Trump can become president with 40% of the vote. Maybe less. Trump won 46.9% of the vote in 2020. To date, we have three third-party candidates: Joe Kennedy III, Jill Stein and Cornel West. Now, maybe Joe Manchin. Kennedy is polling at between 17–21%. In 1992, Bill Clinton won the…

In chronological order: Women’s Right to Vote 19th Amendment ratified in 1920 A slight cheat — this was enacted 103 years ago. But it was too impactful to leave out. A weird alliance of northeastern Republicans and southern Democrats battled to prevent the amendment. Tennessee was the 36th state to…

One vote. One vote changed the trajectory of the first quarter of the 21st Century. President’s Biden’s recent speech to the nation evoked remembrance of the 2000 Bush v. Gore case. In Biden’s speech, he cautioned Israel, at a time of extreme anger, appropriately so, to not overreact, like the…

We have a lot of control over our longevity; sometimes in ways we may not have given much thought. Here are some of the more obvious preventive ways our longevity may be extended past the average mortality rates. · Choose your parents well. Okay, we do not get to choose…

Think about it. Life will be so much simpler. There is a line, simple but powerful, from the movie “Shooter,” when the corrupt Montana senator says, “The truth is what I say it is.” MAGA members have Trump. The truth is what he says it is. He does not lie…

I love California. But too many cannot afford to live here. There’s always Florida. Let’s unpack that. First, let’s look at California, the good, not so good, and the ugly. Economically, California is a well-oiled machine. California has 11.5% of U.S. population and 14.3% of U.S. GDP. Florida has 5.4%…

Lyon proudly claims who they say is the most famous chef in the world — Paul Bocuse. At least our Vieux Lyon (old Lyon) food tour guide, Eillin, claimed this honor. Gus had no reason to refute this. He knows Paul Bocuse’s reputation. …

Bonjour de France. Now that Gus is in France for two months, and will be using the metric system, he wondered how many countries worldwide (there are 195) that use the U.S. Imperial System for weights, distances and heights. Drum roll please — just two — Liberia and Myanmar. Now…

Gus and Mrs. Gus are heading to France for two months. If Gus does not lose weight, he may need a second seat when returning, and they will have to roll him off the plane. And why is that? Because it’s freaking France. Gus is not a fasting, crash diet…