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Overheard: “Electric cars are a boon to the towing services.” The discussion then changed to range anxiety and the lack of any user-serviceable components. Welcome to 21st Century society! Which con...

DNA has opened a world of opportunity for scientists. It is used to identify remains, reveal relationships, predict disease, and prove innocence, or guilt. It does degrade over time leading...

The Hindu-Arabic numeral system is the world’s most common numeral system, developed in the 1st and 4th century by Indian mathematicians. Numbers infiltrate our lives from the moment we are born u...

My dad referred to himself as “insurance poor” because of all the policies he carried. Sometimes I feel the same but his superstition was, “If you have enough insurance, you won’t need it.” That is a...

The number of drug overdoses in this country is staggering. More than 100,000 Americans died last year and fentanyl users are more at risk from the drug itself or lately laced with other drugs. What...

In my opinion, leaving a paper trail is still important. As CFO of our business, I like copies. Technology experts disagree: “You don’t need to print the internet,” and electronic transactions leave...

Commercials are meant to pique your interest; in fact, sometimes it’s not the product but the promotion that is effective. Such was the Progressive Insurance skit featuring an aunt screening canned g...

In the American Legion Magazine, General H.R. McMaster on our record of predicting future wars observes, “And that record is zero percent.” We have speculation about future domestic terrorist act...

And Little Johnnie got in trouble on the bus again. The Westward expansion of the 19th century left families across rural America with limited mobility. Schools were located 10 or less miles apart,...

“The car is only $8,000 but the extension cord is $40,000.” That quote appeared many years before electric cars started gaining popularity, so it is not unexpected that we have anxiety about the fut...

Facebook (Meta) users are sometimes hacked. A friend was recently locked out of their account, password changed, and requests for money sent to the friends. It was embarrassing to say the least and a...

When our daughters were young, apple juice was a favorite. There has always been discussion about the value of juice in the diet, because most are high in sugar, contain acids harmful to the tooth...

The stock market is down, inflation is high, cost-of-living is greater than ever while low unemployment statistics continue to break records. The Federal Reserve has begun a series of interest...

School has started but the shortage of teachers is nationwide. Teaching is a tradition in some families but as salaries have lagged and security concerns have surfaced, it puts districts in a lurch...

Have you ever said, “When you need someone to talk to, just call me.” I have, and people called. People need a shoulder to cry on today more than ever. This country has been through numerous bou...

Why are gas prices so high? After all the finger pointing, it all boils down to Mississippi Lime. When America was awash in crude oil from this deposit, the price over $100 a barrel. Then Covid struck...

Growing old gracefully: the hope of every mature person. The truth is that opinions differ. AARP Bulletin shed some light on the “full breadth of aging issues, from health and finances to attitudes a...

Looking at a 1955 Packard Caribbean coupe on the internet, I was fascinated with the instrument panel, which was stainless steel with engine turning, analogue gauges for engine functions and speedomet...

Who coined the term “hot rod?” I’ve been using the term for over 50 years and thought it referred to an engine part called a “rod” that attaches pistons to crankshaft. Obviously, a car modified...

Parliamentary Procedures are also called rules of order. They originated in Great Britain and Thomas Smith wrote a formal statement of them published in 1583. This document included rules such as...

If you have been to the ocean, you may have witnessed the overpowering energy in waves. Wave motion is usually caused by the wind and affects the water from the surface all the way to the bottom....

Arthur C. Brooks from The Atlantic magazine says, “Life is full of regrets.” You may wish things were like they used to be in the “Good Old Days.” That could be decades or just yesterday. Things...

“I ride my bike, I roller skate, don’t drive no car.” – Melanie, 1971. Jody Rosen’s new book “Two Wheels Good” tells the story of the most popular form of transportation humankind has ever known: T...

An article in Smithsonian Magazine brought collecting to my attention. Most of us have collections. We often start them by accident, having begun by browsing garage sales, auctions and inheritance. I...

Freedom Schools have decided to drop athletics and go with eSports as a result of declining enrollment. To most, this would seem a great loss, but it signals the beginning of a new era and a way to...