Generation after generation is adding to our lives of “stuff” as a relative dies and leaves behind a household of collections and stuff that needs to be dealt with. As we keep “old” things, it feels wrong to let them go as they have been in the family for so long. Yet, no one in the ...
PARIS -- Ever wonder how the President of the United States actually spends his time? You'd think that it would be a critically important issue, given how much work there is to get done. The President's own public itinerary reveals that he spends much of his time just fluffing himself up. ...
You may wonder why President Donald Trump is doing everything he can, day by day, to destroy faith in democracy in little and large ways, on the job day and night. I have an answer that will presently be revealed. It involves a modest proposal. Here in the capital, our hearts are hurting ...
How can anyone escape the irony that in this year, as we celebrate 250 years since the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, the principles of that declaration are being widely challenged? When Americans should be basking in the light of our hard-fought-for freedoms, standing ...
Some of you are digital subscribers of The Alpena News and are reading this column on your cell phone. Imagine that! You can read your hometown newspaper while you are out of the county or country! Technology is truly something! This week, I Facetimed a friend in Australia. Not only did I ...
New inventions and technologies, from the lightbulb to the farm tractor to the automobile to the laptop computer to Uber drivers, cause serious job market disruptions. They also cause a backlash, as horse and buggy operators, cab drivers, video rental stores and typewriter makers inevitably predicted chaos and job losses. Artificial intelligence will make life much better and healthier for most people, but it will bring massive disruptions too. What will happen to the people whose livelihoods are jeopardized by what ChatGPT or Claude can do faster, cheaper and better? It is a fair ...
