Category Archives: Consumers

Presidential Races- Joe Biden Wasn’t the First President to Drop Out

July 21 was an ordinary lazy Sunday at the beach. Until it wasn’t. As I do most Sundays in the summer,  I spend time at my local beach on the North Shore of Long Island. After a week of political

Presidential Races- Joe Biden Wasn’t the First President to Drop Out

July 21 was an ordinary lazy Sunday at the beach. Until it wasn’t. As I do most Sundays in the summer,  I spend time at my local beach on the North Shore of Long Island. After a week of political

Remembering the Voice of Bob Newhart

While always a fan of Bob Newhart’s two landmark TV shows spanning nearly two decades, I was first introduced to the deadpan comedian as a 5-year-old in 1960.   His comedy album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” from 1960

Remembering the Voice of Bob Newhart

While always a fan of Bob Newhart’s two landmark TV shows spanning nearly two decades, I was first introduced to the deadpan comedian as a 5-year-old in 1960.   His comedy album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” from 1960

Milk, Eggs, and Ammo

Giving new meaning to the expression guns and butter some grocery stores in the South now have computerized vending machines to sell ammunition to adults with ID. In a country where gun violence is already widespread, is this really such

Milk, Eggs, and Ammo

Giving new meaning to the expression guns and butter some grocery stores in the South now have computerized vending machines to sell ammunition to adults with ID. In a country where gun violence is already widespread, is this really such

How Presidential Debates Were Changed By Television

  Whether tonights debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump  is the summer blockbuster they are hoping or not, this is potentially one of the most consequential debates since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon’s. And that’s saying a

How Presidential Debates Were Changed By Television

  Whether tonights debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump  is the summer blockbuster they are hoping or not, this is potentially one of the most consequential debates since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon’s. And that’s saying a

Who Knew Adopting A Dog Would Feel Like Online Dating?

Who knew finding a dog could be as tough as online dating? Finding my furbaby Moe was a fraught process with age becoming a liability. I share my story of how I cleared all the many hoops in my article

Who Knew Adopting A Dog Would Feel Like Online Dating?

Who knew finding a dog could be as tough as online dating? Finding my furbaby Moe was a fraught process with age becoming a liability. I share my story of how I cleared all the many hoops in my article

The Many Loves of Donald Trump

First Donald swooned over Kim Jung Un. He said he was in love. Then he was hubba hubba over Hungary’s Viktor Orban and his iron fist. And we all know Trump gets weak at the knees at the mere mention

The Many Loves of Donald Trump

First Donald swooned over Kim Jung Un. He said he was in love. Then he was hubba hubba over Hungary’s Viktor Orban and his iron fist. And we all know Trump gets weak at the knees at the mere mention

Who’s Your daddy?

    What daddy wants Daddy gets And daddy wants Old Spice Men who score, use Old Spice. And whatever daddy wants, daddy gets. And Daddy Donald wanted Stormy. ‘Cause even money can’t buy him Ivanka. Things Happen With Old

Who’s Your daddy?

    What daddy wants Daddy gets And daddy wants Old Spice Men who score, use Old Spice. And whatever daddy wants, daddy gets. And Daddy Donald wanted Stormy. ‘Cause even money can’t buy him Ivanka. Things Happen With Old

I Found Out I Can Do Something

Last Sunday, the shy little girl who was too scared to raise her hand in class and use her voice, the young woman so hampered by shame for decades that she kept silent, won the award for best voiceover in

I Found Out I Can Do Something

Last Sunday, the shy little girl who was too scared to raise her hand in class and use her voice, the young woman so hampered by shame for decades that she kept silent, won the award for best voiceover in

Visiting The N.Y. World’s Fair 1964/65 With the Flintstones PTII

The New York World’s Fair in 1964/1965 attracted a boatload of luminaries, but none more incredible than Fred Flintstone. Traveling all the way from prehistoric Bedrock, Fred and Wilma, Barney and Betty couldn’t wait to see that showcase of mid-20th-century

Visiting The N.Y. World’s Fair 1964/65 With the Flintstones PTII

The New York World’s Fair in 1964/1965 attracted a boatload of luminaries, but none more incredible than Fred Flintstone. Traveling all the way from prehistoric Bedrock, Fred and Wilma, Barney and Betty couldn’t wait to see that showcase of mid-20th-century

Visiting the New York World’s Fair With the Flintstones

Sixty years ago today The New York Worlds Fair  1964/1965 opened. If the New York Worlds Fair of 1939/1940 was like stepping into the land of Oz, the 1964/ 1965 Worlds Fair was like striding into the future of the

Visiting the New York World’s Fair With the Flintstones

Sixty years ago today The New York Worlds Fair  1964/1965 opened. If the New York Worlds Fair of 1939/1940 was like stepping into the land of Oz, the 1964/ 1965 Worlds Fair was like striding into the future of the