I just got my annual Social Security statement. It's the one that tells me if I have enough credits to get Social Security now due to a ...

I'm cleaning out my inbox and blog drafts today when I ran across this item: Star-Ledger Death Pool How did I miss it? Where is the one ...

MS Awareness Week is getting as confusing as the disease multiple sclerosis. Over on the National Multiple Sclerosis site , it is March 2-8...

Two formerly employed reporters showed up in my feed today. One had a story on David Letterman's Small Town News segment Monday and beca...

Sure, the American Society of Newspaper Editors Newspaper editors won't meet this year at its convention , but editors can keep learnin...

June Thomas looks at the " 10 cunning ways " that public radio raises money over on Slate. Her list includes these tactics: the pe...

Today - 3-3-09 - is a special day. For the world, it's Square Root Day - day and the month are both the square root of the last two digi...

I am always ready for a laugh, especially when it combines two subjects near and dear to my heart. So click on the cartoon or head over to M...

Richard Nicholson highlights some of the last operating darkrooms. Remember those?

Some business owners went to sleep smiling last night. One smiled thanks to Jim of L-Town, who is spending more then a few pennies for ...

February is a celebration month in our household. Besides Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day, my husband and our marriage turns ano...

A former Flint Journal copy editor recalls  The Hot Box  and shows how that related to where newspapers are today. He starts the tale this...

When I saw this Facebook status: XXX loves her husband dearly and remembers her wedding vow to LOVE and OBEY! Oh, and XXX (her husband) is ...

The Jersey City Independent chose to report on what's happening with the Jersey Journal, an Advance Publication facing closure by focus...

My doctor fought and won - I can keep taking the medicine that has helped me fight fatigue for five years. He called my insurance company nu...

Reuters reported today that Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC.N) plans to charge online readers of its Newsday newspaper. The agency said the m...

Is this bag lying down or standing up? Or can you see it both ways? Some days I can flip the bag drawn by one of my doctors. Some days I ca...

My daughter's newest prescription came with the pharmacy's explanation and five more letter-size sheets of instructions. The caution...

Today's the first day of Lent. For many Christians, it also is the first day they give up something to make a sacrifice in preparation f...

Night Blind: Latitude Loyalty and my Grandma In Compton, 1960 Isn't 'latitude loyalty' a wonderful way to describe the worry yo...