New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her decision to resign in January 2023. According to various news articles, Ardern cited a lack of energy and motivation for her resignation.

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Finland has consistently ranked as the happiest country in the world for the past six years, according to the World Happiness Report

Decisions often involve trade-offs between competing priorities. Weighing the pros and cons of each option can be challenging.

While driving around town the other day, I saw a car that caught my eye. It had a plethora of bumper stickers plastered all over the back, one of them stating that the driver was a Vietnam vet. As I got closer, I noticed that the man driving was an older gentleman, like myself.

Holding a country's leader accountable for crimes committed in office is crucial to uphold the rule of law, maintaining public trust, and serving as a deterrent for future officeholders. 

While the style of assault weapons is not immaterial to their actual use, two other factors relate to using these weapons and others with similar capabilities

Ever wonder why your dog-loving friends can't stop talking about their four-legged, drool-producing fur balls?

In a recent Quinnipiac University poll, most Americans expressed concerns about democracy being in danger of collapse.

The Federal Reserve has come under closer scrutiny as of late in our battle with inflation. And politicians left and right love to pick on the Fed.

In recent years, the debt ceiling has become a contentious issue between Congress and the White House. It has resulted in multiple showdowns and a threat of default by the US government.

What does it mean to have hope? For some, it means faith in a higher power. For most, I think, having hope as to some outcome is passive, as in delivering me.

If left to whim, we will mostly be driven by our biases and we have lots of them. One that most of us have is an optimism bias.

We live in a era ripe with political polarization, disagreement and anger towards each other. It is no accident we are here in this moment in time.

The election in the US is over but the results are not known -- and won't be known for 4 weeks as the control of the Senate comes down to a runoff in Georgia AGAIN.

The American election is just 7 days away. The intensity is building. One has to ask oneself are we looking at a bygone era? Is this a historical turning point in the grand American experiment?

The right-wing in the U.S. has done an excellent job of scaring the crap out of everybody with mostly nonsense and made-up scare tactics these past 50 years.

In 1986 David Stockman who was Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan sold everyone on supply-side economics. It has been a disaster for the middle-class.

 In June I went shopping in Orlando for a new car and it was obvious that the dealers were charging what the market would bear. 

Starting Today's Uptake for Sept 19, 2022 on a HAPPY note. Some say money can't buy you love. Others say you can't buy happiness.

Clearly less than 10% of the population has already moved to the darkside.  And another 20-25% quietly support them and 20-25% openly oppose them. That leaves roughly 30-40% who don't participate.