The closing of the formerly great metropolitan newspaper raises questions. The already beleaguered newspaper industry took another hit with the shutting down of another formerly high-profile paper. The Daily Planet announced it was ceasing publication immediately. Prior to shutting down the Daily Planet was the Three Times a Week Planet…

This knowledge should make life easier for you and those around you. — As we go along in life, we should pick up different life skills. Those skills can help us survive different stages of life. By the time we hit 60, we’re nearing the final leg of the marathon that is our life. Hopefully, having, or acquiring these skills will help. …

The musical didn’t tell the whole story. I’ve lived in Oklahoma most of my adult life. I spent nine years in Florida, but recently moved back to Oklahoma. While I thought I knew quite about the state, I decided to do a little more research on the state to see…

It figures to be a two or three team race. The NL Central should be more interesting than in recent years. Primarily because the Cubs decided to try and be competitive this season. The division looks to be in three tiers. The Cardinals and Brewers look to be the favorites…

“Citizen Kane” is not his best work as far as I’m concerned. Sure, Welles is known for his movies, notably ‘Citizen Kane” but to me, his best work was on TV. Notably, his work on the Dean Martin celebrity roasts. His formal delivery of putdowns presented an air of faux…

Laws about driver’s licenses vary from state to state. One America’s favorite entertainers, 97-year-old Dick Van Dyke was involved in an auto accident when his Lexus skidded into a gate in Malibu under rainy conditions. Fortunately, the actor/singer/dancer received only minor injuries. He reportedly suffered a bloody nose and mouth…

He was devoured by the process. We’ve heard variations of a good prosecutor can get a grand jury to induct a ham sandwich. That may or not be true, but what would that process be like? Let’s follow the story of a ham sandwich who runs afoul of an ambitious…

Politics aside, he’s a very smart man. Jimmy Carter has been in the news recently because of beginning hospice care. While Carter’s presidency is poorly remembered by most Americans, Carter the man has received very high marks for personal integrity and his humanity. While a lot of politicians have relatives…

It wasn’t all idyllic. A certain segment of America is very nostalgic about the 1950s. I’m a little too young to remember much about that decade but is seems idealized on TV. I suspect it wasn’t all Mayberry and cool stops around Route 66, though I wish we still had…