Congress Moves to Mandate AM Radio in New Autos: Let My People Modulate Their Amplitude

Saturday Op-Ed: ‘The Only Thing You Have to Fear is Fear Itself’

‘The Only Thing You Have to Fear is Fear Itself’
On this day in 1941, then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared in a radio address to the American people  that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
That wasn’t, however, the first time he made a reference to “fear itself.”
Paraphrasing Thoreau, his inaugural address as president in 1933 –  a remarkably brief, 1,833-word, 20-minute-long speech – he sought to …

Monday Is Memorial Day: Here’s What’s Open and What’s Closed

Monday is Memorial Day in the United States, a holiday that honors Americans who died while in military service. This Monday also marks the fourth time that the holiday has taken place during the coronavirus pandemic.
The holiday, which is the unofficial start of summer in the United States similar to how Victoria Day is in Canada, is immortalized in poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (“Decoration Day”) and Joyce Kilmer (“Memorial Day”).
Memorial …

Mental Health Is For the Birds: Why Listening to Our Fine-Feathered Friends Improves Our Well-Being

Every morning before breakfast, Snickers the Wonderdog and I go out for a walk and we take in the wonders of nature together.  The walk – and the time together – do us both a world of good.
Research has shown that the simple act of petting an animal lowers the stress hormone cortisol, while the social interaction increases levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin, the same hormone that bonds mothers …

As Face Mask Requirements Disappear, What Will Happen to the Immunocompromised and Those With Long Covid

Face masks, one of the last visible symbols of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, are slowly fading away as Americans hope to view the pandemic only in the rearview mirror.
Hospitals and physicians’ offices were some of the last bastions of mandated masking and state mandates for medical facilities are dropping like flies.
State-wide orders mandating masks in all public places largely ended in early 2022 although mask requirements for hospitals, long-term care …

Today Is Eliza Doolittle Day – Here’s How to Celebrate

In case you’re wondering why today, of all days, is Eliza Doolittle Day, the answer is right there in the script.
The holiday is observed every year on the 20th of May and takes its cue from the song from the scene in the 1956 hit Broadway musical “My Fair Lady” where the Cockney flower girl who has been elevated to the toast of London society fantasizes about meeting the king …

Fasten Your Seatbelts: World Meteorological Organization Warns Next 5 Years Will Be Hottest On Record

For the past three years, the World Health Organization has been one of the most mentioned global agencies in this space.

Now it’s time to give the World Meteorological Organization its due and it’s once again time to fasten your seatbelts as it’s going to be a bumpy and hot ride.

The WMO, which sadly unlike the World Health Organization does not form a TLA that is also a rock group, …

‘Leopoldstadt,’ ‘Some Like It Hot’ Lead 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The Outer Critics Circle award winners for the 2022-2023 Broadway season were announced Tuesday morning. The awards encompass 27 categories and include both Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
“Some Like It Hot” and “Leopoldstadt” were awarded Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Broadway Play, respectively, while “Parade” and “Topdog/Underdog” took home honors for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and a Play, respectively.
“Downstate” was recognized as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and “The …