Inflation bothers us just a little. Retired, with a home that is paid for, and few grocery bills for just the two of us, it’s not hitting us. But it is hitting many But it is hitting many. It’s at a 39-year high, according to CNN Business. And the Federal Reserve’s signals to raise interest […]
My recent holiday television viewing has included the 1941 Frank Capra classic “Meet John Doe.” The movie is about a grassroots political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist (Barbara Stanwyck). She engages the help of a down and out baseball player (Gary Cooper). The Bulletin A local newspaper, The Bulletin, is under new management, […]
I just finished watching a TED Talks by Harvard Professor Larry Lessig. And he said some things most of us have felt for a long time. Representative democracy? Our so-called representative democracy disappeared a long time ago thanks to campaign financing and gerrymandering. The result As a result only 2 percent of the people actually […]
I watch Good Morning America every day from 7 to 9 a.m., and I love the mix of news and entertainment provided…but Please don’t lessen the product But I wish producers would avoid lessening the product with cheap and free advertisements. What advertisements, you say? Featuring other ABC and Disney products When GMA features Dancing With […]
I don’t care what it’s called. But Facebook, Instagram and now Meta have put profits over social responsibility. And I’m tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s non-explanations. We’re supporting Meta now? He’s already proven to be too profit-driven to support Facebook and Instagram adequately. So now he wants to re-name the company Meta and expand the technology […]
It sounded great. Children were rounded up from the streets of Great Britain and send aboard luxury liners to a new life in Australia or Canada. They were told they’d have plenty to eat, see lots of sun and could swim in the ocean as they liked. BUT…. It wasn’t true The truth was they […]
Until Tiffany Cross’ MSNBC morning show on Saturday, I’d never heard of HeLA cells, much less Henrietta Lacks, the woman for whom they are named. But the truth is that these cells were taken without her consent in 1951 and have been cloned and widely used for medical research. If you’ve received the polio vaccine, […]
I don’t know about you, but I feel just about buried in packaging. And I’d like to do something about it. But for many products there is no choice. Carroll County Recycling The county in Arkansas where we live (Carroll County) really does a fine job with drop-off for cardboard, motor oil, magazines and paper. […]
So far, the United States has welcomed some 31,000 Afghan refugees into its borders with another 50,000 expected next month and more to follow. And another 125,000 will arrive starting in October. That’s only right as those coming were our allies in the longest U.S. war in history. But the Haitians…. But when more than […]
Rice and beef go together in all kinds of dishes, and for many in the world, these two (rice especially) are staples in the diet. But they are major impactors in climate change According to Xiaoming Xu and Atul Jain of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, the two are major contributors to greenhouse gas […]