Representative Lauren Boebert’s attempts to highlight her congressional track record may have unintentionally damaged her reelection campaign. Fending off criticism Thursday night during a Republican debate for Colorado District 4 representative hopefuls, Boebert attempted to draw attention to her work in the House—but ended up having to admit to her minimal accomplishments. “For Ms. Boebert, […]
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Tennessee HOV lanes are useless because the state will not consistently enforce the law
Take down the signs or enforce the law. It’s very simple. This is the decision that state officials including the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) need to make. Enforce the HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lanes. Or take the signs down. On a recent Thursday morning, I drove from Cookeville to the Nashville International Airport. I was […]
A 2025 Social Security COLA Estimate Is Here, But It May Be Useless Without This Number
Millions of older Americans today collect a monthly paycheck from Social Security. And it’s that money that helps many retirees cover essential bills from food to housing to transportation. In fact, some seniors are so reliant on Social Security that each year, they eagerly await news of a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. In 2024, for […]
Federal legislation aimed to help craft brewers recover from pandemic may be useless in GA
Congress is looking at ways to help craft breweries recover from the pandemic. Lawmakers are offering tax incentives to restaurants and bars to buy from local breweries. But the Georgia Craft Brewers’ Guild told Channel 2′s Richard Elliot that those incentives may not help here. The guild said they appreciate any help they can get […]
Warren Buffett Calls This Metric “Worse Than Useless,” but Everyone Uses It. Here’s How to Make Yourself a Smarter Investor.
Investors look forward to Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letter, and in the 2023 version, released on Feb. 24, he didn’t disappoint. It was chock-full of Buffett’s typical down-to-earth, blunt, and solid investing advice mixed with his wit and humor. He paid tribute to his decades-long investing partner, Charlie Munger, who passed away last year, and […]
House Republicans Seek Political Cover Behind Useless IVF Resolutions
House Republicans are all talk and no action on protecting Americans’ access to in vitro fertilization, after the Alabama Supreme Court granted embryos the same legal status as children last month. Several House Republicans introduced two measures this week following the sweeping court ruling as a way to express strong support for IVF protections. Both […]
A useless button? No way ― ‘Print Screen’ on your keyboard actually does a lot
QUESTION: Why does nothing happen when I press the Print Screen key? ANSWER: The “Print Screen” key (abbreviated as PrtSc or PrtScn) has been around since the 1980s and is just one of many ways to capture what is on your screen. Depending upon which version of Windows you are running, pressing the key can […]