerned about money, mainly. He can’t afford to buy Christmas presents for his nephews. He has a rich uncle who’s notoriously penny-pinching. The man concocts various ...