Month: December 2021

When and How to File for Social Security Benefits

Hundreds of thousands of people will be filing for Social Security benefits in 2022. So today, I’m going to write a column about when and how to file for Social Security benefits. But first, let me clarify the “when to file” part. As I’ve said over and over again in this column, I am not…


The Last Great Inflation

Commentary With inflation in the headlines, a look back at the last experience might offer needed perspective. There is no claim here that history repeats exactly. Rather a look back offers ways to dispel nonsense and identify what is important. The Arab oil embargo of 1973 dominates most references to the last great inflation. No…


Oklahoma National Guard Bars Unvaccinated Airmen From Drills

In the wake of a federal judge rejecting Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s attempt to block the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for National Guard members, the head of the Oklahoma National Guard announced Thursday that unvaccinated airmen will no longer be allowed to drill. While U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino has backed the governor’s position…


US Navy Fires Ship’s Top Two Officers Over ‘Loss of Confidence’

The Navy fired the commander and the second in charge of the littoral combat ship USS Montgomery, the service confirmed. Cmdr. Richard J. Zamberlan, the ship’s commander, and Cmdr. Phillip Lundberg, the ship’s executive officer, were relieved by Navy Surface Division 11 Capt. Marc Crawford, according to the Navy in a statement released Thursday. Crawford relieved…


James O’Keefe Undeterred After Recent FBI Raid and Legal Action Against Project Veritas

James O’Keefe, founder of undercover news outfit Project Veritas, is continuing his investigative work undeterred by the recent FBI raid of his and other Veritas reporters’ homes and a criminal investigation of Veritas by the Department of Justice regarding a diary allegedly belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashely Biden. O’Keefe says materials unrelated to…


JetBlue Cancels Flights Due to Rising Omicron Cases and Bad Weather

JetBlue Airways has trimmed down almost ten percent of its flights through Jan. 13, according to data from airline data firm FlightAware, as cancellations climb across the country with the surge of Omicron and a hit of bad weather. The New York-based carrier said that many of the crew members were calling in sick from…


Fun Facts About New Year’s Eve in Times Square

NEW YORK—It’s been a New York City tradition since 1907: thousands of New Yorkers and tourists pack themselves into Times Square in Manhattan on New Year’s Eve, stand in the cold for hours with no bathrooms, and wait for a huge ball to drop at the stroke of midnight. The city said it would limit…


Gold and Crypto Currencies Will Soar If Russia Invades Ukraine or If China Invades Taiwan

Commentary The expansive military build-up of Russian troops taking place on the Ukrainian border and the naval and air force intrusions in the waters and skies of Taiwan are not bluffs. The accelerating military technologies being pursued by Russia and China in hypersonic missile technology present an existential threat to the independence of Ukraine and…


Save Your New Year’s Resolutions for Spring

Instead of chasing your holiday cheer with New Year’s resolutions, consider waiting a few months. People tend to see resolutions as black or white, forgetting that change is incremental; being “happier” is a better resolution than being “happy,” for instance, says Tim Bono, lecturer in psychological and brain sciences at Washington University in St. Louis….


Twitter Admits ‘Error’ in Suspending Just the News Founder’s Account Over COVID Facts

Twitter late Thursday acknowledged that Just the News founder and Editor-in-Chief John Solomon’s account was “suspended in error” this week over a post about a COVID-19 vaccine. The response follows an appeal earlier in the day by Solomon after his account was suspended Tuesday for his tweet linking to the article “Pfizer to continue distributing…