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We never saw 2020 coming. When Happy Ned Year 2019 hit the paper a year ago, I sure did not foresee that the next year would so vigorously reframe the very essence of this now 20-year-old column: To celebrate the strange and unexpected, and obscure stuff either unearthed or made up. So here again goes Happy Ned Year, your annual random scrum of crumbs swept from the tattered tablecloth of 2020. (Was the cocktail year 2020 not the perfect time for mixing metaphors?) And, Happy 2021; our sense of optimism gives new meaning to the phrase “a new ring.” It’s amazing: I Googled, and ...

On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced additional House committee assignments.  Congresswoman-elect Sara Jacobs (D-CA) was the only incoming House freshman named to the Foreign Affairs Committee. “I look forward to bringing my experience in U.S. foreign policy and international organizations — and my voice as a millennial who has never known a day in my adult life that the United States has not been at war — to the committee as we work to rebuild America’s standing in the world,” Jacobs told  Jewish Insider in a statement.   Congresswoman-elect Kathy Manning (...

10 Everyday Expressions That Are Much Older Than You Think The modern English language is peppered with new terms and abbreviations that did not exist 100, or even 50, years ago. Some of these new terms originated as a result of developments in technology. Others were a response to popular trends within pop culture. But some of the terms we use almost every single day are much older than you can possibly imagine. 10 OK Many origins of “OK” have been suggested, but the most prominent theory is that it started as an editorial joke in 1839. At the time, an easy way to make your article trend...

job act. in reality the 447 billion dollar government spending spree is more like the second coming of the stimulus. we know how effective that legislation was. the president described the measures that he claim will put america back to work. what he left out was how exactly all of this going to be paid for. except of course, massive tax hikes on the wealthiest americans. here to give us the republican perspective on last night's address, congressman shock and adam kin singer. it is across the board the response you see from people except for the die-hard obama lovers out there. cong...

hikes on the wealthiest americans. here to give us the republican perspective on last night's address, congressman shock and adam kin singer. it is across the board the response you see from people except for the die-hard obama lovers out there. congressman shock, is there anything here that you see that is going to help create jobs in the country? >> sean, we already know the answer to your question this is really a mini stimulus bill. it is stimulus 2.0. it spends a third of the original bill that he passed. look at the details. over half of the 300 billion dollars that he wants to...