Editorial

C onversations and investments in relationships can go a long way. Our polarized and social media culture fights against these incredibly human things, but we can fight back.

by DANNY TYREE “D o you mind if we have leftovers?” When my wife poses that question, I always answer, “No, that’s fine,” because (a) I genuinely enjoy leftovers, (b) I don’t want to cause extra trouble for her and (c) I can’t afford the airline tickets to transport a Tupperware container of six-day-old broccoli to all those “starving children on the other side of the world who would give their right arm for a fraction of the food you and your siblings are wasting.”

- The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops

I s the glass half empty or half full?

I n the age of Amazon, delivery apps and curbside pickup, Black Friday is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

T he director of the FBI and the head of Britain’s MI5 security service recently made an unprecedented joint appearance to warn the world of a singular danger.

P lease pardon me, but I am always overcome by mawkish sentimentality at this time of year.