Summer heat and your heart: What you need to know
Summer is the season for outdoor activity, travel, and long sunny days, and for most people, that is entirely good news. For anyone with heart disease or…
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.
Cool down: No-fuss frozen treats for the whole family
When the temperature climbs, the answer is usually twenty minutes away from the freezer. Frozen treats don’t need a recipe card or a special trip to the…
Dad’s secret treat for Mother’s Day: The Frittata
Here is the thing about a frittata: it looks like something you would order at a nice brunch place, but it is actually one of the most forgiving things…
American roads getting safer
After years of grim numbers, traffic fatalities in the U.S. are declining meaningfully. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 39,345…
Vision affects home safety
A study from the University of Michigan found that older adults with severe vision loss are three to four times more likely to fall when their home also…
Alert for night owls
A major study published in January 2026 in the Journal of the American Heart Association tracked more than 300,000 adults and found that people who are…
Electricity doesn’t give second chances
Electrocution is one of OSHA’s “Fatal Four”, the four leading causes of death in construction, and it behaves differently from most workplace hazards. You…
Your hands are irreplaceable
Think about everything you did with your hands today, before you even got to work. They are the most used tools in almost any job, and the most frequently…
The long-term care policy that pays off
Most people know they should probably think about long-term care insurance. Most people also keep putting it off, in part because of a nagging question:…
Do you really need a million dollars to retire?
Spend any time reading about retirement and you will encounter some version of the same alarming headline: you need a million dollars. Maybe two million….