Pizza and soda — they go together like peanut butter and jelly. But, if you’re living in New York City like I do, then imbibing soda is right up there with committing a sin of sacrilege. If you don’t live near the Big Apple, then you may not know that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been…
The gender wage pay gap has been the subject of enormous controversy since it was revealed that female employees in the White House earn 18% less than their male colleagues. It was an interesting revelation in light of President Barack Obama‘s campaign claiming that “despite decades of progress, women still make only 77 cents for every…
Hemp. The Gutenberg Bible was printed on it. It’s an ingredient in cosmetics and soaps, and you can even design clothes with it. But it’s illegal to grow it in the U.S. because Federal Law considers it a Controlled Substance, per the Controlled Substance Act. But that could soon change thanks to a bill proposing…
As you may have heard, the Commonwealth of Virginia is looking to create its own currency. And for some reason many find this shocking. But why? Efforts like this one from Virginia Republican Del. Robert Marshall shouldn’t come as a total surprise since states are merely looking for alternatives to keep their economies strong. And…
It may come as no surprise to many folks out there that there’s a lot of overlap within the monolithic entity that governs us. But would you have guessed that up to $70 million of your tax dollars were wasted on duplicate funding of U.S.-government-backed research projects over the past ten years? After going through…
Cartels are something I usually associate with crooked politicians or the mob. But did you know our northern neighbor has a maple syrup cartel? Apparently Canada is to maple syrup what Saudi Arabia is to oil in that Canada produces up to 78 percent of the world’s maple syrup. More specifically it’s Canada’s Federation of…
Oklahoma Senate Bill 32 gives a dog a bad name — literally! Currently, Oklahoma state law doesn’t allow bans on dog breeds. But that could soon change with SB32 which would allow cities to ban dog breeds they don’t much care for. I’m torn on this. One one hand I look at this as an…
As the saying goes: “Women. You can’t live with ’em. You can’t live without ’em.” And now in some restaurants you can’t dine with ’em either. Epicurious reports that women-only restaurants are popping up worldwide from Las Vegas to London. There’s even one in Zhengzhou, China. What’s interesting about these places is that there doesn’t…