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  • My experiences with peripheral neuropathy lead me to CBD oil

    My experiences with peripheral neuropathy lead me to CBD oil

    BY NOBERT RUG I have peripheral neuropathy from chemotherapy. This is customarily associated with symptoms like numbness pain, and tingling but there are other symptoms as well. The peripheral nervous system is…

  • Deciding to seize the day

    Deciding to seize the day

    BY NORBERT RUG The day I decided to live my life to the fullest, to seize the day, and stop coasting through life was the day I was diagnosed with cancer over…

  • SALT lawsuit swept aside by a federal judge

    SALT lawsuit swept aside by a federal judge

    BY E.J. McMAHON In what could rank among the least surprising federal court rulings of this or any year, a U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan has rejected New York’s constitutional challenge to…

  • Retirement allows for new hobbies, passion-driven projects

    Retirement allows for new hobbies, passion-driven projects

    BY NORBERT RUG I retired over three years ago. Retirement can be a very traumatic experience for many people. It means the loss of “work friends” and a reason to get up…

  • Virtue in waking early

    Virtue in waking early

    BY NORBERT RUG I get up early almost every morning to see if anyone has published any of my work. My articles usually get published around 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning.…

  • Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is here

    Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is here

    BY NORBERT RUG As a three-time prostate cancer survivor that is now battling it for the fourth time now, I wanted to let you know that September is prostate cancer awareness month.…

  • As September 11th approaches, a reminder to never forget

    As September 11th approaches, a reminder to never forget

    BY NORBERT RUG Never Forget. Most people will remember where they were when a historic event occurs. I remember that I was in high school machine shop on November 22, 1963 when…

  • The loss of a tree

    The loss of a tree

    BY NORBERT RUG I contributed to global warming a tiny bit more than usual recently. When we moved in to our home over 40 years ago there were two maple trees and…

  • Obama Judge rules Medicaid must pay for gender reassignment surgery

    Obama Judge rules Medicaid must pay for gender reassignment surgery

    An Obama-appointed federal judge is forcing Wisconsin taxpayers to provide costly sex reassignment surgery and hormonal procedures for low-income transgender residents who get free medical care from the government. In a recently…

  • Honey, my Kindle is broken

    Honey, my Kindle is broken

    BY NORBERT RUG “Honey, My Kindle is broken,” she said.  With urgency she would have used if the house was on fire. This was at 6:00 A.M. on a Saturday, a day…

  • A wonderful anniversary week

    A wonderful anniversary week

    BY NORBERT RUG For the past 50 years, I’ve gotten Donna whatever she wanted. She loves our ensuite addition I recently had put on the house. She has a newer minivan that…

  • Know the risks of heatstroke

    Know the risks of heatstroke

    BY NORBERT RUG The most loving and attentive parents can even make mistakes. This includes accidentally forgetting their child in the back seat of the car. This is especially true with the…

  • At my age, a fall can be a life changer

    At my age, a fall can be a life changer

    BY NORBERT RUG Falls are frightening when they happen to anyone but especially for senior citizens. Over 25% of all Americans over age 65 fall every year, and every fall has approximately…

  • Taking care of kids keeps you on your toes

    Taking care of kids keeps you on your toes

    BY NORBERT RUG Donna and I watch our grandchildren and a few other children. As we counted them up, we have watched over 20 children not counting our own children. I think…

  • It’s the little things that make life better

    It’s the little things that make life better

    BY NORBERT RUG When Donna and I got married I was in the service. We moved 500 miles away from home and we were dirt poor. I used to steal food so…

  • We are losing our privacy bit by byte

    We are losing our privacy bit by byte

    BY NORBERT RUG I recently noticed that when I looked on the internet for something, ads for this product would appear on the sidebar of my browser. A simple search for my…

  • Riders are getting raped by Uber drivers’ racketeering scam — will Taste of Country fans get bonked tonight?

    Riders are getting raped by Uber drivers’ racketeering scam — will Taste of Country fans get bonked tonight?

    An explosive report by WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington, indicates that racketeering practices are commonly being employed by Uber drivers to deliberately manipulate the technology’s ‘surge-pricing’ function.  By cooperatively agreeing to…

  • Thoughts on Facial Recognition

    Thoughts on Facial Recognition

    BY NORBERT RUG I am for the implementation of the Facial and Object Recognition System (FORS) in the Lockport schools. There I said it. I know this might be an unpopular stance…

  • ‘Call the Midwife’

    ‘Call the Midwife’

    BY NORBERT RUG We’ve been recently been watching Call the Midwife Sunday nights on PBS (WNED). This is a British Broadcasting Corporation drama about a team of nurse/midwives that worked in London during the late 1950s and…

  • How will you live your life?

    How will you live your life?

    BY NORBERT RUG How will you choose to live your life? This isn’t a trick question. I am asking if you have chosen to live your life fully or just exist day…

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