Just in case you’re getting a bit tired of the ever-increasing political toxicity and calamitous world events, I thought I’d take a break from the mayhem and talk about cereal this week. Perhaps that’s a topic that will stir emotions without simultaneously raising blood pressure and causing friendships to fracture. A recent article on the [...]

Big doin’s in Uzbekistan at the end of last week. There was a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an eight-country security bloc that includes Russia, India, Pakistan, four former Soviet Central Asian republics, and, oh yeah, China . . . which may have a bit of oversized influence on the group. Officially, the bloc’s [...]

When’s the last time you made one of those decisions that you lived to regret? Perhaps it was something simple such as telling your children they couldn’t have ice cream cones at 5:00 in the afternoon because it would spoil their dinner. Then you had to throw away your own double-scoop chocolate cone two days [...]

Up until this past Thursday, for the entirety of my life, Great Britain has had but one monarch. With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II after 70 plus years wearing the crown, now there will be at least two crowned heads as King Charles III ascends the throne. Given the fact he’s 73 years old, [...]

From what sources do you get most of your news these days? Do you stick with one or two media outlets, do you channel surf, read differing online posts, subscribe to a couple of newspapers and magazines, or just listen to friends and colleagues give their opinions on every topic under the sun? I ran [...]