by Kevin Burton This may be hard to believe, but once in a great while I can be a little grumpy. I know, I know, but it’s true. You can take my word for it, or ask my wife. But I always see the bright side, 100 percent of the time. In …
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Tooling Around, Feeling Virtuous
by Kevin Burton Looks as if I’ve had the definition of “tooling around” wrong all these years. Tool around is a verb, says vocabulary.com, meaning to “ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it.” On yourdictionary.com the definition is “to drive or jaunt about, going from place …
Too Early For New Year’s Resolutions?
by Kevin Burton My friend Linda who lives in England has picked out her New Year’s resolution already. Rather, she had it picked out for her by her brother. He said her resolution should be not to visit any hospitals or have any illnesses in 2022. She’s had her share this year. …
American Emigration Over The Years
by Kevin Burton It is conventional wisdom in the United States that a US passport is the prized possession. It would be foolish to downplay the benefits of American citizenship to many who live here. But for some it may be wise to at least look into what some other places may have …
Why People Are Leaving The USA
by Kevin Burton Leaving your home country is a foreign concept that pushes against everything you have known from earliest childhood. At least for Americans it is. What set of circumstances would cause you to think about relocating permanently? Wednesday we told one woman’s story. Amber Blackmon moved from the United …
Could You Leave The United States?
by Kevin Burton Amber Blackmon told her story Monday on insider.com, I wish she had told more of it. Or maybe it’s better this way. Maybe we are meant to insert our own details into what she has given. The story hit home because she did something I sort of did years …
Kev Company Announces Changes
The company that brought you “no more tears” shampoo will split into two, according to CBS News. By the fall of 2023, Johnson & Johnson will divide itself, leaving one company that sells medical devices and prescription drugs and another that sells the brands you’re familiar with, including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson’s, …
Blue-Eyed Soul Shook Up South Africa
by Kevin Burton Growing up she was known as a tomboy, earning the nickname “Dusty” by playing soccer in the streets with boys. She grew up to be anything but. “During her 1960s peak she ranked among the most successful British female performers on both sides of the Atlantic,” reads her Wikipedia …
Updates: Page 7’s Mexican Debut
by Kevin Burton Within my general and ongoing shameless plea for readership, I got specific two months ago. On the occasion of Mexican Independence Day I lamented that nobody in Mexico had ever read Page 7 (“Happy Birthday Mexico, Please Read This,” Sept. 15). That hurts, because I used to live in Mexico. …
Feeling Good About Cowboys Cave-in
by Kevin Burton Eureka! I found the magic formula and Page 7 readers were there to see it. Apparently all it takes to make the Dallas Cowboys implode completely is for me to praise them in public as I did last week (“Cowboys Kool-Aid, Bottoms Up?,” Nov. 5). The most overhyped team …
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