How to stay relatively safe online
On the subject of free broadcast OTA (over-the-air) TV, Nextgen TV (also known as ATSC 3.0) has been rolling out nationally. It enhances the...
A not so modest proposal
About a year ago as reports were coming out about the flow shortages in the Colorado River and its potential effects downstream in Nevada,...
Home is what you know
I sometimes envy people who have a family home to return to, a place where they grew up, where their parents or even their...
Working to keep all of us safe
On most days I attend daily Mass at 9 a.m. at St. Columbkille, and afterwards, take a ride in the countryside. I often drive...
Cutting the paid TV cord
Recently, I was away from home for a week so I took that opportunity to actually use many of the services I’ve written about...
Industrial policy: Right or wrong
What is “industrial policy”? The simple answer is: When a national government subsidizes certain industries that it believes are essential to the nation’s economic...
Marta and me and Piccolina
I was walking down an old street in an old part of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Brightly colored wooden doors lined the streets....
Today’s society could take a lesson
It was the kind of neighborhood where every kid should fortunate enough to spend part of their childhood. It was a different time, for...
A prayer for the school year
Had I been able to foretell my future back in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, there’s much that I would have had a...
Fashionable gripes about homecoming
I would like to apologize to the girls who accompanied me to homecoming dances in high school.More accurately, I’d like to apologize to those...