There’s nothing more boring than listening to people over 40 drone on and on about how music used to be better in the past. Having said that, those of us who are 40 and over […]

It’s a presidential election year, and many experts are sounding the alarm to say generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools may upend the process. People specializing in AI say that these tools have made it easier […]

Earlier this year, TGI Fridays restaurant chain announced in a press release that it had sold eight of its Northeast locations to former CEO Ray Blanchette. It also announced the closure of 36 other “underperforming […]

In July 2022, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, took to X, the social media platform then known as Twitter, to reveal his […]

1984 was an excellent year for popular music, as a lot of what got released was in some way revolutionary and forward-looking. Artists of that year wanted to put the “new” in “new wave,” so […]

Time flies when you’re having fun, and while a lot of the music made in 1994 is the furthest thing on earth from fun, that year saw some genuinely classic albums released. These albums have […]

 Every New Year’s Eve, we embark upon mysterious customs whose origin no one seems to know. Why do we drop a ball in New York City’s Times Square? Why is there so much smooching at […]

A lot of people like to argue about whether or not “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, but we know one thing for sure – people never tire of […]

Ah, New Year’s. It is when we embrace wretched excess while simultaneously discussing all the positive changes we will make, starting right away on January 1.  While we hate to be negative, Nellies, you’re not […]

For many of us, ringing in the New Year on Dec. 31 involves much celebration and bacchanalia. For others, it happens in April and consists of paying respect to one’s elders.  The latter practice derives […]