I am a student of history, so of course I paid attention last week when I first heard that Queen Elizabeth II seemed to be in failing health. A few hours later when I heard that “breaking news” chime on my phone, my heart sank — somehow I knew she had come to the end of her days. As a ...

It turns out the melodies of four popular, American patriotic songs owe their origins to the British. Did you know that a British doctor wrote “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to poke fun at the “inferior” American colonists? The Americans at that time turned the tables and adopted the tune ...

On September 8th Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms died. She had been Queen since February 6th 1952 — a reign of over of seventy years. She became queen at the age of 26. Interesting that I don’t know the name of a monarch of any other country. ...

I recently changed my diet — but not in an effort to lose weight or to deal with a health problem. Instead, I made the changes simply to try and use up the enormous amount of zucchini that keeps appearing in my garden. I have certainly raised zucchini before, but I have never had so much ...

Filing income tax is important. I don’t like doing it even though we have an accountant who fills out the forms. I still must provide and organize the information. Typically I put off doing it until early April when the April 15th deadline is looming. What was important has become urgent ...

Last week, President Joe Biden, without authorization from Congress, announced he plans to transfer roughly $500 billion worth of student loan debt from the borrowers who took out the loans to hardworking taxpayers across the country. Other presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have attempted ...