The Adventures of Roberta X

     Yesterday, I had sinuses so messed up that I wasn't navigating well.  After a couple of attempts to get out of the house, I gave up...

     Fox News is in court again -- well, still -- facing off against a voting-machine company .  What, you thought it was over, and that the...

     GDP -- Gross Domestic Product -- is an imperfect measure of how well a country is doing.  You can't look at it and infer, for insta...

     Or at least it's true for me: the older I get, the less I like snow.      We've got a bit of it, and cold temperatures to go wi...

     The Italian pickled vegetable mix is a favorite of mine, but our corner grocer doesn't stock the brand I like best.  They've go...

     Thanksgiving, Tam and I had the traditional Roseholme Cottage* meal: turducken baked on the grill with roast vegetables and bacon-mushr...

     Today, I'm working to embrace the thought that as bad as I think things are, they could be a great deal worse.  While I'm appre...

     Fulton County, Georgia is dropping the sweeping election interference case against Donald Trump and a number of co-defendants, stemming...

     It's well known that tech zillionaire and all-around oddball Peter Thiel is a major backer of U.S. Vice-President J. D. Vance -- an...

     I haven't posted much this week -- current events leave me struggling to keep up with the craziness of it all, from a Russian-inspi...

     I found Len Deighton's not-quite-Everyman spy Harry Palmer the long way 'round and in reverse, starting with the book series b...

      I read and enjoyed There Is No Antimemetics Division in both text forms, and it turns out there's a short film, as well.      It...