This month is usually quite pleasant. Summer is just around the bend. The warmer May weather perks up spirits and heralds the coming of the lazy, hazy, crazy days of this time of year, probably because many of us still associate them with our long-ago youth. After the usual long, dark winter that often features [...]
What do Aaron Burr, Elbridge Gerry, John C. Calhoun, Richard M. Johnson, John C. Breckinridge, Hannibal Hamlin, Thomas Marshall, Henry Wallace, and Spiro Agnew all have in common? Every one of them was, at one point in our history, a heartbeat away from being President of the U.S. It’s probably very fortunate for the country, [...]
Normally at this juncture in a presidential election year, We the People would be inundated with all manner of political pundits providing poignant prognostications about which candidates were doing well in primary elections and which were in the process of packing it up to head home. Not so this year. In 2024, since Biden and [...]
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 [...]