What about Judge Judy? Republicans in Congress are insisting that President Barack Obama not name a nominee to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia and instead allow the next president to make that choice.
Are they certain they want to wait? Donald Trump’s short list includes Omarosa and Gary Busey. And Bernie Sanders’ list names Michael Moore or Sean Penn.
We’re here to pump you up: Reaction was mixed to last week’s Street Smarts column about a return to the 1970s when gas station attendants pumped gas. Some objected but others said it would be nice to have someone else handle the task.
We’re all for it, but then we’d also like to see the return of four-inch wide ties, sideburns, bell-bottom jeans and music-comedy variety shows on TV.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1995, the FBI arrested computer hacker Kevin Mitnick for cracking security on some of the nation’s most protected computers.
Mitnick, using complicated algorithms, deduced the federal government’s password was ABC123.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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