The New Citizens Press

Left to right: Miriam Chege engineering student at Michigan State University (MSU) celebrated her 21st birthday by volunteering.  Walnut Neighborhood Organization resident Wendell Hill, 

donated yard tools for  use. Friends, Hilena Tibebe (MSU), Abigail Onchiri (MSU) and Sylvia Onchiri (Davenport University) lent a helping hand.  

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By Jimmy L. Wilson, Jr.

 

“I’m glad that basketball season is here, so I can ignore the football team”, has been the refrain for Michigan State alumni and fans many times. That is not the case this year. With the football team playing well, and the basketball team starting a season with national championship aspirations, Spartan eyes have to be smiling. Here is a quick look at things for both teams. 

By Rick Garcia

 

Coca-Cola had a famous ad slogan, “The Pause That Refreshes.”  The artwork and part of the text originally appeared in a 1931 campaign, rebooted in June 1943 to tie the nation’s current military activity to a long line of military service—and when servicemen needed a break from their grueling work, they took a pause. Naturally, those pauses involved refreshing bottles of ice-cold Coca-Cola.

By Robert Pagliarini, 

Tribune Media Services

 

We’ve got problems. Our economy has stagnated; unemployment is high; we have an almost inconceivable amount of national debt; and our elected officials are fighting among themselves. What we need are some good solutions. What’s to blame for this mess? In a country that is so politically divided, surprisingly you’ll often get the same answer in Beverly Hills that you’ll get in Biloxi, Miss.: selfishness. Wall Street greed. 

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Media Services

 

Every few months, I like to empty out the inbox, which has definitely piled up. I will answer a variety of your questions. As a reminder, if you have a financial question or a comment about a column, send it to: askjill@jillonmoney.com. If you would like to be a guest on my syndicated radio show, call 855-411-JILL.

By Gina L Battle

 

It’s still the same story, we often think we want what someone else has, not being satisfied with the juxtaposition of our own lives. You know how it is; if only I were taller, richer, or shorter, or skinnier, or had a house like my neighbor. But, the problem with having positioned your attitude in that way is, you really have no idea what the person’s life you envy is truly like.