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How the little guys lose under Trump’s tax plan

The late Sen. John McCain didn’t much like Obamacare, but in 2018, the Arizona Republican pulled it out from under then-President Donald Trump’s hatchet. Why? Because McCain saw the “skinny repeal” measure as a sneaky attempt to eviscerate the health coverage of little guys to free up money for tax cuts favoring the wealthy.Hold that thought as you look upon Trump’s vow to extend much of his 2017 tax cuts in a second term. Here are some shocking numbers:Extending the tax cuts would cost $4.6 trillion over 10 years at a time of already high deficits, according to the ...

DIY a special platter for Dad this Father’s Day

Father’s Day is this weekend and I am so excited to shower my husband with love and appreciation. I know in my household, my husband does so much for our family and never expects a thank you in return. So, that is why I love Father’s Day so much. It’s a day or weekend devoted to him.   Now, my family can attest to this — I am not the craftiest person in the world. Most the time my crafts end up looking like one of my children did them. But that’s OK, because I found the cutest craft and I’m going to have my kids help me make it for their ...

Extend outside playtime with fun, easy game

Now that it is summer, I let my kiddos stay up a little later than normal since they don’t have to wake up early for school. It makes me think of how I would spend my summer nights when I was little. I used to love going outside and playing flashlight tag with my cousins and seeing how many fireflies we could catch.  I found a super fun activity to do with the kids in the backyard once the sun goes down, called glow in the dark bowling. Now, technically you could do this inside your house as well and just turn off all the lights, but I thought my kids would have fun doing it ...

Bouncing bubbles is a fun way to get kids outside this summer

It is officially summer time for my kiddos! School is out and warm weather has us spending all our free time outside.   I love summer time and getting to soak up all the nice weather with my kids, especially after being cooped up in the house during the cold winter and rainy spring season. My kids love to play in their backyard on their swing set, in their corn pit, riding bikes, coloring with chalk and using their water sprinklers. However, we are still practicing “independent play,” where the kids don’t need Mommy and Daddy to  play alongside them. I do love to ...

‘Furiosa’ is fine, but lacks power of its predecessor

“Mad Max: Fury Road” has been one of my favorite action movies of all time. The incredible visuals, the spectacular performances, the sheer scale — everything works together to make it one of the must-watch films of the past decade. Because of my admiration for the first film, George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” has been among my most anticipated films of 2024. And while “Furiosa” delivers on so many fronts, I still left feeling underwhelmed. The film opens on Young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) as she is gathering fruit in her bucolic homeland, The Green Place. When ...

The science of language

It is simply amazing what we can do with language — the intricacies we can communicate through spoken language, the poetry we’ve written and even the fact that we can’t always trust language: after all, people have the ability to lie. We humans are not alone in our ability to communicate. Other species are able to convey information to each other, such as bees dancing to indicate where food sources may be or plants sending chemical signals to warn each other of incoming danger. We know spoken language came before written because evidence of the positioning of our larynx and ...