Sweden’s midsummer secret
Every June, Swedes celebrate Midsummer with maypole dancing, pickled herring, aquavit, and a skinny dip at night. Tradition also calls for placing seven…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
Progress on organ transplant offers hope
More than 100,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant. Thirteen of them will die today. The math has never worked: there are simply…
Swipe right for wrinkles
Beauty influencers have found their newest enemy, and their newest cash cow. A recent Wall Street Journal report spotlighted the growing panic over “tech…
Making shift work work for you
About one in six American workers puts in non-standard hours. If you are among them, the good news is that shift work is more manageable today than it has…
Treating cataracts: The good news keeps getting better
June is Cataract Awareness Month, which makes it a good time to know where things stand, and the news is largely encouraging. Cataracts, the clouding of…
A cure for sickle cell? Science says yes. Your wallet may disagree.
For the estimated 100,000 Americans living with sickle cell disease, June’s awareness month arrives with news that would have seemed like science fiction…
The spaghetti problem
Spaghetti is one of the most misjudged dishes in the home kitchen. Too little and someone goes hungry. Too much and you’re eating pasta for three days….
The no-miss Father’s Day dinner
Father’s Day has no single national dish the way Thanksgiving has turkey. What Dad wants for dinner depends largely on where he lives. According to…
If you see something, say something
Here is a number worth remembering: for every serious workplace injury, there are roughly 300 near-misses that came before it. That is the finding behind…
Why drills and training actually save lives
It is easy to roll your eyes at another fire drill. The alarm goes off, you file outside, you stand around, you go back in. What is the point? Ask the…