Category: Domestic Affairs

No More Reading the Newspaper While Eating Breakfast

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has announced will stop printing newspapers on December 31. The changeup means the AJC will be a digital-only publication starting January 1, 2026. The AJC said the transition is intended to transform the paper into a “modern media company,” as well as free up money to invest in its journalism.

Is the Los Angeles Times going to end it print edition? The largest year-on-year change came at The Los Angeles Times, which saw its average daily print circulation drop 25% from nearly 106,000 in the six months to 30 September 2023 to 79,000 in the same period in 2024.

Last year, the publisher fired its editor in chief, Correction its editorials editor, Mariel Garza, resigned in October 2024 after the paper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. The previous year, in January 2024, the paper’s executive editor, Kevin Merida, also stepped down. saw tens of thousands of subscribers cancel their subscriptions, and lost around $50 million, according to exclusive reporting from ADWEEK.

And this year, it has already undergone two rounds of layoffs and a sweep of buyouts, lost thousands of lucrative print subscriptions in the Pacific Palisades fires, and watched as Netflix pulled hundreds of thousands in ad spend, citing “changes at the paper” as its rationale.

I will be shopping for an iPad or other tablet to read while eating breakfast and lunch.

Erik and Lyle Menendez got what they deserved

The mystery about the Erik and Lyle Menendez is why did the killers of their parents deserve a reconsideration of their sentence. I thought that once sentenced and appeals have been made the consequences were a settled matter.

If they lived in fear of their father they could have simply walked away from their parent’s home. Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, called 911 and said their parents were killed by intruders.

After the shootings, the two went on a lavish spending spree, and initially, authorities believed that the murders had been the result of a mafia hit.

The brothers would eventually admit to killing their parents, citing the abuse, which was corroborated by another family member.

After a second trial, in which a judge limited testimony related to their sexual abuse, the brothers were convicted of the shooting deaths of their parents. 

Is Trump the Inside Mole?

A mole is a spy that is buried deep inside a society to the point it is very unlikely he or she would ever be identified as a spy.

For those of you following the news about Ukraine and the impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin on President Donald Trump consider these reported facts

*President Trump said Monday he would renew his assault on mail-in voting after Russia’s autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin, told him to do so at their meeting in Alaska last week.

*Trump interrupted his talks in Washington with European leaders to call Russian President Vladimir Putin, an EU diplomat told Reuters on Monday. What did Trump say to Putin and what was Putin’s response?

*The US president said he felt there is a “warmth” between him and Putin, which was felt at the summit between the two leaders last week. He also said he didn’t talk to the Russian president in front of European leaders yesterday because he felt it “would be disrespectful” to Putin.

Why is Trump so willing to support Putin rather than Western allies?

Today in History: August 14, FDR signs Social Security Act

On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring income for elderly Americans and creating a federal unemployment insurance program. 

National Institute on Retirement Security released a January 13, 2020 report saying that 40% of Older Americans Rely Solely on Social Security for Retirement Income.

Included in their findings:

  1. Only a small percentage of older Americans, 6.8 percent, receive income from Social Security, a defined benefit pension, and a defined contribution plan.
  2. A plurality of older Americans, 40.2 percent, only receive income from Social Security in retirement.