If you’re an avid TikTok user (I personally wouldn’t know a “tik” from a “tok” unless it has to do with the sound a clock makes), you’re no doubt well aware that the app might be banned within a year. Congress, in a rare show of bi-partisanship, passed legislation intended to make the China-based owner [...]
In case you haven’t heard, a former (and he hopes) future President of the United States is currently spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom. Donald Trump is the defendant in what has become known as the “hush money case.” The accusations against The Donald are based on an incident that happened back in October [...]
Just after Halloween, if you go into most, if not all, retail establishments, you might well hear Andy Williams singing It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year as you shop for your wants, wishes, and needs. That timeframe certainly seems to be the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season. Andy’s song is very upbeat [...]
Amidst all the usual gloom and doom rampant in the news every day, it’s always nice to find upbeat stories that once upon a time the Big Three Networks of yore (ABC, NBC, and CBS) would feature at the end of their Saturday night broadcasts. Those tales were usually about unique events or ordinary people [...]
Evidently day will look like it’s turning into night very soon. On April 8th, the entire populace of the United States will be able to watch as our moon passes between earth and the sun and blots out light from our life-giving star. Everyone will be able to view at least a partial eclipse, but [...]
Did you fill out an NCAA Tournament basketball bracket this year? Even if you’re not generally a hoops fan, there’s usually a group of friends, or some co-workers, or family members that persuade you to join their pool and guess at winners. (Someone recently said to me that he loves watching rabid fans of the [...]
Since the presidential nominating process has now become yesterday’s news, I thought it prudent to turn attention to other pressing matters in the world. There are myriad from which to choose. And some or all may affect every one of us at some point. For example, it seems the Pentagon has reviewed all kinds of [...]
Just in case you tuned out the political world this week (which I understand is next to impossible but more than a little tempting), everything about the presidential nominating process for both Republicans and Democrats seems to be over . . . except for the shouting and funny hats always in evidence at the respective [...]
I should have played the Lottery last week. Because on Thursday, February 22nd I was one of the lucky 75,000 or so AT&T customers whose iPhones suddenly became thousand-dollar paperweights. The company has a couple hundred million subscribers at least. As a victim with those kind of odds, I should have picked six numbers and [...]
Did you have a fun President’s Day holiday? It was Monday. If you tried to do any bank business you may have found out the hard way that the Federal Reserve is closed on this February salute to the U.S. leaders of the free world, which means all financial institutions follow suit. Perhaps you do [...]