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Q&A with David Scott aka “Mr. Showtime”

How do you get the title of 'Americas #1 EVERYTHING I HAVE INTO A SHOW

Comedy Entertainer'? Well for David Scott, who AND IF THE CROWD FEELS I'VE EARNED

goes by the well deserved moniker THEIR OVATION THEN I TAKE THAT AS

Mr.Showtime, it was bestowed upon him during THE HIGHEST HONOR.

a Seance when the spirits of Groucho Marx, Q: What can people expect when they
Johnny Carson and Sammy Davis Jr. all agreed come to see your show?
that Mr.Showtime David Scott was the ONE.
A: THEY CAN EXPECT ME GIVING MY
Ok, the part of the seance isn't true but if you ABSOLUTE ALL TO PUT ON THE BEST
talk to comedy club owners across the country SHOW POSSIBLE. I WILL GIVE THE SAME
they all agree that David Scott has the most AMOUNT OF EFFORT FOR A CROWD
unique and entertaining show in the country OF 300 AS I DO FOR A CROWD OF 30. I
and has for years. WANT EVERYONE IN MY SHOW TO

There are all sorts about comedy styles from WALK OUT WITH A BIG GRIN AND

storytellers, to monologists, to prop comedy, to THEIR SIDES HURTING FROM

high energy comedy, there's musical comedy, LAUGHING SO MUCH.

comedy magic, impressionists and avant garde Q: It was reported this week that

comedy but only Mr.Showtime combines them Sinbad fell victim to a stroke. Would you

all together to create a show that has been say that life on the road takes a toll on

called sharp-witted, classy, pure energy and a one's health?

spectacle. A: OF COURSE IT DOES. THE WEAR

I had a chance to talk to David over ZOOM AND TEAR OF ALL THE TRAVEL AND

to promote his shows at the Kenosha Comedy SHOWS CAN BEAT YOU DOWN. YOU

Club Thanksgiving weekend and when you talk HAVE TO DO ALL YOU CAN TO STAY AS

to him the first thing you get is that he loves to HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE. EAT RIGHT. GET

make people laugh, it almost feels like this was ENOUGH SLEEP. WORKOUT AND STAY

his calling in life but then you realize that when IN SHAPE. ALL OF THIS HELPS. OF

it comes to talking about in his words, the "art COURSE FOR ME, I DON'T DRINK,

comedy", he gets very serious.As David told me SMOKE OR DO DRUGS WHICH IS WHY

"comedy is like carrying the torch for the next I LOOK SO DAMN GOOD

generation and you need to protect it until you Q: You have been to Kenosha several

pass it on. It was passed to me and I respect that times now, what is your impression of

and I look forward to the day I can pass it on to our city?

someone else."
Show biz veteran, David Scott performs November 27 & 28 at the Kenohsa Comedy Club
Q: You don't like to be called a Stand-Up A: THE CRAZY THING IS, I HAVEN'T

Comedian you prefer the term Showman. Why? REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD WHEN OUR COUNTRY SEEN A LOT OF KENOSHA. I USUALLY

A: I’VE ALWAYS FELT THE TERM STAND-UP WAS LITERALLY IN THE VERGE OF NEVER HAPPENING GET INTO TOWN ON FRIDAY AND GO RIGHT TO THE
COMEDIAN WAS TOO LIMITED. I THINK WHEN PEOPLE HOTEL. I SETUP AND DO THE SHOW.THEN SATURDAY I
HEAR THE WORD COMEDIAN THEY THINK OF A Q: What is one of your most memorable moments or USUALLY SLEEP IN.WORKOUT, GET SOME LUNCH AND
PERSON JUST STANDING BEHIND THE MICROPHONE events that happened on stage during one of your THEN START GETTING FOR THE SHOWS THAT NIGHT.
performances? ON SUNDAY I'M ON THE ROAD HEADING TO MY NEXT

TELLING JOKES. WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD A: THAT'S REALLY TOO HARD OF A QUESTION TO SHOW. THE HOTEL IS VERY NICE AND I DON'T
SHOWMAN YOU THINK OF SOMETHING BIGGER AND ANSWER. IN 27YEARS I'VE HAD SO MANY SPECIAL AND REMEMBER THE TRAFFIC BEING ALL THAT BAD
MORE EXCITING. OF COURSE SOME MIGHT THINK OF
HUGH JACKMAN. THE MOVIE THE GREATEST AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN. I GUESS ONE THAT COMES Q: Is there anything you want people reading this to
SHOWMAN DIDN'T DO ME ANY FAVORS. TO MIND WAS DURING MY GUINNESS WORLD know about you?
RECORD WHEN MY PARENTS CAME TO SEE ME BREAK

Q: Could you name a few performers whose work you THE RECORD AND WHERE THERE FOR THE FINAL A: YES, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE
admire? HOUR WHEN I FINALLY BROKE THE RECORD AND CHANNEL WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/SHOWTIMETALKS
ACHIEVED A CHILDHOOD DREAM OF BECOMING A
A: STEVE MARTIN. GROUCHO MARX. KISS. PENN & GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER Q: That's it?
TELLER
A: YOUTUBE HAS BECOME THE CENTER OF THE

Q: This pandemic has already affected all facets of the Q: What inspires you? UNIVERSE FOR SO MANY AND I WANT TO BE A PART
entertainment industry, and you work rooms across the OF IT, EVEN THOUGH I'M REALLY LATE TO THE PARTY.
country, how has Covid-19 impacted the Comedy Club A: WOW,THIS GOT DEEP REAL FAST. MY INSPIRATION I'M LIKE THAT OLD GUY WHO JUST FIGURED OUT
business? COMES FROM MY DESIRE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. IT'S HOW TO LOAD A 5 DISC CD PLAYER AND NOW
BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR SO MANY AND IF I CAN EVERYONE IS DOWNLOADING MUSIC. I GUESS IT'S
A: THE SIMPLE AND DIRECT ANSWER IS THAT IT'S BRING A LITTLE JOY AND LAUGHTER TO THEM, THEN CALLED STREAMING NOW.
BEEN DEVASTATING. BROADWAY IS SHUTDOWN. 98% I'VE DONE MY JOB.
OF THE SHOWS IN VEGAS ARE CLOSED. NO CONCERTS By Frank Carmicheal
AND BARELY ANY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ACROSS THE Q: What are 3 things people would be surprised to
COUNTRY. HONESTLY I DON'T WHEN OR IF IT WILL learn about you? To purchase tickets for the Kenosha

A: I DON'T DRINK COFFEE. I KNOW HOW TO USE A

EVER BE NORMAL AGAIN SEWING MACHINE. IF SOMEONE ASKS ME TO DANCE Comedy Club please visit Hap2it.com for

Q: At one point in your career, you were a disc jockey LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON I WILL. questions regarding the show.

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A: NOT CURRENTLY BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THERE
A: NO MIGHT BE A FUNKY MONKEY OUT THERE JUST

Q: If not on stage as a performer, what other career WAITING FOR ME. To hear more about comedy during Covid-19, tune
would have interested you? in to Happenings Q&A, AM1050 WLIP, on
Q: You and Jimmy JJ Walker have something in
A: I'VE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION MANY TIMES common... both of you have received standing ovations Monday, November 23
AND MY ANSWER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME AND at the Kenosha Comedy Club... is that the norm at other at 12:30pm when David
THE REACTION I GET IS ALWAYS DISBELIEF. IF I WASN'T venues where you perform?
A PERFORMER I WOULD HAVE BEEN A HISTORY Scott "Mr. Showtime"
TEACHER. I LOVE HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY THE A: NOTHING IS COMMON IN COMEDY OR TO BE joins the conversation.
ASSUMED. I WORK HARD ONSTAGE AND I PUT

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It’s not just an election that divides
America, it’s where to go for facts

Afew mornings ago, when Donald Trump from the situation because there is no Pat Ring stands in his front yard in Bristol,Wisconsin, with one of his many pro-Trump signs, on
Mary Ring’s granddaughter start. At least 70% of quick remedy to rebuild Nov. 11, 2020. Mr. Ring, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, voted for President Trump
asked her, “Are you sad that Republicans said they trusted trust when it has eroded to
Biden won?” the Kenosha the president more than such an extent that not only and as the Trump campaign pursues election-related lawsuits, Mr. Ring rejects reports that the
County resident was quick news outlets such as The facts, but the very processes president lost the election.
to respond. New York Times, The of establishing them, are
Washington Post, and CNN. contested,” says Professor President Trump is projected trust at all in mainstream “To be completely honest,
“No,” Ms. Ring gently told But 54% of Republicans also Carter. to lose the election. But he’s news media outlets, and he I hope I’m wrong [about any
her,“because he hasn’t won.” said they’d trust President frustrated with the nation’s considers both CNN and potential voter fraud]
Trump over Fox News as The Trump campaign filed cacophony of news sources, Fox News to be because the implications of
She and her husband, Pat, well, according to a 2017 a number of lawsuits in the and he laments the loss of “entertainment-based” this are massive, but it’s
are ardent supporters of YouGov poll. swing states he’s projected the trust he once placed in networks dominated by a looking more and more like
President Donald Trump, and to lose, including the so- the authoritative news narrow set of corporate a fix was in in some of these
10 days after the election, Though he lost the called blue wall states of broadcasts of an earlier era. interests and governed by different states,” Mr.
their front lawn in Bristol, popular vote to Mr. Biden by Wisconsin, Michigan, and political agendas – a view Sponaugle says, giving weight
Wisconsin, is still festooned more than 5 million votes, Pennsylvania.As of Friday, the “Now things have become held by many young to the statements of the
with the president’s signs. over 72.5 million Americans Trump campaign was 1-14 in so politically polarized in the progressives as well. Trump campaign.
But like a number of families voted for President Trump in court, with most judges country,” and that has made
across a country sharply this year’s election – nearly ruling that the cases lack it very difficult to sort And like many in his Trump voters want
divided by politics, their adult 10 million more than the factual evidence to support through the dizzying amount courts to decide
children voted for President- number of those who claims. In fact, the Trump of competing factual claims, generation all across the
elect Joe Biden. vaulted him to victory in campaign lawyers have says Mr. Marshall, a self- Yet in many ways, Mr.
2016. And according to a acknowledged in court in described “news junkie” who political spectrum, Mr. Sponaugle and other
Their political differences Politico/Morning Consult two states that they are not watches NBC News and Republican voters say they
with their children aren’t survey of registered voters alleging voter fraud – let sometimes tunes in to CBS Sponaugle, who’s studying simply want to allow the
simply a matter of on Nov. 6-9, some 70% of alone widespread voter and Fox. “It bothers me that president’s claims of voter
contrasting values, she and Republicans, in varying fraud, as the president there’s no place I can watch politics and finance, has fraud to be examined in the
her husband say. They are degrees, do not believe the claims. the news and find someone nation’s courts. “As of right
also about the fundamental 2020 election was free and who has no agenda.” embraced the wide diversity now, nothing’s finalized,” says
facts they believe to be true fair. Moderate Republican Mr. Sponaugle. “I think it
– like the claims of officials – such as Sens. Susan Jason Sponaugle, a junior of news sources easily remains to be seen whether
widespread voter fraud the That’s in contrast with the Collins, Mitt Romney, Ben at the University of or not President Trump lost
president continues to Trump administration itself, Sasse, and Govs. Charlie Cincinnati and president of available online, and he says this election, and that’s
allege. with its Cybersecurity and Baker, Mike DeWine, and its chapter of College something we’ll find out as
Infrastructure Security Larry Hogan – have already Republicans, says he has no he tries to go straight to the
“They think we have Agency releasing a statement congratulated President- see ELECTION on page 6
misinformation,” says Ms. Thursday calling the Nov. 3 elect Biden on his projected source as often as possible,
Ring, who, like her husband, election “the most secure in Electoral College victory and
have been loyal watchers of American history.” “There is record-setting popular vote. seeking the statements and
Fox News for years.“We say no evidence that any voting And many Republican voters
they’re misinformed,” she system deleted or lost votes, like William Marshall say they websites candidates
says, noting that their grown- changed votes or was in any do not necessarily believe
up kids watch MSNBC and way compromised,” it the president’s themselves publish online,
listen to podcasts. continued, adding that while unsubstantiated claims of
there were “many unfounded voter fraud. and piecing together his
“That’s what we get for claims and opportunities for
sending them to college!” misinformation,” voters Sitting behind a plexiglass understanding of the news
Mr. Ring jokes. But Ms. Ring should turn to election barrier at a rest area on
has the last word. “They’re officials for answers. Interstate 94 near Kenosha, through a variety of outlets.
wonderful human beings,” where he cheerfully helps
she says. “We just don’t Media silos and echo guide travelers to their
agree.” chambers destinations, Mr. Marshall
says he’s not surprised
But the Rings’ loyalty to For over a decade, many
the president sent a sudden political observers have 091720
jolt through the trust they’ve expressed growing concern
put into their favored news not only with the country’s
source. On election night, alarmingly stark political
Fox News was the first to divisions, but also the
project Mr. Biden the winner phenomenon of “media
of Arizona, just before silos” and “echo chambers”
President Trump was that have only seemed to
reportedly preparing to reinforce them, isolating
declare victory. Americans from each other,
creating two virtual worlds
“I’ll never listen to the of competing fact claims and
mainstream media again,” casual dismissals of the other
says Mr. Ring, sitting at his side’s “fake news.”
dining room table with his
wife and granddaughter.“And “What we’re seeing is a
I’ll never listen to Fox again,” widespread lack of trust in
he says, though he adds he’ll the news media and
still watch Tucker Carlson, established institutions,
one of President Trump’s which is leading to a
most steadfast defenders. rejection of factual
“He’s one of us.” information and, beyond
that, standards of evidence,”
Such implicit trust and says Katlyn Carter, professor
loyalty, as well as the jubilant of history at the University
sense of identity the of Notre Dame in Indiana.
president often inspires, has
been one of the most “It’s a very dangerous
enduring features of the
polarizing presidency of

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Spawned by the pandemic,
digital nomads are redefining ‘home’

In February, Marc Fischer to Jackson Hole, Wyoming; surge of new people. Rents Marc Fischer and Caroline Berezina pose at Rainbow Curve in Rocky Mountain National Park
heard worrying information Whitefish, Montana; and in previously booming cities, in Colorado in July. “We have covered 3,000 miles of distance since June.There’s no reason to
from his business contacts at rural Idaho. He makes sure such as San Francisco, have
the country’s top medical each home has fast internet, plummeted as residents go stop living this lifestyle. ... All I need to operate my business is Wi-Fi and my laptop.”
schools.There could soon be is within an hour of a elsewhere with their newly
a pandemic disrupting the national park, and within a remote jobs. Short-term
United States, he recalls half-hour of grocery stores. housing companies say they
being told, and life was about And he doesn’t see any have seen a dramatic growth
to change dramatically. reason to settle in one place in people looking to
– at least not now. relocate. And according to
Mr. Fischer, the co-founder research conducted this year
and chief executive officer of “It’s been a very peaceful by MBO Partners, a business
Dogtown Media, a mobile lifestyle,” he says. “It’s very services company, some 10.9
app development company, freeing. ... Technically, I’m million Americans – 49%
decided that he needed to homeless. Yet I can have my more than last year – now
react quickly. First, he called home anyplace.” describe themselves as
his employees and told them “digital nomads,” people
that he was shutting down Mr. Fischer is the first to moving from location to
Dogtown’s Los Angeles acknowledge that his location, unattached to a
office, and that everyone situation is privileged – he physical workplace. Another
should work remotely for has the finances and 19 million say they want to
the foreseeable future. flexibility to move from one become digital nomads
well-situated rental house to within the next two years.
Then he went to Airbnb another. But he is far from
and booked a remote ranch alone when it comes to “We are in a transition the challenges and life that would be totally The shift to remote work
house near Joshua Tree people reimagining what it is moment where our spaces inequalities that may follow. mobile. in the U.S. has been dramatic
National Park in the to be “at home” during the and our time and our roles and sudden. Nearly half of
Southern California desert. pandemic, and not even are in flux,” says Michelle *** That was four months ago. the workforce is still entirely
He and his girlfriend, particularly unique when it Janning, professor and chair Since then they have lived in out of the office, according
Caroline Berezina, moved to comes to those adopting of sociology at Whitman The only reason Wes Todd their new 40-foot RV, driving to researchers. But there are
the house in March.And they transient lifestyles. College in Walla Walla, and his wife, Megan, lived in across the country with clear socioeconomic divides
haven’t been home since – at Washington. “People are San Jose, California, was stops in Dallas; Santa Fe, reflected in who gets to
least not if “home” means This summer, the Pew challenging the way things because of his office. Mr. New Mexico; Colorado work at home.
the pricey Marina del Rey Research Center found that were.” Todd is a software engineer, Springs, Colorado; and
apartment they shared nearly a fifth of American and before the pandemic he eventually the East Coast. Philip Cohen, a sociology
before the pandemic. adults either moved because Although still a tiny group, went to work every day. Ms. They have stayed away from professor at the University
Instead, after three months of the pandemic or knew Todd ran her own business crowds, but have deepened of Maryland, has been
amid the pinyon pine and someone who did. A recent these new nomads are from home, sewing and their connections with those studying this, and he says the
magical rock formations of survey conducted by the selling children’s clothes, and they know best, visiting data are stark. “There is a
the high desert, Mr. Fischer AceableAgent real estate emblematic of larger, also took care of the people they weren’t very straight class hierarchy,”
returned to Los Angeles group found that 23% of couple’s bubbly, 20-month- otherwise able to see Dr. Cohen says. “The higher-
briefly, gave the keys back to respondents had decided to pandemic-era forces shaking old daughter. because of pandemic-related paid white-collar job people
his landlord, transferred his move within the next six travel restrictions. are working from home.”
furniture into a storage unit, months. Some of this is a up American domestic life. Neither had relatives in
and, as he puts it, “took off result of economic trauma, the area, and while they had Mr. Todd still works his 9- Dr. Cohen has also found
on the open road.” as those facing Once a fairly niche some nice acquaintances, to-5 job, but at a standing an educational and racial
unemployment look for less neither felt particularly desk he sets up outside the breakdown. Workers still
“We’ve been going strong expensive housing. But there community of primarily attached to the city. They trailer, connecting to the physically tied to their
ever since,” he says. “We is also a large group that is mused sometimes about internet through his workplace are, on the whole,
have covered 3,000 miles of deciding, for a host of millennial and Generation Z what it would be like to have cellphone. They expect to less educated and less white
distance since June.” reasons, that the way and a more mobile lifestyle. Mr. continue this way for at least than the group that is
place they live should workers, often in the gig Todd had even brought up another year or two, working remotely. They are
In recent months, Mr. change. the idea of traveling around assuming Mr. Todd’s work also more likely to lose – or
Fischer has lived in a home economy and jetting the country in a recreational remains remote. have lost – their jobs.
overlooking the mountains Rural states that early on vehicle. But those were
in Taos, New Mexico. He were perceived as “COVID- between low-cost fleeting thoughts, ideas Chris Gifford, operations He sees another divide as
stayed for a month in the 19 safe,” such as Vermont quickly suppressed amid the director of Ready.Set.Van., a well. Although some families
Colorado Rockies. He went and Montana, are seeing a international destinations, reality of everyday life and new company that advertises are newly connecting with
routine. “super comfortable, highly neighbors during the
digital nomads are now functional off-grid adventure pandemic, he says many
Then, with the pandemic, vans,” says he has white-collar remote workers
becoming part of Mr. Todd’s office shut down. encountered couples with are continuing to build lives
His work shifted entirely to similar stories. that are relatively
mainstream culture, home. For two months, the disconnected from a
family sheltered in place, Business has exploded particular place. He calls this
according to Dr. Janning. walking around the same during the pandemic as a “translocation identity,” in
neighborhood block day families look for new ways to which switching cities or
Their peripatetic lifestyle after day. Finally, one vacation. But he also neighborhoods has little
shows a lot about the way weekend, Mr. Todd recalls, estimates that around 1 of impact on their friends,
Americans are fundamentally they turned on a television every 8 vans he sells is going media consumption, distance
rethinking their sense of nature show and started to a customer planning a from family members, and
work and home – and about watching gorgeous drone more nomadic lifestyle. social causes. Their sense of
footage of the California neighborhood isn’t tied up in
“Even before coronavirus, remote workers have reported loneliness as one of their top coast. They realized how “We’ve seen a huge uptick a physical neighborhood.
problems. ... Now with the lockdown it’s so much worse.” – Taige Zhang, creator of a dating much they missed traveling. in ... people who live normal They are – and can be –
lives but who spend three to more mobile.
app aimed at remote workers, standing by Dyce Head Lighthouse near Castine, Maine “We were like, ‘Hey, what six months out of the year
are we doing here?’” he driving around the country “People are living in their
4 SMART READER November 19, 2020 recalls.Two weeks later they because their workplaces communities in very
bought a truck and trailer, now allow it,” Mr. Gifford different ways,” he says.
gave their landlord notice, says.
and started planning a new story continues on next page
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Digital nomads

continued from previous page the people they surround community and home.
themselves with, their rituals
This virtual neighborhood, and routines – and these can Since the beginning of the
which has only increased be taken anywhere.” pandemic, Vermont and
during the pandemic, was other rural states have seen
already a hallmark of digital Yet according to Dr. an influx of new residents.
nomad existence, says Thompson’s research, digital Some newcomers are
Beverly Thompson, a nomads express high levels moving into second homes,
sociology professor at Siena of loneliness – despite the hoping to wait out the
College in New York who is Instagram photos that would pandemic away from denser
writing a book about digital suggest otherwise. That’s areas considered more
nomads. something researchers are dangerous. Others are taking
starting to find among the opportunity to
Although transient pandemic remote workers, experience a beautiful
as well, particularly younger landscape and more pastoral
workers ostensibly focus workers who do not have lifestyle.
spouses or children.
their lives around travel and But Richard Watts,
The isolation of modern director of the Center for
around new destinations, Dr. remote work is what Research on Vermont at the
motivated Taige Zhang to University of Vermont, sees
Thompson argues that create Fairytrail, a dating app another reason for the
geared toward remote migration.
location has always been workers. A millennial who
has lived in multiple “There’s a sense of
primarily a backdrop for a countries himself, Mr. Zhang community here, and they’re Elise Willer and her husband, Justin Will, holding their 8-week-old daughter, Isabelle, walk down
says that finding ways to looking for community,” he the road in front of their home in rural Vermont in late October.
fairly uniform culture. In her authentically connect with says.
others within the context of
research, she found that a mobile lifestyle is key. Dr. Watts has been
studying Vermont’s new
nomads typically socialize Mr. Zhang designed telecommuting residents, Justin Will and his wife, Elise the two decided it would be hiking backpack.
Fairytrail to work differently asking both what drew them best to return to the U.S.
with each other, don’t learn from typical dating apps. to the state initially and what Willer. Before the pandemic, And they chose to make the “When you move around
Rather than a subscription might make them stay. Vershire house their home. a lot – so really, anyone with
local languages when model, which critics say Vermont’s level of the two considered a nomadic lifestyle – you
motivates companies to community engagement, “We had joked about it don’t really become part of a
traveling abroad, and are tempt users with endless with its town meetings and themselves digital nomads. being our zombie apocalypse community,” Mr.Will says.
potential matches to keep high levels of local house,” Mr. Will says. “It
rarely “part” of a place they them on the app, Fairytrail volunteerism, regularly Mr. Will is an entrepreneur became our pandemic That doesn’t mean that his
charges one entrance fee. turned up as an attraction. house.” family is ready to commit to
visit. Mr. Zhang says his goal is to who runs his own company, Vershire forever. They
make it possible for a “They said they could be They were struck appreciate the slower,
“They don’t think of worker in any city to find anywhere, but they wanted Inspired Coffee Merchants, immediately by the friendly, deeper nature of this way of
themselves as tourists,” she real connection with a to have a place that’s home,” local nature of their new living, but see it as something
says. “They think they’re potential partner anywhere Dr.Watts says. and Ms. Willer is a mediator community. They received a they could replicate – if they
more sophisticated than that in the world. personal call from a wanted.
– that this isn’t vacation, this This was certainly true for and conflict management representative of the state’s
is their life. But they act As for himself, he left his health department when “Home is always going to
exactly like tourists.” San Francisco apartment consultant. They had they moved in – just to be an abstract concept for a
when his lease ended in June. check in on them. They have nomad,” Mr.Will says. “But it
He moved temporarily purchased a house in signed up to get food from a feels more home than the
outside Philadelphia to join community-supported places we’ve gone for a
his girlfriend, who also works Vershire, Vermont agricultural group. They have couple weeks or a couple
remotely. They don’t know had a baby daughter, Isabelle, months.”
where they will go next. It’s (population 743), early last who is getting used to a
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Don't celebrate yet on something you can used to offset costs of
control: open enrollment medical care after nation's health care plan for
season for health coverage! I retirement. The maximum
hear you groaning, but this is contribution for 2021 is those over age 65 and runs
your not-so-gentle nudge to $3,600 for an individual and
pay attention, because there $7,200 for a family. Those through December 7th.
is serious money on the line. who are over age 55 can
Prior to the government's though the number was For the 157 million make an extra $1,000 Because insurance
release of its first estimate of impressive, it was not Americans who receive their contribution.
economic growth (GDP) for "enough to get us out of the health insurance benefits companies often change
the third quarter, the hole we are still in due to through their employers, Amid COVID-19, the IRS
consensus was that it was COVID," according to Diane workers will shell out $5,588 has made changes to some what they cover from year
going to be a doozie--and for Swonk, Chief Economist at for family coverage ($1,243 HDHP rules.The CARES Act
a change, a good one, which Grant Thornton. The Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS for single), not including provides "flexibility for to year and/or your health
would be a welcome relief economy remains about News business analyst. A deductibles, according to the health care spending that
from the first half of the year. 3.5% below its pre-pandemic former options trader and CIO annual Kaiser Family may be helpful." Specifically, or regular medications also
The COVID-19 shut down level. of an investment advisory firm, Foundation survey. HDHP's temporarily (from
caused second quarter she welcomes comments and January 1, 2020 through may have changes, all
output to plunge at a 31.4% To get started, review December 31, 2021) can
annualized pace (9% on the questions at your existing coverage, what cover telehealth and other enrollees (maybe with the
quarter), which followed a [email protected]. Check you spent this past year; and remote care services
5% drop (1.3% for the then try to project what without a deductible, or with help of family or friends)
quarter) in the first quarter. her website at your health care costs will a deductible below the
www.jillonmoney.com be in 2021 - that may sound minimum annual deductible should review and
The sudden stop in crazy amid a health otherwise required by law.
national output caused the Jill Schlesinger joins pandemic, but do your best. potentially update their
U.S. economy to enter a Happenings Q&A on Then compare available In addition to HDHPs,
recession in February, Part of the problem is that Wed. December 16th at plans to see what they many companies also offer coverage. Go to the
according to the Business the report already feels stale 12:30 on AM1050 WLIP. cover; how much they cost, Flexible Spending Accounts
Cycle Dating Committee of because data released over including co-pays and (FSAs), which allow you to Medicare Plan Finder to
the National Bureau of the past couple of weeks deductibles; and whether set aside $2,750 pre-tax in
Economic Research, the suggests that the pace of your doctors are in the 2021 to help pay for compare plans and select
organization responsible for recovery is losing some of its network. Don't forget to unreimbursed medical
declaring the beginning and Q3 steam. Estimates for the factor in regular medications expenses. Some FSA's can be what is right for you.
end of recessions. current quarter range from that you take and make sure "use-it-or-lose it," which
about 4 - 5% growth--that's of output lost from the that the plan covers them. means you have to incur AFFORDABLE CARE
In fact, the pandemic good, but not enough to pandemic and the IMF eligible expenses by the end ACT (ACA): The 2021 ACA
recession marked the end of recoup the losses that the projects that the U.S. You may want to consider of the plan year or forfeit Open Enrollment Period has
big run for the US economy. country has absorbed. For economy will contract by a High Deductible Health any unspent amounts. started and runs to
The expansion began in June the US to achieve what 4.4% for the full year. Plan (HDHP), which offers Employers may, if they December 15. However, if
2009 and lasted 128 months, China has achieved--that is, lower premiums and is choose, allow you to carry you lose your job-based
the longest in the history of to almost fully return to the Despite national paired with tax-advantaged over up to $550 of unused benefits, whether due to
U.S. business cycles dating pre-COVID pace of Health Savings Accounts FSA funds to the following COVID-19 or other
back to 1854. Now the big economic growth, the governments injecting close (HSAs). If you're generally plan year, but some of those reasons, you may qualify for
question that looms: is the government needs to better healthy and want to save for rules have been loosened a Special Enrollment Period.
recession over? As stay-at- control the health pandemic to $12 trillion into their local future health care expenses, due to the pandemic, so Additionally, if your income
home orders were lifted and also needs to provide the HDHP/HSA may be an check with your HR has dropped, don't forget to
throughout the third more money to stimulate economies and their central attractive choice. Or if department. update your ACA application
quarter, activity bounced growth and help those who - doing so may allow you to
higher - by 33.1% on an are suffering. banks cutting rates and qualify for federal tax
annualized basis, which credits. If you are having
equates to a quarterly rate making asset purchases, the problems paying for
of 7.4%. It was the strongest premiums because of a
quarterly growth since IMF says there needs to be hardship due to COVID-19,
World War II (the previous ask your insurance company
record was 16.7% annualized The virus does not have a more action, including: to extend premium payment
in the first quarter of 1950). deadlines or ask that they
view on our collective greater international delay terminating your
In our lizard brains, we coverage if you can't pay
may think "30 down, 30 up-- mitigation fatigue--it collaboration in developing your premiums. For more
all's good, right?" Not so fast. information about COVID-
The third quarter gains came continues to ravage the tests, treatments and related changes to the ACA,
off of a smaller base, so even go to
globe. In its most recent vaccines; more direct healthcare.gov/coronavirus.

assessment of the worldwide government help for

impact of COVID-19, the workers and businesses; and

International Monetary Fund worker retraining and

(IMF) notes that the health reskilling.

and economic crisis is "far "The next six months will
be crucial," according to
from over. Employment Swonk. "The economy could By Jill Schlesinger
easily stagnate or worse in
remains well below pre- the fourth and first quarters Election demonstrated extreme bias
if Congress fails to deliver. against conservative views.
pandemic levels and the What was hoped would be a
short-term shock could So he recently set up an
labor market has become metastasize into a more account on Parler, a social
traditional and long lasting media site that does not
more polarized with low- recession." continued from page 2 set of facts, and the block or censor any user
tremendous amount of faith information – which has
income workers, youth, and the legal process plays on.” tens of millions of Americans made it a source of wild
place in President Trump conspiracy theories and anti-
women being harder hit." Indeed, there is a silver over traditional and Semitic views, critics say.
lining to the number of nontraditional news sources.
While growth has improved lawsuits the Trump campaign Nathan Ireland, a
has filed in state and federal construction foreman and
from the dire worries in the courts, given the profound Trump voter who lives in
lack of trust many voters Springfield Township in Ohio,
spring, the world economy express toward the nation’s is also considering switching
mainstream news outlets. to Parler to get his news,
has clawed back about 60% believing the reporting on
“Elections as an institution Fox News during the
need to be viewed as Stepping into Parler election “raised some red
legitimate, which in our case flags” as it cast doubt on the
means free, fair, frequent, and Older Republican voters president’s claims.
transparent,” says Gayle
Alberda, professor of politics like Ms. and Mr. Ring in “People stick to what they
at Fairfield University in know, who they think they
Connecticut. “But we also Wisconsin – who are even can trust,” says Mr. Ireland.
need the ability for any “It’s all about who you trust,
candidate, whether you’re skeptical of sources like Fox which, right now it’s hard to
the winner or the loser, to figure out who that is.”
have an avenue to protest News – are turning to
the results.” By Harry Bruinius, Nick
alternative and more deeply Roll, & Richard Mertens
But there remains the
wider problem, many partisan sources such as the
scholars say, of the country’s
massive media ecosystem One America News
unmoored from a common
Network, Newsmax,

Gateway Pundit, and other

sources many say are

uncritically friendly to

President Trump.

And as Twitter and
Facebook have incorporated
more aggressive fact-
checking policies and
warning labels on many of
President Trump’s posted
claims, Mr. Sponaugle
believes these in fact have

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my turn into American culture, they

often choose to distance

from newer immigrants,

even if they are arriving

from a nation that is their

family’s country of origin as

Latinos for well. For some, the very

idea of being tied to, or

Donald Trump is even metaphorically

Readers can reach Mary associated with the newer
Sanchez at
the story of arrivals draws disdain.A low
[email protected]
and follow her on Twitter self-esteem is involved and
@msanchezcolumn.
assimilation the need to think of oneself
Mary Sanchez joins
Happenings Q&A on as better is at play.
Thu. December 3rd at
AJewish friend, truly puzzled over these voters. 1:30 on AM1050 WLIP. Trump doubles down on
perplexed, asked this about Latino MAGA followers this with his negative
Latinos who voted for helped keep Texas red and We’re a nation that has portrayals of Latino
Donald Trump: “Isn’t that handed Trump the 29 long swallowed those who immigrants and constant
like a Jew voting for Hitler?” electoral votes of Florida. migrate, insisting that they talk about the relative few
twist and bend to pass who commit violent crimes.
Maybe not quite that Much of this has been shifting and nebulous tests
scandalous or life- widely discussed in the days of what it means to be “a Lumped together as a Latino vote, by about a two These explanations
threatening. following the election as if good American.” voting bloc, Latinos formed to one margin. But Trump follow a logical path.
it’s new information, to the the second-largest received more Latino
But her basic query is chagrin of journalists So much is lost under the distinctive group this support this go-round, 32% What’s more difficult are
widely shared. It’s based who’ve been writing of the mandate to assimilate. It’s election cycle. Yet all of to his previous 28% in 2016. the less tangible factors.The
largely on Trump’s heinous distinctions for years. not just Maria becomes them, especially the Trump ones that speak to how
anti-immigrant screeds. His Mary or the fact that by the voters, vary widely. In polling, immigration is immigrants carve a place in
callouts to cast migrants as And yet, for all of the second generation, the never the top Latino issue. U.S. society, adopting a
thieves, rapists and murders ability to speak English and They’re Cuban- Education, jobs and stronger sense of
and relentless bluster about informed dialogue Spanish fluently has healthcare consistently individualism and less of the
building a wall at the decimated to Spanglish, at Americans attuned to the draw a higher focus. familial.
southern border. differentiating the many best.
trauma of socialism who Many Latinos heard And yet, the irony is that
She’s also primarily citizens under the broad The fact that people meld Trump and found him so many non-Latinos stil
thinking mostly of into this country aligns with bought into GOP efforts to vulgar, offensive and a wondered why Latinos
immigrants from Mexico, umbrella of Latino, the most the fact that migration is consummate liar. But weren’t the first in line to
Honduras and Guatemala inherently a loss, a severing paint Joe Biden as a radical they’ve done well financially vote heavily against Trump
and she’s assuming a pertinent reason that the of place. in America — lived the to stand up for their
cultural bond with others purveyor of leftist dream, so to speak. brethren against his
originating from Spanish- Latino voter block wasn’t As people are absorbed Especially if they’ve been horrible policies.
speaking countries. The governments. They’re U.S. here for generations.
reality is no bond exists, or predictable has been They’re just as capable as The honest answer is
when it does, it’s fragile. citizens of Venezuelan anyone of voting by that too many have already
missed. pocketbook, fearing new found ways to turn away
Likewise, pundits and background who watched tax policies under from those concerns. They
newsmakers who should And that is the impact of president-elect Joe Biden. have assimilated as America
have known better also the U.S. itself. It’s not only their country descend into demands.
the political traditions from
where Latinos originate a cashless economy. And
that matter, but it’s also
what North America asks they’re Evangelical Latinos
of them once they arrive.
whom Trump courted with

religious-themed overtures.

The United States can be The GOP worked for
a cruel host to immigrants. those votes.The Democrats
did not. Biden-Harris ticket
still won the majority of the

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my turn

Two presidents, Harlan Ullman is UPI's
two pandemics Arnaud de Borchgrave
Distinguished Columnist, a
This column began as a denial. Wilson refused to senior adviser at the Atlantic
comparison of two acknowledge the Spanish Council and author of the
presidents, Woodrow Flu pandemic. And possibly upcoming book, "The Fifth
Wilson and Donald Trump, as an after effect, suffered a Horseman:To Be Feared,
a century apart, who were debilitating stroke so that Friended or Fought in a
confront with two for the last year of his term,
pandemics: the Spanish Flu the nation was effectively MAD-Driven Age."
of 1918-1920 and operating without a
Corona/Covid-19 of 2020. president. Harlan Ullman joins
The first came at the end of Happenings Q&A on
World War I at a time of President Trump also was Thu., December 3rd at
great disruption and civil 2:30 on AM1050 WLIP.
unrest in America with in denial. He chose to called "Joe" or "Mitch?" Mitch: I know, you make Mitch: I understand your
massive arrests under the push the envelope. The some good points. And my concerns. This has not
Sedition and Insurrection downplay the seriousness Imaginary Niece (IN) had a Me: Yes, I think so. And I side of the aisle, depending gone unnoticed up here. I
Acts used to repress all talent for intercepting assume you taped the on how the January run-offs am glad this conversation is
forms of dissent. By the of the virus so as not to encrypted cell phone calls conversation that you had in Georgia go and who encrypted so how do I put
time the Spanish Flu in order to decode them. decoded? controls the Senate, I think this delicately just in case?
dissipated, nearly 700,000 "alarm" the public. During Warned by the National realize we need to work There are hints, I guess, is
out of 106 million Security Agency that this IN:Yes. Would you like to together. I promise my aim the best way to express it,
Americans died. the presidential campaign, type of intrusion, could be hear it? is not to make you a one- that in our cloak room,
considered, illegal, I easily term president. some senators have implied
Thus far nearly eleven he repeated claimed that imagined her calling me for Me: (Reluctantly) Yes. or inferred that even with
million Americans have advice. Joe: I appreciate that. nine weeks to the
been infected and a quarter we were "turning the She then replayed the cell But the problem may go a inauguration, the 25th
of a million have died. Imaginary Niece (IN): I phone conversation she lot deeper. Some on my is....well not to be ignored.
corner" even though think I went a little too far "inadvertently" had tapped Corona task force with
The column and into cyberspace. I was and taped. expertise in studying the IN: (breaking in and
comparison of the two record levels of infections monitoring the Internet and long-term effects of Covid ending the tape) What is
presidents ended abruptly inadvertently came across a Joe: Mitch, I know you on patients have brought the 25th?
with a thought experiment and hospitalizations were cell phone conversation. It have to support the guy at this to my attention.
derived by inventing an was encrypted 1600 Pennsylvania. But I Me:The 25th Amendment
imaginary eleven-year niece being surpassed every day. and my staff are very Mitch: Yes
with certain skills in cyber Me: Oh. And you didn't concerned about his, well, IN: What is that about?
space that occasionally And although given a stop there did you? latest actions. Firing the Joe: And there is further
landed her in trouble. Secretary of Defense and concern that the effect of ME: Presidential
maximum monthly IN: No. Apple thinks it is installing people with no experimental Covid drugs incapacitation
Both Wilson and Trump so smart that its cell phone experience on a acting basis on patients, likewise can
had a great deal in production rate of 25-30 encryption cannot be is reckless. What about a have long term and often IN: OH
common. Both were broken. Well, I can and I crisis? Or what about the deleterious physical and
infected by their respective million doses, with two did. Do you know anyone nuclear codes? And now even mental consequences. Me: Oh is correct.
pandemics,Wilson far more that he has Giuliani engaged It is not difficult to observe
seriously. Both were in doses required for over in over turning the election signs of disorientation in The thought experiment
in a scorched earth the White House. abruptly ended. And the
300 million Americans, it campaign, how does this reader must be reminded
end? this was all imagined.
could two years to

complete the vaccination

program. And, so far, the

president, despite failed

legal attempts to reverse

the election results, the

president has not accepted

the results of the election

won by Joe Biden.

Given these comparisons
between Wilson and Trump,
it was not difficult for a
thought experiment to

Bipolar America be anti-Israel, as some they claimed Hillary Clinton approval of Democrats and
believe Obama was? Will should have won based on their media acolytes,
If Joe Biden survives Biden reportedly plans to Biden undermine peace the popular vote and Republicans must lose
recounts and several issue a slew of executive agreements brokered by mounted a four-year elections and forfeit their
lawsuits filed by the Trump orders, reversing those by Trump between Israel and political assault against the principles.
campaign into what Trump President Trump. It is his three Arab/Muslim states? president.
says has been widespread right to do so, but how Was Trump’s impeachment The mystery is why so
vote-counting fraud (we does that promote healing by Nancy Pelosi’s House a Biden’s bromides sound
await proof), do not expect and unity? For Democrats, contribution to healing and comforting, but Democrats many Americans vote for
him to be hounded over his healing and unity often unity? do not practice what they
and Hunter Biden’s business means bowing to their preach. Republicans in one election
ties to China and Ukraine policy wishes. It never The Biden economic plan
as President Trump has seems to work in reverse. includes tax increases and “We may be opponents, and Democrats the next.
been over “Russian more spending. Biden also but we are not enemies.
collusion” charges and Does Biden have a Readers may email Cal said, “the purpose of our We’re Americans,” he said. Too many it seems vote
numerous other attempts mandate on COVID? Thomas at politics isn’t total, No credit to Abraham
by Democrats, the left and Would Americans, including unrelenting, unending Lincoln. An earlier mainly on personality and
the media to undermine his businesses owners, accept a [email protected]. warfare.” You wouldn’t comment that we are not
administration. national lockdown that Look for Cal Thomas’ new know it from the way “red or blue states, but the superficialities, not
could cripple the economy? book “America’s Expiration Democrats behave, starting United States” was taken
In a Hill-HarrisX survey Date:The Fall of Empires and with their slander of from President Obama. substantive policies.
conducted in July, 53 Superpowers and the Future Robert Bork during his
In an address to the percent of registered voters hearing to become a justice Trump critics planned to It was the media’s job to
approved of President of the United States” of the Supreme Court — impeach him before he was dig under the superficial
nation last Saturday, Trump’s job on economy, ditto Brett Kavanaugh — inaugurated and publicly and reveal the true Joe
which, despite COVID, is registered voters believed through the presidential said so. Biden (and Kamala Harris,
President-Elect Biden recovering, albeit unevenly.” they were better off under election of 2000, which who could likely become
A September Gallup poll Trump than under the many Democrats then and Biden says he wants to president sooner than
claimed he has been given a found that 56 percent of Obama-Biden now claim illegitimately bring us together? On later).They failed, becoming
administration. elected George W. Bush, to which issues would he be an extension of the
“mandate for action on the 2016 election when willing to compromise and Democratic Party and anti-
What about open find common ground with Trumpers. If Biden’s policies
COVID, the economy, borders and lifting the ban Republicans? To win the fail don’t expect Democrats
on immigrants from nations to admit it; they will blame
that have experienced and, Republicans.
in some cases, promoted
climate change (and) terrorism? Does Biden have Meanwhile we are a
a mandate for that? Will he bipolar nation, unlikely to
systemic racism.” He called unify.

for healing and unity.

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social security
and you

Social Security and If you have a Social
Women Security question,Tom
Margenau has the answer.
I really don't have any about to turn 66. I'm still for spousal benefits can be benefit because it pays because my own benefit is
way of knowing this, but I'm working. I'm planning to file Contact him at as low as about 33% if they more than her $1,800 more than half of his. But I
guessing the majority of my for my own slightly higher thomas.margenau@comcast. are taken at age 62. widow's rate. think I should get both. I
readers are women. And retirement benefits and let net.To find out more about worked most of my life, but
that guess is based on the the widows benefits Tom Margenau and to read Q: My husband died last Q: How come women I also was a wife. So, I
fact that I get far more continue to grow at 8% per year, but my benefit never can't get Social Security should get my own benefit
emails from women than year and file for those at 70. past columns and see changed. (Mine was always disability benefits? I'm 60 and a spousal benefit!
from men. Today's column Is that a good plan? features from other Creators slightly more than his.) But I years old and have
has questions covering a know lots of widows who fibromyalgia and other A: As a general rule,
variety of topics from some A: It's a bad plan. In fact, Syndicate writers and tell me they are getting medical problems. When I whenever you are due two
of my female fans. it's an unworkable plan.The cartoonists, visit the Creators both their own Social called to apply for Social benefits, you don't get both.
8% per year benefit growth Security and widows Security disability benefits, I You only get the one that
Q: I just turned 62 and only applies to retirement Syndicate website at benefits from their was told I didn't work pays the higher rate. So
am not working. My benefits. Except for annual www.creators.com. husband.Why is that? enough. But I worked for that's why you just get your
husband was a mental cost-of-living adjustments, about 20 years before and own retirement benefits.
abuser throughout our widows benefits do not Tom Margenau joins A: The women who get shortly after I got married.
marriage. Now that we are increase after full Happenings Q&A on Social Security from their Then I stopped working to And if you think you
divorced, he says I will retirement age. So, you Wednesday, Dec. 2nd at own account and their raise my kids. So, isn't 20 should get both your own
never be able to get any of need to do just the 12:30 on AM1050 WLIP. husband's account are years enough time to get Social Security AND a
his Social Security because opposite of what you are women who have a very Social Security? spousal benefit on your
he knows a way around the planning. You should file for and his first wife started small Social Security check husband's record, then
laws. Is there anything he widows benefits now, and at getting whatever she was on their own. But if a A: It's enough time to get wouldn't you agree that
can do to keep me from 70, switch to 132% of your due. And now that she's woman's own Social Social Security retirement everyone should be treated
getting part of his Social own retirement benefit. died, her benefit just stops, Security is more than her benefits, which you will be the same? So, can I get my
Security? and nothing changes for husband's rate, she will only eligible for at age 62. But own Social Security check
Q: When my husband you. get her own. Here is a quick there are special rules for and a spousal benefit on my
A: Gosh, what a jerk! died, I got half of his Social example of how that works. disability benefits that say wife's record? After all, I
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absolutely nothing he can got the other half. Now she that a wife gets half of her Mary's own Social paid Social Security taxes in I was also a husband. For
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wives benefits on his between about 70% and most common question I widow's level. apply to women and men. who has ever been married
account. If you feel inclined 100%, depending on her age his or her own benefit
to give Mr.Wonderful some at the time she files for get from women. The 50% Jane's own Social Security Q: I get my own Social AND a spousal benefit, the
good news, tell him that if widows benefits. Also, two benefit is $2,400 per Security check. They say I system would go belly up in
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books ‘The Russian Pink’ offers jewels,
thrills, and sneaky characters

Giving thanks for the People, much like crows, Pink” reads like a well-
10 best books of are attracted to bright and written thriller. But it’s
November shiny objects. The when Hart describes
difference between the two diamonds that he is at his
“There is no Frigate like a Book / To take us Lands away,” is that the crow won’t hurt best. “Light found its way
Emily Dickinson’s poem begins. This is especially true this you to get at a pretty into it through cracks, and
month, when our 10 picks include a Japanese crime novel, bauble. People? Well, the the crystal fed on the light,
a book of cartoons by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss, and a characters in Matthew magnifying it and driving it
true story of intrigue involving fossil hunters in Africa. Hart’s new thriller The back out,” he writes of the
Russian Pink will lie, cheat, moment when the mud-
1. Prefecture D by and kill to get their hands caked pink diamond is first
Hideo Yokoyama on precious gems, proving, pulled from the sea. Later
as Hart warns, that “All in the novel, when Turner
Before becoming a diamonds are blood and Slav Lily try to dupe
diamonds.” someone, she wears a black
mystery novelist, Hideo Balenciaga dress and a ring
The story begins in with a “twenty-carat, top-
Yokoyama worked as an Angola, when a large, color white in an emerald
grapefruit-sized, pink cut.” Later, she plays with
investigative reporter in diamond – the eponymous the diamond on her finger,
gem – is pulled from the drawing attention to it so
Gunma prefecture on ocean floor. Murder quickly that the stone is
ensues, then a little fleecing remembered instead of her
Japan’s Honshu island. His by a diamond merchant face.
before the real trouble hits:
book, translated by The diamond descends on There are times when
the world market. Hart’s descriptions veer
Jonathan Lloyd-Davies, is Studded with facts about black market diamond trading, this fictional thriller into overblown imagery,
As soon as the Russian has adrenaline rushes, villainous plotters, and glamorous gems galore. which slows the action. He
actually four novellas, each Pink goes up for sale, it is most effective when
draws the attention of a unspooling his brilliant,
an intriguing story U.S. Treasury agent named conniving, complex cast of
Alex Turner, a man who characters. If there is to be
describing the complex used to (double-) deal in She is small, beautiful, and wrote the 2002 nonfiction a sequel, one hopes these
precious gems as a young deadly, and Turner is quite book “Diamond: The characters return and are
relationships and man. Now firmly planted in enamored of both Lily and History of a Cold-Blooded pushed to the forefront. As
early middle age,Turner has her ability to glide through Love Affair,” and “Gold: much as this novel is about
bureaucratic tensions an ex-wife and a teenage the shady world of Russian Inside the Race for the action and adventure, it’s
daughter that make him diamond traders. As with World’s Most Seductive the personalities that keep
within the police force. vulnerable to threats from the most interesting Metal,” which was adapted you reading.
agents, counter-agents, and characters, she has a sad into a National Geographic
"Prefecture D" is an determined politicians. And backstory and enough special. It’s no surprise that By Rochelle O’Gorman
then there is Slav Lily. pizzazz that one can see the information about
excellent introduction to the political and social her, and Turner, show up in gems that he includes in
another thriller. the story is not only
undercurrents that govern Japanese society. Like all good accurate, but fascinating.
Hart, who has long
mysteries, each novella holds the reader in suspense until reported on gold and When Hart delves into
diamonds for publications governmental black ops
the surprising end. ranging from Vanity Fair to maneuvers and under-the-
The London Times, also table deals, “The Russian
2. Irena’s War by James D. Shipman

This deeply impactful novel is based on the true story of
Irena Sendler, a member of the Polish resistance who
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3. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu
Kawaguchi

At a Tokyo cafe, a ghost occupies a certain table – except Q&A with with James Gardner,
when she visits the restroom, allowing tenacious author of ‘The Louvre’
customers to take her seat and venture into the past.The
rules are many, but a few dare: an abandoned lover, a Art critic James Gardner’s “The something very noble about the way, longer regularly buy the great art it
regretful sister, a forgotten wife, a mother and daughter. Louvre:The Many Lives of the World’s
This international bestseller makes its delightful, timely U.S. Most Famous Museum” is an back in 1793, the French revolutionary was able to in the past.
debut, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot. indispensable guide to understanding
how an obscure fortress became the government opened the museum in Q: What advice do you have
4. Inside Story by Martin Amis Western world’s most striking tribute the enlightenment spirit of bringing about visiting the Louvre when it
to the power of art. Mr. Gardner culture to the public. There was a reopens?
Martin Amis delivers a big, thumping autobiographical spoke about the Louvre’s past, mission to instruct the French people
novel bursting with reflections on love, sex, literature, present, and future with Monitor by exposing them – and the world – Apply filter-feeding! Whales just
global politics, parenting, writing, aging, and mortality. correspondent Randy Dotinga. to the greatest visual culture available. float through the ocean with their
Tender tributes to his family, and to three seminal literary Over time, it evolved to become an mouths open. Whatever flows in
influences – Philip Larkin, Saul Bellow, and Christopher Q: What’s behind the museum’s encyclopedic museum. nourishes them. When you first go to
Hitchens – form the core of this protean inside story. Read name? the Louvre, just float through it with
the review here. Q: Would these works of art have your eyes open and don’t look too
That part of Paris was called the the same meaning elsewhere? intently at anything. Let everything
5. The Upswing by Louvre as early as the late ninth
Robert D. Putnam century. No one knows where the The Louvre holds a prestige and enter you. Then go back and look at
name comes from. A lot of people
A leading public think it has something do with wolves standing unlike any other museum. what you like.
who occupied that part of Paris since
intellectual reviews the louvre sounds like louve, a she-wolf, One of the reasons that the “Mona Q: Could the Louvre ever lose its
but there’s no basis for that. It’s nice Lisa” has this iconic status is because place as the world’s top museum?
last 125 years of that the Louvre has not revealed its it exists in the Louvre. If it had been in
most fundamental secret to us. the Prado in Madrid, it would still be a We already have the Hermitage
American history and great painting, but it wouldn’t have this Museum in St. Petersburg and the
Q: Which came first, the museum transcendent eminence. Only the National Gallery museums in London
finds that the polarized concept or the Louvre? Louvre could give it that. and Washington. It’s hard to imagine
that another museum like these would
and divisive Gilded Age It wasn’t first out of the gate since Q: What challenges does the come into existence. It’s not like
museums had existed before the Louvre face after the pandemic? somebody’s going to create a bigger
was followed by a long Louvre. But it’s a specific kind of
museum that no one had thought of
period of increasing before, part of a movement in the
second half of the 1700s toward
equality and creating these great collections that
would bring art to the people.There’s
cooperation. America is,

once again, in the midst It’s a victim of its own success due museum than the Louvre. And even if

of a deeply individualistic to overcrowding that prevents a full someone tried, where would they get

and divisive era, but he appreciation of art like the “Mona the artwork that’s already accounted

concludes that we may Lisa.” Ironically, the museum helped for? It seems that the Louvre will

be poised to move in a produce the almost idolatrous regard probably retain its preeminence far

more generous and in which we hold visual culture. into the future.

promising direction. Another challenge is the price of art. By Randy Dotinga
It’s become so expensive that the
see page 15 for more
Louvre, like most museums, can no
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Cary Grant’s charm was November books
legendary, but his best
character was actually himself continued from page 14

Alfred Hitchcock once of detachment. 6. A Wealth of Pigeons by Harry Bliss and Steve
remarked that likability was Martin
not something actors could Eyman covers Grant’s
fake. According to author films in lavish detail, Witty and wise, the cartoons gathered in this delightful
Scott Eyman, the director sometimes too much detail collection result from the partnership of New Yorker
added that there was “only (at more than 500 pages, cartoonist Harry Bliss and actor-writer Steve Martin.
one actor in the world so the book is at least 50 pages Animal lovers will rejoice at the numerous loquacious
formidably skilled that he longer than it needed to critters featured in the cartoons. Human foibles are also
could fake a charm he did be). Beginning in the late the target of the duo’s gentle but pointed humor.
not in fact possess.” 1930s Grant had an
impressive run of hits 7. Fossil Men by Kermit Pattison
The star Hitchcock had whose highlights include In Scott Eyman’s thorough biography, the actor comes across as a man who
in mind is the subject of “Bringing Up Baby,” “His hid behind his debonair persona, to the detriment of his relationships. In the tumultuous Afar
Eyman’s richly entertaining Girl Friday,” and “The region of Ethiopia, a team of
new biography, Cary Philadelphia Story.” Some of fossil hunters discovers
Grant: A Brilliant his best work was with prehistoric clues that
Disguise. The book offers Hitchcock, who was able to threaten the scientific
ample evidence that many draw out a darker side of e s t a b l i s h m e n t ’s
who knew Grant were the actor in “Suspicion,” understanding of how
convinced his charms were “North by Northwest,” and humans evolved. What
genuine. But Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief.” The two happens next – to the
piercing assessment jibes had a productive and paleontologists, the region,
with Eyman’s thesis that the friendly partnership, despite and the bones that make up
legendary leading man was, the director’s later harsh the mysterious ancestor
even more than most appraisal. dubbed Ardi – is a riveting
Hollywood stars, a pure story of academic, political,
invention. The actor Referring to the actor’s and personal intrigue.
admitted as much himself: public persona, Eyman
“He’s a completely made up describes “the essential 8. The Best of Me by David Sedaris
character and I’m playing a duality of Grant’s character
part.” – ardently pursuing fame David Sedaris’ anthology features 46 of his best essays
while resisting exposure.” and stories curated from nine earlier books. It’s an
Grant was born Archibald This resistance appears to one of his final films, Eyman recalled the wealthy Grant excellent opportunity to view the arc of this American
be just as true of his observes, “An actor’s life is humorist’s development as a writer over 25 years. Stories
Alexander Leach in Bristol, intimate relationships, emotionally perilous, right regularly sticking them with about his family, his longtime partner, his predilection for
which developed a pattern to the end.” the ghoulish, and his take on foreign languages and
England, in 1904, the child of of frenzied pursuit followed the check at restaurants; cultures show off his ability to combine hilarity with heart.
by withdrawal. The actor Grant was aware of two
working-class parents. His was married five times. He rumors that swirled around others spoke of his billing
did not become a father him throughout his life: that
early years were miserable. until late in life. He stopped he was gay and that he was them for laundry and
making films and appeared cheap. He denied both. Of
His alcoholic father had his to derive more pleasure the former, which centered incidentals after they’d been
and joy from parenthood around his relationship with
erratic mother than he ever had from actor Randolph Scott, his his houseguest. Even the
acting, which had never off-and-on housemate,
institutionalized when failed to make him anxious. Eyman notes that there is formidable Katharine
“plausible evidence to place
Archie was 11 and allowed Eyman writes in lively him inside any sexual box Hepburn once after staying
prose that benefits from his you want – gay, bi, straight,”
the boy to believe she had command of classic but the author comes to no at his home “sent him a
Hollywood. He treats his firm conclusion.
died. subject with compassion. check for $1.81 to pay for
Noting Grant’s insecurity
It’s remarkable that from over his performance in the phone calls for which
this disadvantaged
background the uneducated Grant obviously expected
Grant came to be seen as
the epitome of aristocratic to be reimbursed,” Eyman
grace. Part of the
explanation lies in his writes.
dashing good looks. He
worked hard to cultivate an She must have
elegant style and an acerbic nevertheless found him
wit, always with a slight air charming. They remained
friends until the end.

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Pet World animals

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Dogs may sense your
unease, but that doesn't
cause aggression

Dear Cathy, Can a dog tell permission, but the dog. A dog

if you're scared of them? I have will generally come up to a As well as being a recuring

been attacked and bitten by person if they want to be guest on Happenings Q&A,

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ended up in the hospital. I love its owner and doesn't move longtime animal advocate,

dogs, but I am very nervous of towards you for a greeting is author, columnist and pet

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neighbor came by with his dog. My advice to everyone is litter can stress cats and cause of lemonade? ended Nov. 13, when volunteers with
The dog had no problem with always wait for a dog to come Lost Paws Trapping of Belleville, Ill.,
them but when I went to pet to you with a wagging tail, them to pee outside the box. A South Carolina woman whose captured a golden retriever they were
the dog, it started to bark and slightly open mouth and maybe dogs made a ruckus at her front door able to identify as the long-lost Walter.
lunge at me so violently that a few head rubs on your leg The clay litter is fine. There looked outside to discover an unusual Walter was given two baths and special
my neighbor had to leave. He which shows his friendliness. is also a sand-like clumping visitor on the porch -- an alligator. treatment by K-9 Grooming in
said he didn't understand why This will help prevent any litter, which is sometimes Robyn Schnessel said she was working Oakville, Mo., to prepare for his
the dog was so hostile towards misunderstandings and reduce easier to keep clean because it from her home office in the Grand homecoming. Olson said Walter was to
me. Is it true that a dog can tell the chances of being bitten lumps the urine as well and will Oaks Plantation area of Charleston see a veterinarian to ensure he has no
if you're uneasy with them? - again. smell fresher for longer. A when her dogs, Savannah the great lasting health complications from his
Johnny, Miller Place, New York covered litterbox also will Pyrenees and Bruce the Saint Pyrenees, time on the loose.
Dear Cathy, I live in a 550 reduce odors in that small started barking enthusiastically at her
Dear Johnny, sq. ft. apartment with a single space. Richest pigeon ever
front door. Schnessel said she looked
As for placement, the litter outside and was shocked to see an A champion racing pigeon sold by a
I am sorry this happened to bedroom. My kitten is six- box should be in a low traffic alligator at her front door. She said Belgian trainer broke a world record
and became the world's most
you. Thanks for being brave weeks-old, and we are starting location. If a cat is startled doorbell camera footage showed her expensive pigeon when it sold for
nearly $1.9 million. New Kim, a 2-year-
enough to pet a dog after litter training. I am using clay- while in the litter box, they the reptile had been there for some old bird put up for sale on the PIPA
auction website by retired trainer
being bitten twice.That takes a based clumping litter. Is it the may not return to it in the time. "He was on camera for almost 20 Gaston Van De Wouwer, 76, fetched a
top bid of $1,894,672 at the close of
lot of courage. right kind of litter for a six- future. For example, if you put minutes before the dog saw him," the auction. The website said the
pigeon was purchased by a Chinese
While a dog may be able to week-old kitten? Also, please the litterbox in the washroom Schnessel told WCBD-TV. "I froze, buyer using the pseudonym Super
sense a person's unease tell me how many litter boxes and you have a washer/dryer, honestly, and then freaked out." Duper. The buyer's real name was not
around them, this does not should I put out at this stage? make sure your cat is not in Schnessel called the South Carolina revealed, but PIPA said it was the same
trigger a dog to behave Is it ideal to move the box the litter box before starting Department of Natural Resources, but man who previously set the world
aggressively. He likely reacted closer to the washroom later? the machines. Turn off the she decided not to request a trapper record in March 2019, when he paid
aggressively with you and not -Jags, Kolkata, West-Bengal, dryer buzzer so it doesn't when she was told that the alligator $1.4 million for a champion racing
the others simply because he India startle your cat when in the would be killed. She said she decided to pigeon named Armando.

had reached his threshold for Dear Jags, Congratulations litter box. If you put the litter just wait, and eventually the gator left Fishermen catch
monkey
attention, and you just on your new kitten. Generally, box in the bathroom, make on its own after more than an hour on
A group of friends out fishing in
happened to be the one it's recommended you have sure your cat is not in the her porch. "Very appropriate for 2020," Brazil ended up acting as a taxi service
for a monkey that was stranded away
reaching to pet him in that one litter box per cat plus one. litterbox before you flush the she said of the experience. "It was from shore.The group of men said they
were camping and fishing in Tres
moment. (I also don't agree So, if you have just one cat, two toilet. These sounds startle crazy, scary, and ridiculous all at the Vendas, Rio Grande do Sul, when they
spotted a monkey swimming nearby
that the dog's owner had litterboxes are ideal. But since cats and once startled, they same time."" and noticed the primate was showing
signs of fatigue and could be in danger
never seen this behavior your space is limited to 550 sq. may not use the litter box at of drowning. A video of the encounter
that particular location again. shows the men extend an oar to the
before. I bet he has; he was just ft, and you have just one feline, Long search for lost monkey, which holds onto the offered
support as the boat ferries it to shore.
embarrassed to say.) then one litter box should be Your place is small, so you dog pays off in end The footage shows the men help the
monkey reach a tree at the shoreline,
Whether you're uneasy fine, so long as you keep it can move the litter box if you A New Hampshire woman whose where it climbs to safety.The men said
around dogs or not, it's clean by sifting it every day. If the animal is believed to be an
generally not a good idea to your cat adapts to whatever need to without much worry. dog ran off during her trip to visit endangered bugio, also known as a
pet a dog unless invited to do litter you start with, don't howler monkey.
so. I am not talking about the change it unless you absolutely But generally, it's nice to find a family in Missouri was reunited with
pet owner giving you must. Sometimes changing the
place for it and keep it there. her pet almost a year later. Kate Olson,

Cats aren't big on change. of New Hampshire, said she and her

dog, Walter, were visiting family in

Arnold during the Thanksgiving holiday

last year when the golden retriever

slipped out of his collar and ran off.

Olson said she extended her visit to

the St. Louis area by several weeks to

print flyers and search for Walter, but

she eventually had to go home. Olson

said she received scattered reports of

sightings of Walter and created a

Facebook page to assist with the

search, as well as postings in missing

pets groups. The desperate dog owner

said she spent about $1,000 on flyers

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Why Hollywood turns a blind eye to China’s
human rights abuses

In Disney’s historical Ryerson University in “Hollywood Made in China.”
fantasy “Mulan,” a young Toronto.“Even if the boycott “For example, Judd Apatow,
whose screwball sex
woman defends imperial has no impact today, it may comedies will never enter
China from hordes of send a signal that affects the the Chinese market, spoke
out.”
invaders. Ironically, the $200 company’s behavior, or the
million production about behavior of other

women’s empowerment has companies, in the future.” One cohort that has been
been accused of turning a
blind eye to the Chinese Access to a major outspoken is U.S. politicians.
government’s own acts of market
oppression. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley

First, “Mulan” actress Liu Observers say there’s a accused Disney’s CEO of
Yifei used social media to
express support for Hong simple reason why the “whitewashing” the
Kong police at a time when
China is tightening control in Hollywood community genocide of Uyghurs. Five
the region. Soon after, it was
discovered that “Mulan” hasn’t spoken up in defense Republican senators also
contained shots filmed on
location in the Xinjiang of the Uyghurs or in support sent a letter of complaint to
region of China, where at
least 1 million ethnic of protesters in Hong Kong. Netflix about its coming sci-
minorities such as Uyghurs
and Kazakhs are being held China is on the verge of fi series, “The Three-Body
in “reeducation camps.”
becoming Hollywood’s Problem,” because the
That may create an ethical
biggest market. But in order Chinese author of the

for studios to access millions novels on which the series is

of Chinese viewers, it has to based has defended his

appease the government see HOLLYWOOD A student puts up a poster urging a boycott of the Disney film “Mulan” at the University of
on page 22 for more Hong Kong on Sept. 29, 2020.
gatekeepers.There’s another

element to that quid pro

quo: heeding Chinese

censorship guidelines.

Consultants now vet movies

dilemma for subscribers to at the start of a project to IT’S SHOWTIME!
Disney+. On Dec. 4, they will preempt content that Beijing
be able to watch “Mulan” may deem problematic. That

without paying an additional includes portrayals of
premium to do so. But LGBTQ characters.

Disney is banking on viewers “What we need right now Only 2 comedians have received
not paying much attention to is unified action from standing ovations at the Kenosha
the earlier controversy. Hollywood as an industry Comedy Club: Jimmy “JJ” Walker
because if they do not draw and David Scott, aka
“Disney was deeply Mr. Showtime, who returns to
Kenosha with his unique Vegas
embarrassed,” says James the line around certain free style show. Once you see David
Tager, author of a recent expression principles now, Scott, you will never forget him.
PEN America report, “Made that line will simply just be
With your safety in mind, we have
in Hollywood, Censored by drawn and redrawn for moved the Comedy Club to the
Beijing.” But the them,” says Mr.Tager, deputy large ballroom to achieve social
distancing.
corporation’s public director of free expression
November 27th & 28th
relations strategy, he says, research and policy at the at 8PM

seems to be, “Let’s not talk nonprofit PEN America.
about it and hope it goes
away.” Sometimes filmmakers’
hidden concessions to the
Western entertainment Chinese Communist Party
companies and celebrities do make the news. Marvel’s

have a profound soft power “Doctor Strange” changed
to influence worldwide the nationality of a key

opinion on social issues. But character from Tibetan to
they’re notably silent when it Celtic because China

comes to China. Now that contests Tibet’s sovereignty.

Asia’s geopolitical And the upcoming sequel to

powerhouse is becoming the “Top Gun” obscured the
globe’s biggest movie Japanese and Taiwanese flags
market, Hollywood works sewn on to Tom Cruise’s

closely with Beijing and iconic motorcycle jacket.
usually concedes to its (China is engaged in long-

censorship demands. running territorial rivalry

Consumers may find it with Japan and disputes

difficult to sway Hollywood Taiwan’s de facto
to speak out against China. independence from the

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rfoecoidpe&s Sheet Pan
Roasted
Nutrition News Vegetables
with Charlyn Fargo
3 tablespoons olive oil
Healthy Holidays 2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
1 tablespoon fresh, chopped thyme
Can the words "healthy" and 1 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, divided
"holiday" even go together?
Should they go together? Do 3/4 teaspoon salt
you put them together? 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound butternut squash, peeled and cubed (about 3

cups)
1 pound parsnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

1 pound Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved
8 ounces small Yukon Gold potatoes, halved

It can seem like you do such

a good job eating well all year • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine oil, mustard, thyme, 2 teaspoons vinegar, salt
long, and then, when the
and pepper in a bowl. Combine butternut squash,
holidays roll around, all those parsnips, Brussels sprouts and potatoes in a large bowl.
Add mustard mixture to squash mixture; toss to coat.
good intentions go out the
• Spread vegetables in a single layer on a foil-lined
window. We've all been there baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450
degrees F for 35 minutes, or until browned and tender,
and know the feeling. Then Charlyn Fargo is a
registered dietitian with SIU stirring gently with a spatula after 25 minutes.
comes January and those New Med School in Springfield, ª Remove pan from oven. Drizzle with remaining 1
teaspoon vinegar, and toss. Serves 10 (serving size: 2/3
Year's resolutions to drop Ill. For comments or
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those holiday pounds. It's a
[email protected] • Per serving: 132 calories; 3 grams protein; 22 grams
cycle that can lead to or follow her on Twitter Two other options are to multigrain bread or whole- carbohydrate; 4.8 grams fat; 0 grams cholesterol; 6
lighten up traditional recipes or wheat bread? Is one better for grams fiber; 5 grams total sugars (0 added); 221
frustration and @NutritionRd. to simply go with the traditional you than the other?
recipe but take smaller milligrams sodium.
discouragement. sprouts or cranberries in a portions. Swapping out butter A: Choose the 100% whole
salad). Apples can be added to for canola oil works to lower wheat. While multigrain may Spicy Turkey
Here's how to break the sweet potatoes and dried saturated fats in vegetable sound healthier, what matters is Nachos
cycle: Add plenty of fresh, apricots or prunes to roasted dishes or stuffing. And you can the amount of fiber. There's
seasonal produce to your root vegetables. A dash of cut salt in a recipe by using more fiber in the whole-wheat Serves 6 to 8
holiday dinner. Winter squash, cinnamon or nutmeg also adds herbs or citrus juices. Even a bread than in most multigrain 3 poblano chiles
apples, root vegetables, flavor and depth to dishes. small change, such as using breads. It can be confusing 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
cranberries and pomegranates fewer marshmallows on the because marketers like to make 3 garlic cloves, minced
are packed with nutrients, fiber The way vegetables are sweet potatoes and adding you think 12 grains of whole 1 teaspoon chili powder
and phytonutrients -- and best prepared makes a big difference cinnamon, can help cut calories. grains, or even a label that says 1 teaspoon dried oregano
yet, they're low in calories. in calories as well. Roasting "good source of whole grains," 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Unfortunately, many traditional brings out the flavor in When January rolls around is the best to choose. But the 1 1/2 cups leftover turkey meat, cut into bite-sized
Thanksgiving sides -- sweet vegetables, so they don't need and your scale hasn't inched bottom line is fiber. A healthy
potatoes with marshmallows added brown sugar, butter or upward, you'll be glad for every bread will supply 2-3 grams of pieces
and that creamy green bean marshmallows. The roasting swap you made this holiday fiber per slice. We need 25 to 1 (16-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
casserole -- are packed with causes caramelization, which season. 35 grams of fiber per day, so
added sugars and saturated fat. intensifies the natural having a piece of toast or a 2 teaspoons lime juice
sweetness. Q and A sandwich with 3 grams of fiber 8 cups tortilla chips (about 6 ounces)
Rather than adding sugar, try can help accomplish that goal.
adding fruit to sweeten a salad Q: When I choose a loaf of 2 scallions, sliced thin
or vegetable dish (think bread, should I choose 4 cups pepper jack cheese, shredded
pomegranates with Brussels
• Adjust oven racks to the upper-middle and lower-
America’s Test Kitchen middle positions and heat the broiler. Place poblanos on

This year, use that leftover Thanksgiving turkey for these spicy nachos rimmed baking sheet and broil on the upper-middle
rack until skin is charred, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
Leftovers are one of the best That mixture, along with some stint in the oven, the nachos -- Test Kitchen for rigorously tested Transfer poblanos to a large bowl and wrap tightly with
parts of a Thanksgiving meal. But scallions, chopped poblanos and and your transformed turkey -- recipes developed by professional plastic.When cool enough to handle, peel, seed and
sometimes, the day-after side cheese, went onto the tortilla is ready to eat. test cooks and vetted by 60,000 chop the poblanos. Reduce the oven temperature to
dishes -- the mashed potatoes, chips in two batches, which at-home recipe testers. See more
roasted vegetables, casseroles, ensured some topping reached For 25 years, confident cooks in 400 degrees.
stuffing and gravy -- all get every chip. After a 10-minute the know have relied on America's online at www.americas
gobbled up before the extra testkitchen.com/TCA. • Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat
turkey. until shimmering. Cook garlic, chili powder, oregano and
cumin until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Off heat, stir in
If that happens, don't go for
another sandwich. Instead, give turkey, beans and lime juice.
that leftover turkey another life
with this nacho recipe. It • Arrange half of the chips evenly in a 13-by 9-inch
requires just a few minutes of baking dish.Top with half of the turkey mixture, half of
hands-on work and will the scallions, half of the chopped poblanos and half of
transform your leftovers into a the cheese. Repeat.Transfer nachos to the lower-middle
crisp, flavorful and fresh meal.
rack and bake until the cheese is melted, about 10
To give these nachos a minutes. Serve.
noticeable but mild kick, we
charred poblano peppers under
the broiler. While those cooled,
we toasted chili powder and
cumin in oil along with garlic
and dried oregano, then we
stirred in the turkey, black beans
and lime juice into the mixture.

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healthy
living

Restful sleep

may help reduce

risk for heart sleep apnea, said Dr. Nieca is another behavior that enough to meet the body's online Nov. 16 in the journal
Goldberg, a cardiologist at providers and patients needs. Circulation.
failure NYU Langone Health, in should be taking about,"
New York City. Goldberg said. Overall, Qi's team found, According to Qi, its
People who regularly get a prove cause and effect, said people who'd reported all message is similarly
good night's sleep may help senior researcher Dr. Lu Qi, Chronic snoring and For the study, Qi's team five healthy sleep habits straightforward. "Getting
protect themselves from a professor at Tulane daytime sleepiness are used data on over 400,000 were 42% less likely to have seven to eight hours of sleep
heart failure, a large, new University's School of Public hallmarks of sleep apnea, British adults who took part heart failure than people is better than five or six," he
study suggests. Health and Tropical noted Goldberg, who is also in a long-term health study. who'd reported none or said.
Medicine, in New Orleans. a spokesperson for the At the outset, when they only one.
Researchers found that of American Heart Association. were between the ages of 37 And if people have
over 400,000 adults, those However, he said, they do And if people are getting and 73, the participants Of course, "good" problems with insomnia,
with the healthiest sleep build on a body of research poor sleep because of answered questions about sleepers might be generally snoring or daytime
patterns were 42% less likely linking sleep quality to heart breathing problems, she their sleep routines. health conscious, too. So, drowsiness, Qi added, they
to develop heart failure over health. added, they are unlikely to Qi's team accounted for should talk to their doctor.
10 years, versus people with feel like an early bird. The researchers gave each people's exercise, diet,
the least healthy habits. Studies have found that person a "healthy sleep smoking and drinking habits,
It's not that poor sleep score" of 0 to 5, based on as well as medical conditions
Those "healthy" sleepers people with insomnia have directly causes heart failure, the number of healthy habits like diabetes and high blood
reported five things: Getting according to Goldberg: they reported. pressure. They also factored
seven to eight hours of sleep higher risks of heart disease. Instead, it can feed the risk in people's education levels
per night, no snoring, rarely factors for heart failure, Over roughly a decade, and household income.
having trouble falling or The same is true of people through effects on stress 5,221 study participants
staying asleep, no daytime hormones, blood pressure were diagnosed with heart And healthy sleep
grogginess, and being a with sleep apnea -- a chronic and heart rate, for example. failure -- a chronic condition remained linked to a lower
"morning" person. where the heart muscle can risk of heart failure. The
disorder where breathing "The bottom line is, sleep no longer pump efficiently findings were published
Still, the findings do not
pauses repeatedly

throughout the night.

In fact, many of the
unhealthy sleepers in the
new study might have had

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How Team Biden uses workarounds
to prep for COVID-19 fight

Under normal deaths. Public health experts as they prepare to take on
warn of a dark winter ahead. the expected federal role –
circumstances, an American including public messaging
and state coordination – in
president-elect and his team “You are seeing right now combating the nation’s worst
a replay of the overwhelmed pandemic in more than 100
have 2 ½ months to effect an health care system” from years.
earlier this year, says Elias
orderly transition with the Zerhouni, former director of
the National Institutes of
outgoing administration. Health under President
George W. Bush. “People are
Intelligence is shared, exhausted. The first
responders are out of their
potential threats are flagged, wits.” Epidemiologist Kenneth
Bernard notes that the Biden
policies and operations are transition team is reaching
out directly to local and
explained. state authorities.

But these are not ordinary Add to this a president “That’s the only option
times. As winter approaches, open to them,” says Dr.
the COVID-19 pandemic is who appears mostly focused Bernard, who ran offices on
surging, and President global health threats in the
Donald Trump continues to on politics. President Trump Clinton and second Bush
fight the overwhelming White Houses. “The Biden
evidence that he lost the has not attended a White team is truly nailing it, given
Nov. 3 election. His the constraints they’ve been
administration has yet to House Coronavirus Task put under.”
allow the routine transition
process to start, amid Force meeting in more than
concern it would signal that
the president has conceded five months, task force
defeat.
member Adm. Brett Giroir

acknowledged Sunday, What he sees as a federal
leadership vacuum in public
though he added that Vice health practice presents an
opportunity for the Biden
President Mike Pence briefs team. It gives them “a little
opening to at least reach out
Analysts point to the risks the president on the to the states, because they President-elect Joe Biden holds up a face mask as he speaks about the U.S. economy following
a delayed transition could know that in 60 days this is a briefing with economic advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 16th.
pose to national security. But meetings. The task force last going to be the new policy
there could also be an director for the United
immediate impact on fighting met Monday in a briefing for States,” Dr. Bernard says. the spread of COVID-19, experience dealing with viral “We’re doing an amazing
the pandemic, officials say. contradicting guidance from disease outbreaks, starting job with the resources we
Without a formal transition, governors. the Centers for Disease with incoming Biden chief of have [but] we could always
for example, the Biden team Control and Prevention. On staff Ron Klain, who served be doing better,” says Ms.
cannot access the What the country Monday, Stanford University as President Barack Obama’s Harrison, a board member of
administration’s COVID-19 needs: a bipartisan put out a statement “Ebola czar” in 2014 and the National Association of
data and vaccine distribution situation room distancing itself from Dr. 2015. County and City Health
plans. Anthony Fauci, the Atlas, who is a senior fellow Officials. “It’s hard and it’s a
nation’s top epidemiologist, Given the magnitude of The Biden transition team at the university’s Hoover very long response. And that
has warned of a slower the public health crisis, a Institution. gets our folks kind of tired
rollout of potential vaccines. joint Trump-Biden effort on has also announced its own “Under normal around the edges.”
COVID-19 would make
sense before Inauguration COVID-19 task force, circumstances, many of these She’s also disappointed
Day, Dr. Zerhouni suggests. that Americans don’t have a
populated by former meetings [of transition common, trusted source for
information on public health
government health officials, Dr. Fauci, a civil servant teams] are friendly, to a measures.
and member of Mr. Trump’s
“A situation room [should academics, and major figures coronavirus task force, is point,” says Professor Light. “It’s just sad that the
be] created, which should be also ubiquitous on TV and sanctity of life and the
President-elect Joe Biden, bipartisan with the current in medicine. They now expected to remain a key “The best form of transition promotion of health is not
too, speaks of potentially and future administration,” public health voice under a something that feels like a
severe outcomes from the the former NIH director appear regularly on President Biden. briefing is interactive and unifying force for
delayed transition. “More says. “That is the reasonable Americans,” Ms. Harrison
people may die if we don’t thing to do for the country.” television, publicizing public involves mutual learning. says.“This should be easy for
coordinate,” Mr. Biden said us to come together and
at a press conference health advice and presenting There can be a kind of drop- decide to fight together and
Monday. to keep our neighbor and
a counter to the your-swords thing going on.” our family and our friends
safe. That shouldn’t end up
controversial Trump Dr. Fauci recently said the This time, he suspects, being a political infight.”
nation needed a more “that ain’t happening.”
Such a joint effort seems coronavirus adviser, Scott unified, national approach to When asked for sources
far from likely, given the combat the virus. “We need of optimism, policy analysts
hyperpartisan atmosphere. Atlas. some fundamental public say they hope that once
But Biden team members health measures that there’s a presidential
To date, the nation’s are hardly standing idly by, Dr. Atlas, who is a everyone should be adhering At local level, it’s all transition, the politics of the
COVID-19 caseload has and have found workarounds neuroradiologist and not an to, not a disjointed ‘One hands on deck, every day pandemic will fade. Even
topped 11 million people, epidemiologist, has tweeted state says one thing, the before a transition, there’s
with more than 245,000 that masks don’t help stop other state says another On the ground, in local no reason good work can’t
thing,’” he said at a virtual public health departments happen.
conference. around the country, the
challenges have been the “There are people still on
Paul Light, a professor of same for months, but now, the Trump team, still hanging
amid the latest surge, it’s all around, doing the right
ramping up again – and it’s thing,” says Professor Light.
exhausting. And “my hunch is that the
Biden team is way up to
public service at New York “We have to be in all- speed.There’s an awful lot of
hands-on-deck response expertise there.”
University, says that during a mode every single day,” says
Lisa Macon Harrison, public By Linda Feldman &
normal presidential health director for Granville Noah Robertson
and Vance counties in rural
transition, there would be North Carolina.

lots of mutual learning on

both sides, as the old team

prepares to hand off to the

new team. North Carolina public
health is decentralized,
In the case of the Biden which means local officials
have a lot of authority and
team, a benefit is that it’s regulations vary among
counties. Communication is
only been four years since a challenge, she says, and her
department has to stay in
the Democrats handed over contact with national, state,
and local leaders, while also
the reins to the Trump team. monitoring trends at each
level.
Memories are that much

fresher, though of course

President Donald Trump holds an event about "Operation Warp Speed," the joint they left office before the
Defense Department and Health and Human Services initiative to help speed up the
coronavirus pandemic
search for vaccines and effective treatments for the pandemic, in the Rose Garden
in Washington, Nov. 13, 2020. started. But top players in

the Biden team have

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Likewise, while our locally because they are all very important to me.
looking for delivery, online owned shops are open,
many also offer delivery,
ordering, and virtual shipping, and/or curbside
pickup  services. Gift cards
experiences, the Kenosha from local restaurants and
shops  are also a great
Area has you option. Many restaurants
and shops have a system in
covered.  Check place to take food/product HWETILOALDMNLIIOSNTSE!RWSANT
and/or gift card orders
out  VisitKenosha.com to online.  Jack Andrea, Mars
Cheese Castle, Sandy's
stay on top of attraction, Popper, and Modern 5
Apothecary are  a few of YOU
dining, shopping, and event the great online shopping
examples! 
updates. We have a specific

page – linked to from the

home page – that

lists  changes to services at

Kenosha Area tourism

businesses due to the

pandemic. Nearly every

business we work with is

OPEN!  Also follow Visit

Kenosha on Facebook,

Twitter,  and  Instagram for

the latest scoop. 

For those looking to go Just in time for holiday Nov. 20 & 21 at 8pm Dec. 4 & 5 at 8pm
out, in-person events can be shopping, the Kenosha NATHAN TIMMEL
found at Hawthorn Hollow, History Center has TODD THOMAS
Kemper Center (Christmas debuted its new online gift
at Kemper opens later this shop, in association with Dec. 11 & 12 at 8pm Nov. 27 & 28at 8pm Special
month!), and entertainment The Lettering Machine. DAVID SCOTT event
venues such as Fusion, Included are apparel in NATHAN “TRICKY” ALLEN pricing
Kenosha Comedy Club, and Kenosha, AMC, and Nash COMEDIAN / MAGICIAN MR. SHOWTIME $15
Brat Stop.  The Civil War designs, as well as a
Museum, Kenosha Public selection of books from ONLY$12 Dec. 18 & 19 at 8pm
Museum, and Dinosaur the museum's gift shop.The ROCKY LA PORTE
Discovery Museum are Kenosha History Center No Drink Minimum!
open  and also  offer virtual has not yet re-opened due
events, lectures, and to the pandemic, and  its
activities.  Watch for the sister museum – the
Lakeside Players to start seasonal Southport Light
another season of live Station Museum  –  did not
entertainment at Rhode open this year. You can
Center for the Arts.  support the Kenosha
History Center and a local
You can ride the Electric shop at the same time with
an online gift shop
Streetcar, shop at purchase! 

the  indoor  Kenosha Public For advance tickets visit hap2it.com,
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Market on  Saturdays, Please consider

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golf course. Art can locally owned shops,

be viewed at Anderson Arts restaurants, and attractions

Center,  ArtWorks, and this holiday season.  Shop With your safety in mind, we have moved the comedy club
to the large ballroom to achieve social distancing.
Lemon Street Gallery. You Local, Dine Local, and Play
Presented by
can paint on-site at Alpaca Local! Please remember 111920

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Everything and everyone at October 2020
Kenosha Court Report
your local art gallery
DUI report
by Lynn Johnston Beltran, Manuel Dejesus. Pacolma, CA. OWI (1st)
Block, Michael C. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
When I was asked to scarfs, shawls, and cocoons. conversationalist. We Lynn A. Johnston is the Brown, Anthony M. Sturtevant. OWI (1st)
contribute a blog about talked about how he Gallery Associate and Cherba, Jill E. Burnett,WI. OWI (1st)
Lemon Street Gallery Sherri usually visits with started Serendipity on 7th, Member artist at Lemon Conforti, Jason A. Pleasant Prairie. OWI (4th)
(LSG), I immediately her canine buddy Lily Bear. which is very interesting Street Art Gallery, 4601 Cooper, Paul R. Genoa City,WI. OWI (3rd)
agreed. But an hour later I Lily Bear is the sweetest story in itself. We talked Edwards, Rudolph Darnell. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
thought “What exactly is a Wheaton Terrier you will art (we are in an art gallery, Sheridan Road Feest, Donald G. Somers. OWI (1st)
‘blog’?”. So, referring to my ever come across! Their after all) and that his Dad is (lemonstreetgallery.org) Garcia-Gonzales, Aliyah C. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
friend Google, I found this visits bring a smile to my a prolific painter. Just a Grajales Vega, Daniel. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
definition the most helpful: face and just starts the day delight! Saturday reception, but our Hand, Anselina M. Kenosha. OWI (1st)
off on a good foot-or paw! Board of Director Jurkiewicz, Joseph M. Racine. OWI (2nd)
•A regularly updated As I wrote previously, President, Dale Mellor and Klipp, John S. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
website or web page, Another pleasant many artist members stop member artist Morgan Koons, Samantha A. Racine. OWI (2nd)
typically one run by an in. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Adams have been doing Lehman, Michael A. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
individual or small group, surprise was one of our Rozwadowski came in to Facebook Live receptions. Malone, George E. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
that is written in an do some Artistree They are a fun and Martinez, Rudy A.Twin Lakes. OWI (1st)
informal or conversational Clay Studio artists, Peggy shopping. Tim is a informative tour of what is McKinney, Orshann J. Racine. OWI (1st)
style. phenomenal oil painter. He going on the Brick Gallery. Mora, Gabriel. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
Peroni visit. Covid-19 has does portraits, landscapes The next Live reception is Morales, Augustine. Kenosha. OWI (7th/8th/9th)
Keeping this definition in and still lifes. This is one December 12 at 6:30PM. Mullins, Maurice D. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
mind, I will let the readers restricted the gallery from currently at Gallery, but Tune in and ask questions Nerad, Alyssa D. Racine. OWI (2nd)
in on what it is like to work sorry people-SOLD! You and view the art. Newcomer, Dale E. Lake Geneva. OWI (1st)
at a non-profit art gallery: opening the Clay Studio to can also find Tim’s works at Quinn, Jeffrey H. Pleasant Prairie. OWI (2nd)
Lemon Street Gallery & Anderson Art Center. Well, I think that is about Ritacca, Glen A. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
ArtSpace. I will introduce the Public, but that has not it for my first blog. Please Seiberlich, Kurtis J. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
you to some of the artists, Did I mention Artistree? stop in and visit me and the Shearer, David A. Lake Villa, IL. OWI (3rd)
patrons, students and stopped some of our Artistree is LSG Annual other Artists, Associates Simek,Trent H. Salem. OWI (1st)
others that make this Holiday Gift Show. This and all the wonderful art at Slawson, Hector J. Mt. Prospect, IL. OWI (1st)
Gallery such a jewel, for patrons from creating at year it is from November Lemon Street Gallery Smith, Michelle L. Kenosha. OWI (3rd)
not only the Union Park 12-Christmas Eve. This located at 4601 Sheridan. Tussler, Lance M. Kenosha. OWI (5th/6th)
neighborhood, but for home. She stopped in to show has soooo much, I Or check us out at Weglief,Thomas F. McHenry, IL. OWI (1st)
Kenosha as a whole. My don’t know where to start. .lemonstreetgallery.org, on Williams, Cottie. Kenosha. OWI (2nd)
first blog is an introduction show me what she has It is gift-able art, under find us on Facebook, and Zizzo, Jacob A. Salem. OWI (1st)
to a few people and $100, by so many talented and Instagram, #lemon
member artists that visited been working on. This artists and craftsmen. streetgallery. We are a Divorce report
the Gallery on a cold, Because of Covid-19 welcoming friendly store in Cynthia L Behm & James M Behm
blustery Sunday- a Packer beautiful berry bowl is restrictions, we cannot the Union Park Arts Alexandra A Bender & Jacob R Bender
gameday Sunday. have a normal Second District. After visiting us, Eric Allen DeBettignies & Josephine Veronica Iverson
stunning! I can’t wait to see check out Re:Vision Art Tahlonda S Douglas & Corey B Jones
One of the things I enjoy Gallery, Artworks, Alpaca, Katherine Lynn Durkin & Sean Michael Durkin
most about the Gallery are it glazed and finished. Serendipity on 7th and then Pierette A Feltner & Steven Glenn Feltner
the people. I love that have a meal at Union Park Amalia Martina Gomez & Oscar Dario Gomez
member artists stop in just Who else came in to Tavern or one of the other Sarah Jean Hofman & Andrew Nolan Hofman
for conversation and a cup local establishments in William E Hubbard & Janet Hubbard
of coffee. Sherri Wistrom visit? Gabriel from Union Park. Jessica Lynn Huber & Matthew William Huber
stopped in for a hot cup Warren Lance Jennings & Camera Tameka March
Sunday morning. Sherri is a Serendipity on 7th (4706 Stay safe, Stay busy, Stay Tiara Monique Jones & Gregory Javon Williamson
member that creates the healthy Bradley James Krich & Barbara Marie Krich
most beautiful botanical silk 7th Ave.)! It was the first Richard Andre LeCount Jr & Lindsay Leigh LeCount
pieces you will ever see. generated media stories. Maria Adriana Martinez-Covarrubias & Miguel Angel
She also works in wool and time I had met him, and his Garcia-Garcia
other fibers to create Victor Claar, who has Erin Matoska & Walter Matoska
first time in the Gallery. taught economics at a Tayler Lynn Merriman & Kevin Lee Merriman
Chinese university each Dana Merz & Adrian Merz
What a great conversation- summer, says it’s difficult to Kaitlyn Rose Mogenson & Bryce Sergia Mogenson
rally U.S. consumers for Elissa Lois Nyara & Michael John Nyara
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consumers to make their Michael Aaron Preston & Kimberly Lynn Preston
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