It’s time to get your rhododendrons and azaleas pruned if you haven’t done it already. For some reason, the people I bought my house from planted 40 rhododendrons and 12 azaleas. Did they like them? Were they trying to make their yard look good for the sale? When I moved... Read more →

It’s hard to understand why Senate Republicans want to sell off the nation’s important and amazing public lands. However, they’re hyping an effort to sell huge swaths of public lands to private developers. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has released its revised portion of the huge GOP budget... Read more →

Walmart will pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it turned a blind eye to scammers who used its in-store money transfer services to take hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. consumers. The settlement, which requires the approval of U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, was filed... Read more →

It’s happening all over the world. Birthrates are declining and almost all leaders are lamenting the fact. The argument is that with declining birthrates there won’t be enough tax money from fewer younger people to pay for the care of older people. Also, in the United States, consumers spending money... Read more →

Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine MoneyGram, an international money transfer provider that serves hundreds of thousands of customers in the United States every year, has agreed to pay $250,000 for failing to follow consumer protection laws and jeopardizing their customers’ money transfers. In April 2022, the... Read more →