(Akiit.com) Eighty-year-old Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was sworn in to preside over the second Senate impeachment trial by eighty-six-year-old Chuck Grassley (R-IA). That is the state of American politics today; an aging group of septuagenarians and octogenarians clinging to their last vestiges of power. The coming decade will see the inevitable ...
(Akiit.com) Keeping a business running is more difficult than most people think. Starting a business is already a massive undertaking that requires a serious amount of dedication and money. However, most startups will end up failing within a decade of starting up because they’re just not thinking about the future. ...
(Akiit.com) Movie fans attending the 29th PAFF could watch its choice programming on a streaming app or computers, versus making the annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles. The setting is different, but the usual array of international African diaspora films is still impressive. Check out these four festival films that are ...
(Akiit.com) I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing Russian roulette with his or her values. But it is a different version of Russian roulette. In the traditional version, only one of the gun’s six chambers contains a bullet. In the ...
(Akiit.com) It is a simple choice with only two options for Democrats: do they favor Americans or illegal aliens? Every time they’ve been given the choice, Democrats choose illegal aliens. So why would anyone be surprised that they’re doing it again when it comes to COVID? I don’t care for ...
(Akiit.com) Pick up any news article and there’s a solid chance you’ll find statistics in it somewhere. This is particularly likely if it’s on politics or economics. Statistics can be massively useful, but they can also be plain misinformation. If you want to be able to tell truth from deception, ...
(Akiit.com) Nothing wrong with a little nostalgia. But if you’re looking for a comedy revelation, this isn’t it. It’s an ‘80s throwback with a comic superstar, his merrymen/women and a tinge of Wakanda fever. Grab a seat and be prepared to yawn before you laugh. If 1988 feels ancient to ...
(Akiit.com) Like most people, I enjoy peace and tranquility in my life. I find that I sometimes experience profound frustration with the need for continuous social unrest to move us forward. I erroneously assumed that when Trump left, the discord that followed daily in his wake would gradually vanish. To ...
(Akiit.com) The 2020 presidential election was a watershed year for American democracy. Turnout was at the highest level in over a century and Biden got more votes than any candidate for president in history. Only time turnout was higher was in the 1800s, with a smaller white males only electorate, ...
(Akiit.com) Imagine this scenario: A friend asks you to care for his dog “Fifi.” From the animal’s name, you infer it probably is not much bigger than your own small pooch. But you are shocked to learn later Fifi is a giant mastiff. As such, the animal consumes far more ...