Change in technology isn’t surprising. Internet companies must evolve or die. Television is different.  Not much change seems to take place there.  We can choose a channel or stream a program. We can watch a new series or an old one.  These are the menus.  Speaking for myself, �

If I plan to buy a car, I want to drive it first.  It’s the same with a new pair of jeans.  I want to try them on before I make a purchase.  Many consumer have given up this touch-and-feel aspect of merchandising, preferring the convenience of online shopping. To counter this tre

I know.  This is election day and we’ve got enough to worry about. But, I can’t help myself.  You need to know we have a seaweed problem.  We’re losing this natural habitat to harvesters who can’t keep up with international demand.   You and I may see seaweed as gunk we h

In My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins laments, “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”  At the moment, there  is no answer to that question but scientists are working on it.  Besides the obvious gender differences, studies reveal men and women differ at the brain’s cellular le

Some of my short stories look traditional but aren’t.  When they veer too far from the recognized format,  I suffer multiple rejections and irrelevant advice on how to make the story better.  “Agent of God,” is an example.  I floated that story around the internet for a coup

A while ago, a theater critic wrote of a performance he’d endured, “Those of us who have witnessed the play… last night will undoubtedly hold periodic reunions In the noble tradition of survivors of the Titanic.” (“Manners & Misdemeanors,” by Pete Wells, Town&Count

I was hurt by someone years ago.  Who it was or the situation doesn’t matter. Most of us know what it is to be deeply injured by someone.  Fortunately, I  knew  if I didn’t forgive the offender, I would never be whole.  I won’t say it was easy.  Forgiveness took years.  �

Around the world, people seem to be taking up the cry from the film, Network:  “ I’m mad as Hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.”  Whether it’s Bernie’s Millennials or Trump’s unemployed, Tea Party members, or Black Lives Matter folks, people are rising their voi

The crime of segregation is that it keeps us from knowing one another. Non-profits, educational institutions, churches, governments and the courts have fought this consequence for years.  When white America fled to the suburbs in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, they took their tax dollars wi

While I was working late last night, a message popped up on my computer.  In an hour, I would lose control of my machine while Microsoft performed an upgrade.  Or, if I chose, I could upgrade immediately.  I must have hit the wrong button because the screen went black before starin