Emergency crews are being held at hospitals — unable to respond to emergencies. Even before COVID, emergency medical services have been… — Emergency crews are being held at hospitals — unable to respond to emergencies. Even before COVID, emergency medical services have been dealing with delays and diversion issues since the 1990s. Today, the problem has worsened. Ambulance crews are not only dealing with “diversion” status, where a hospital announces it is…

The forgotten parent? Not hardly. Men are men and women are women. We are entirely unique in our own right. We can see the differences in… — The forgotten parent? Not hardly. Men are men and women are women. We are entirely unique in our own right. We can see the differences in how we celebrate Father’s Day in Tri-Cities. Fathers in the Tri-Cities A quick search divulged hardly any mention of any celebratory events or mention of festivities related to…

Some companies have seen it coming, and made accommodations. They knew they’d need to position for the upcoming epidemic — just as they… — Some companies have seen it coming, and made accommodations. They knew they’d need to position for the upcoming epidemic — just as they were positioning for hyperinflation associated with reckless spending in Washington. …

A COVID-19 Thanksgiving — Bah Humbug — Why should we be thankful this year? Thanksgiving — yeah, right. I don’t see it. This has to be the most depressing year I’ve witnessed in my greater than a half-century of existence. Alone. That is how many of us feel. We are alone in a world full of others…

Droves of COVID-weary families prepare to take flight — Basking in the limited sun afforded by autumn's arrival, a growing number of people plan their fate. Many of us have had it up to “here” with confinement. A detriment to our psyche is more than we need. We have grown tired of our confines. We are humans. We are…

Nostalgia and plain old freedoms we took for granted — Now is the time for all good men (all people) to come to the aid of their country. That was once the mantra we typed and wrote to practice our typing and penmanship. It was a given — an unpretentious and undisputed fact. Ah, those there the days. Nostalgia We may…

The M1 Chip and the unprecedented end of a good run — The M1 Chip and the unprecedented end of a good run Apple. A single byte undid many years of work. A single bite ruined another fate for humanity. So it comes to this, after many years of hard-fought battles. Humble Beginnings Apple began with humble beginnings. Their first breakout computers had my…

How could the people be so divided and conquered — I’m a conservative. I used to lean republican. Now I lean more libertarian. In my youth, I identified as a Democrat. I received an invitation to Jimmy Carter’s inauguration. I am against the class warfare the current media pundits and a few major democratic strategists keep pushing. America is a…

Using stardom to affect political races — Captains Log: Stardate 74239.4 The people of Earth continue to bombard the masses with celebrity endorsements. The marketing tactics run from trinkets to political offices. We are unsure why such endorsements are used to curry favor with their fellow man. …