In the late ’60s and early ’70s the chief of U.S. Naval Operation was a man named Elmo Zumwalt. He was from California and attended the highly traditional United States Naval Academy.
“We will never again sow division. Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid.” That’s from Amanda Gorman’s poem, “The Hill We Climb,” which she read at the recent inauguration.
Louisiana has joined the relatively short list of states with a mobile phone app that’s supposed to let users know if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19.
If there’s been one overarching theme for the local government bodies I cover over the past year or so, it would probably be the volume with which positions just keep on changing hands.
Dear Rusty: I have read your answers to the commonly asked question of “When should I claim social security benefits?” You always say one should wait as long as possible (up to age 70) to get the maximum monthly benefit. But I have not seen you address the matter of all the money you could have collected if you start drawing sooner and how many years it will take, if you wait, to recoup all that money.
