Where is George Bailey when you need him? Perhaps you’ll remember the woebegone character played by Jimmy Stewart in the 1939 classic movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. George had given up his personal dreams in order to take over the reins of the family’s Building and Loan business after his father died unexpectedly. He was [...]

Big global news this week as Russian President Vlad “The Mad” Putin welcomed his Chinese counterpart, President (and perhaps ruler for life) Xi Jinping to Moscow. The visit comes at a time when the Russian potentate is desperately looking for someone to tell him he’s doing the right thing in Ukraine and to provide economic [...]

Once again, it’s that special time of year when the polished professionals in the NCAA marketing department manage to make a few hundred million Americans passionate about college basketball. Perhaps so many of us herald the coming of March Madness because we know that when the tournament is over, Spring will have officially arrived on [...]

President Joe Biden unveiled a few tax plans this week while visiting places that were swing states in the last presidential election. What he didn’t divulge were his own plans on seeking another term in the White House. As of yet, no other mainstream Democrat has stepped up to a phalanx of microphones to announce [...]

Kind of a potpourri of news this week. (Potpourri, you probably know, is a long-time and oft-used category on the Jeopardy game show. I believe it’s been around since the days of Art Fleming, well before Alex Trebek told players to grab their signaling devices.) Anyway, it’s a great catch-all word that I’m sure the [...]