Modern-day Florence Nightingales number in the millions
Most Americans agree that a nurse has played an important role in their life on several occasions. The nurse may work in a doctor’s office, a school, 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.
National Bike to Work Day
This year, Bike to Work Day is celebrated on Friday, May 20, 2016 in the USA. It’s an annual event held in the United States and Canada. It promotes the…
The poem for Mother’s Day
You’ve heard it before, maybe many times, but the words still express that world-wide feeling for mothers in general and for your mother in particular….
Another May ‘Memorial Day’ to inspire your active participation
On May 15, 2016, citizens nationwide honor the service and sacrifices of our law enforcement officers in local observances, and officers from every state…
Restaurant meals vs fast food
A study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that typical full-service restaurant meals have more calories, sodium and…
Should you aerate your lawn?
Two good reasons to aerate your lawn: tramped-on turf or the dreaded clay soil. Greens keepers aerate fairways because the soil gets compacted from all…
Memorial Day, May 30
For some 150 years since the end of the Civil War, decorating the graves of military service members has been the primary activity on Memorial Day. Most…
Baby boomers should be tested for hepatitis C
If you were born between the years 1945 through 1964, you are in the largest group of people at increased risk for chronic hepatitis C. It’s a viral…
The brain is like a muscle, so exercise it more often
The mainstream view in neuroscience today is that the living brain is actually neuroplastic, meaning its circuits are constantly changing in response to…
Tracking vegetable trends
Nutritionists at Tufts University say that, although American farmers, who are responsible for four-fifths of the vegetables we eat, produced 5 percent…