NR | 1 h 44 min | Drama, Western | 1939 Director Michael Curtiz’s film is set in 1866 Kansas, after the Civil War has ended. Armies have disbanded and the long, slow, difficult work of building the West begins. “Dodge City” is meant to be a crowd-pleaser and please it does, but not without…
Maybe Social Security Is Just Another Tax We Pay
I’ve received a lot of emails recently from readers trying to calculate how much they paid in Social Security taxes over the years and then wanting to compare that to what they will get out of the system in return. More often than not, they are trying to prove that Social Security is a rotten…
Leasing vs. Buying an Electric Vehicle
Owning a car is a no-brainer for most people. You shop around, look for financing, and then purchase it. It’s yours, and, as opposed to leasing, eventually, you won’t have a car payment. But if you’re interested in an electric vehicle (EV), buying may not be the best option. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act may…
TV Series Review: A Taut Airline Drama ‘Hijack’
TV-MA | 7 episodes | thriller | June 28, 2023 Sam Nelson is flying Kingdom Airways, a fictional airline more like British Airways than Etihad or Emirates, but its first-class section should still be quite luxurious. Unfortunately, he will not be able to enjoy it, because his flight will be disrupted by hijackers. As it happens, sitting in first-class…
Shareholder Levers Disney, Woke Companies to Stop Pushing K-3 Sex Ed, Gifting Planned Parenthood
As woke Buzz “Lightyear” crashed and burned at the box office, as Bud Light spilled its suds before Kid Rock’s rattling submachine gun, it’s never been so obvious that—if you are a company and go woke, you will go broke. Yet as CEOs double down and triple down on ignoring their customers’ values in favor…
The Northernmost Town on Earth: Woman Tells of Her Unusual Life on an Island—800 Miles From the North Pole
A former design student from Norway gave up city life for a remote Arctic island after a boat trip rocked her outlook, and she’s never looked back, despite the huge adjustment. Originally a city-dweller from Asker, Norway, 31-year-old Eveline Lunde has lived in an apartment in the small town of Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on Earth,…
Summer Gardening To-Do List
With the hot weather of summer, there may not be much to do in your landscape, but there are a few things that need to be watched for so that the landscape stays healthy. Rain in summer across North America usually comes in a few heavy thunderstorms with many hot, sunny days in between. Heavy,…
More Creative Ways My Clever Readers Save Time and Money
Sometimes, I wonder how “Everyday Cheapskate” readers discover their handy ideas. I mean, who would have thought something that cleans brake parts would also remove stains from clothes? Cleans More Than Brakes I have found that using my husband’s brake parts spray cleaner, Brakleen, works really well for getting out grease stains. It doesn’t affect…
Happy Birthday, America!
SSHHREEEEE! BOOM! AHHHH! Up they flash into the night sky, bottle rockets, brocades, Roman candles, and Catherine wheels, exploding in the darkness to the delight of spectators, a glorious fountain of fireworks celebrating Independence Day. Besides serving unofficially as Pyrotechnics Day USA, the Fourth of July is also that midsummer holiday when families and friends…
Farming With a City View
From the front, Juan Camacho’s house and yard looks like most others along the city parkway on which he lives in Minnesota’s St. Paul-Minneapolis urban sprawl. But hidden behind the gray-sided Cape Cod house is “Esperanza Farm,” complete with chickens, goats, honeybees, and a garden. Those who discover Camacho’s city secret often mistakenly assume that…
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