Good news for buyers as home prices cool
The red-hot real estate market is slowly cooling as sellers in big markets lower their prices, according to brokerage firms. Notable in the market are…
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.
The voyage that fed the world
More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, his legacy is … complicated. But whether you revere or revile him, chances are…
Understanding the ‘you’ of 2050 or 2060
Economists picked up the idea of multiple selves from psychology. They say our selves from high school, middle age and retirement are different. And we…
Interested in dark tourism? Learn the etiquette
Dark tourism, black tourism, grief tourism, thanatourism — they all refer to tourism associated with atrocity, death or human distress. On the lighter…
The infamous chorizo tweet and what it teaches
Some Twitter users have been humbled, and a scientist has apologized, after a simple joke unintentionally revealed just how credulous people can be….
What to do when a relative asks for money
Someone you love needs money and they are asking you. Don’t reach into your wallet before you take a moment to think. * Consider the problem. Money isn’t…
Could Jupiter lose its spot?
Talk about bad weather. The forecast for Jupiter is a massive storm. That’s the same storm that has been hammering the planet for at least 350 years, as…
Disney on a budget of $40,000 a week
Disney World vacations are notoriously expensive, even for families who choose budget accommodations and limit their spending on meals and souvenirs. A…
Build an outdoor feral cat shelter
Cats live outdoors everywhere, and you may have a colony of feral cats under your nose and not realize it. Help keep our feral feline friends safe from…
Prevent outside water sources from freezing
Cold weather is on the way, and that means that water troughs, buckets, emergency water supplies or outdoor water bowls for pets and feral animals are all…