Ashvegas is a moniker that residents of Asheville N.C. have used for several years. I’m not sure why, or why “North Cackalacky” is a long-standing nickname for the Old North State. https://www.wfdd.org/story/carolina-curious-who-put-cackalacky-north-carolina I was a...
At a time when some of our lowest paid workers are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, with the U.S. being hit particularly hard, a huge and historic bailout bill was hammered out by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Time was of the...
Ethics and the Coronavirus When I was just 4 years old, in 1953, my sister and I lined up at the public library to get our polio vaccine in little sugar cubes. One of the girls in our first grade had crutches from her bout with polio, but otherwise we were spared from...
I really shouldn’t have, but I recently shared a “snarky” Facebook post that said: Trump’s daughter works at the White House Her husband works at the White House Rudy’s son works at the White House Barr’s son in law works at the White House Trump’s sons do foreign...
“Bad Goods,” Imported by Amazon, Inc. The Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, once housed five garment factories, many of which supplied U.S. apparel companies. The eight-story building contained clothing factories, a bank, apartments, and several shops....
