Dealing with a demanding boss
Anyone working in corporate America is bound to have a run-in with a demanding boss. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), managing a…
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.
When it’s time: How to end a friendship
Many of us, say relationship experts, hold on to relationships long past the expiration date. If a friendship hurts, says Lillian Skye Noble, writing for…
‘Pay what you can’ cafes spring up
Pay what you can’ (PWYC) cafes and restaurants have sprung up around the world as a way of revolutionizing charitable food giving. In the U.S., there are…
Losing your spouse to exercise
It may feel as though your spouse is having an affair, and he or she is. Kind of. But it is an affair with the gym not Jim. This is the kind of affair…
Struggles in parenting older teens
Kids between the ages of 17 and 23 can seem more independent than they actually are. Even if they are working and taking care of many of their own…
Rite of Passage: The minimum wage job
Jeet Banerjee is now 24 years old. At the age of 21, he had already written two books and started “several different companies.” The self-described…
Mom’s greeting card is unreadable to young people
A plaintive email posted on Yahoo Answers: A questioner says her mother gave her a beautiful Valentine’s Day card with a lovely written message. She…
The other athletes on the floor: Cheerleading becomes international sport
Now that 97 percent of cheerleaders are female, it is hard to believe that cheerleading started as an all-male sport. Back in 1898, when cheerleaders were…
St. Patrick’s Day: From local to global in 400 years
Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, and that means everyone — worldwide. Somehow a local celebration of a revered holy man became a global…
Beet juice: drink up!
Beet juice really does have some health benefits. A 2015 study in the journal Hypertension reported that one cup of beet juice daily lowers blood…