Putting your heart where your money is Posted September 10, 2021 Ever hear of the phrase “putting your money where your mouth is”? It means to act in a way that matches what you say. If you say you believe in helping people but in reality you d…
25 Greatest Inventions of the 20th Century: Bakelite Posted September 9, 2021 Plastic has been with us for so long that we forget how much it has changed the world, mostly for the better. But the first completely artificial…
News Mash-up: US-Russian Relations Posted September 8, 2021 Geneva baker serves up ‘Peace Cake’ for 1st summit between Biden and Putin A Swiss baker has invented a “Peace Cake” to m…
Yabba dabba Flintstone dispute resolved Posted September 7, 2021 Fred Flintstone fought the law — and he won. Technically, the owner of the fanciful Flintstone house in a posh San Francisco …
News Mash-up: Boards of Directors Posted September 6, 2021 Exxon loses board seats to activist hedge fund A tiny hedge fund dealt a major blow to Exxon Mobil Corp. on May 26,
A new way to market your destination: Write a TV series Part 2 Posted September 5, 2021 Continued from Part 1… At other times, the settings feel natural, like the gay nightclub Blur or a tour of the colorful WhimzeyLand “bowling ball house” in an episode…
A new way to market your destination: Write a TV series Part 1 Posted September 4, 2021 Remember that longing you felt after an episode of Sex and the City to shop at the characters’ favorite New York haunts and drink cosmop…
News Mash-up: Ancient Animals Posted September 3, 2021 Keeping up with T. rex was easy: researchers Unlike its popular movie incarnations, Tyrannosaurus rex — …
Armchair Traveler: Bogazkale (Turkey) Posted September 2, 2021 More than 3,600 years ago, the mighty Hittite Empire ruled the Western Asian land of Anatolia. Its capital, Hattusa, flourished for around 500 years in what is no…
Israel narrowly swears in new coalition, ending Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule Posted September 1, 2021 Israel’s parliament narrowly approved a new coalition government June 13, ending the historic 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sending the po…