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The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack has spent $4 million in taxpayer money on its investigation of the riot at the Capitol. The American people are due to receive a final report Wednesday.

Well, as Carol Burnett used to say, I’m so glad we had this time together.

You’d have to be a cottonheaded ninnymuggin to not know the Christmas season brings with it plenty of holiday-themed movies.

NEW YORK – I was a teenager when I first visited New York. The flight cost $15 on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle from Washington, D.C. You could buy your ticket from a flight attendant on board. She (and it was always a she back then) would roll a cart down the aisle with a credit card device on top.

It’s time to play the Big Game again in Washington.

One of our granddaughters just asked if I knew Merriam-Webster had announced their word of the year.

With the temperatures dropping along with fall’s curtain in just 48 hours, it’s time to put a wrap on my autumnal travel log. This week I’ll give you a few Alabaman snapshots.

When a group of people start, inherit or otherwise co-own a business together (like a traditional business, commercial building or farm), the operation will likely have more value as a collection of assets, opportunities and people (synergy) than the sum of the components separately.

If you are considering a new furry friend to fulfill a Christmas wish, you may have considered purchasing a puppy online. But as I have warned in the past, the world of online puppy sales is plagued by scams. The BBB reports that at least 80% of the sponsored advertising you see when searching for pets may be fraudulent.

The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 when the country had 13 states all along the East Coast and a population of under 4 million. Can a document crafted entirely by White men in a time when slavery was legal and neither Black men nor any women could vote still be relevant 235 years later?