Just what is NATO anyway?
When the news came yesterday that Finland wanted to join NATO, and Russia started new threats, I decided it was time for a little history and geography lesson. First of…
Update: All Geeked Out.
The headline from Axios: “Astronomers capture first image of black hole at center of Milky Way.” Why it matters. Axios says, “this historic breakthrough offers an unprecedented look at the…
All geeked out
I’m a space freak. Always have been. I try and watch a little “Star Trek” everyday. Old episodes. New ones. Movies. Good ones. Bad. Doesn’t matter. In fact, my husband,…
Update.
Just in. Inflation actually went down last month. 8.3%. Before we celebrate too much, it’s still near a 40 year high. We will see how the markets play out today.
Fill her up. Umm… maybe just a half a tank.
We all know that the price of everything is going up. New inflation numbers will be released later this morning. There is some belief that there may be some improvement.…
What he didn’t say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was expected to claim victory in Ukraine during his “Victory Day” speech yesterday. He didn’t. In fact, he didn’t say very much. Putin didn’t announce an…
A crises.
A “60 Minutes” story really got my attention. The mental health crises among our young people. Suicide. It was happening pre-pandemic. It got worse during and since. Sharyn Alfonsi tells…
It’s been a week.
Heading into the weekend, I realize the news has been busy and all over the place this week. I was just looking at my blog posts. The sad loss of…
One million dead.
NBC News reports that one million Americans have now died from Covid. It’s hard to process. One million lives lost in this country. As bad as this sounds, it’s actually…
The Fallout
I knew there would be a lot of fallout from the leaked Roe v. Wade opinion, but I had no idea just how much. The obvious thing is protests. Both…