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There’s some good news and bad news in our world as we know it on 1/19/22.    And today you’ll need to take the good with the bad.  And in a marked departure from our inflationary times, you’ll get 12 for the price of 10.   Yum.  Good news-  Pfizer said its Covid-19 pill approved by …

There’s free and then there’s freedom. And, free is getting more plentiful while freedom is getting harder to find. But, aren’t the best things in life free? That depends on where you look. It costs nothing to catch Omicron, but that’s not the best thing in life.  But, at least our government is doing all …

If you’re already done with the Keto diet New Year’s resolution, or if even if you never committed to it, a good serving of protein never goes out of style.  Our first 10 Piece Nuggets of 2022 are right below and right for you.  We start with the NFL, visit where the world turns, and …

In order to fully understand the story, you need to know the characters. Brian Kevin Porter, Jr. is a 21-year-old third-year NBA player for the Houston Rockets.  He sunk a buzzer-beating game-winning three Wednesday evening at the Washington Wizards (as they are known now). Kevin Porter (born April 17, 1950) is a former NBA player. …

Way back in 1977, a fictitious movie titled Black Sunday hit the big screens.  But, before it hit the big screens one of the final scenes had to be shot. That scene had the ever-present at Super Bowl games Goodyear Blimp hitting a packed Orange Bowl Stadium during Super Bowl X, and dropping a bomb that …

When can’t get here soon enough.  Can it? When will Joe Biden realize it’s 2022 and not 2020?  Will it be in 2024? When will the Democratic Party begin the “thanks Joe for saving us from Trump, you were the right man at the right time to bring class and respect back to the Oval …

Is opt out the new cop out? Ben McDonald, former Baltimore Orioles pitcher turned SEC Network analyst, feels strongly that when it comes to a football bowl game that it is. His Friday tweet read, “Hot topic again!  Players that opt out of bowl games!!  Can we please call it what it is?  Nobody opts …

Thankfully 2021 was one and done.  On to 2022 and hopefully out with the old and in with the new. In our last column of the year we take a peek at what’s in store for us next year in the business, political, and sports worlds month by month. January- Michigan wins its first FBS National …

So there’s bad news, more bad news, and even more bad news, and good news. Then there’s bad news and good news.  Which do you want first? Ah, yes.  Understood.  Let’s get most of the bad out of the way first to get on to sunnier days. The first bit of the bad is that …

Tis the season for gifts.  And, yesterday, while you were returning those one size too small pj’s, your government and its agencies were bestowing a few other gifts for you to try on for size. The biggest gift of all was Joe Biden giving the states the responsibility to solve this pesky virus problem.  On …