Hicks No Longer Picks Movie Theater Tix
Movie houses are quickly going the way of the 8-track tape as older folks don’t want to pay $10 for cheap popcorn they can’t digest & youngsters are addicted to streaming. That Netflix/Paramount bidding war for Casablanca-owner Warner Bros is no coincidence...
When Bread of Life Is No Breaded Chicken
A respected doctor recently warned of “2 simple food mistakes that increase chronic disease risk,” i.e., drinking just fruit juice instead of real deal & eating fried aka breaded chicken. No MD, I have 3 more: Inhaling crapola snacks & chugging booze til you snooze…
Soul Food: Week of November 30, 2025
Advent to me is the beginning of the most joyful season of the year that heralds the prophesized birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ, reminds us of God’s undying love for us, and promises the faithful a chance for an eternal life in Heaven with Him...
Soulful Gratitude in Lead Up to Thanksgiving
Forty years ago, in between jobs, I came out of my desert to find myself by walking the Rhineland. I now return to Germany’s version of Italy’s Tuscany for the next 10 days wiser & grateful to realize we’ve all experienced the many ups & downs of life …
Soul Food: Week of November 9, 2025
There is a time for everything & a season for every activity under the heavens … [as] the sun rises & the sun sets & hurries back to where it rises...
Soul Food: Week of October 26, 2025
Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson ...
Is Trump Setting Fire to the White House?
Imagine Paul Revere riding down Penn Ave today shouting, “Trump is destroying the White House!” The libs like Whoopi Goldberg are saying as much as No 47 adds a needed ballroom for state affairs … not unlike overdue upgrades made through history...
Soul Food: Week of October 19, 2025
Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the universe … Who makes every day a special day, a chance to serve You, a chance to do Your will...
What’s Rarer Than an EV? California Wine?
Hard to swallow the latest news from California telling us “changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the [once] unthinkable, i.e., rip up the vines …
LA’s Whine: Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime?
Disney’s attendance isn’t the only lib toilet plunging. LA’s entertainment economy “is spiraling downward” as customers ghost it: “Work is evaporating, businesses are closing & the city’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread …
