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By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! In flagrante delicto In a deeply embarrassing situation for all involved, a rock of amber has been found that cont…
Apr 3 1
By Walt Hickey Seized The federal government seized $29.6 million worth of illegal drugs — 1,300 pounds of cocaine, 86 pounds of meth, 17 pounds of her…
Apr 2 3
By Walt Hickey Public service announcement: because of the date, the internet might be extremely stupid today, so do exercise some extra caution. All t…
Apr 1
By Walt Hickey Propaganda The Pentagon made a deal with The Leonie Group for a $120 million contract to produce television, radio and billboard adverti…
Mar 31
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Pilot The timing of the pandemic may permanently change how scripted television gets made. Pilot season is the experimenta…
Mar 30
By Walt Hickey Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition. Each week, I'll sit down with an author or a writer behind one of the stories covered in a previo…
Mar 29 1
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Madness The NCAA’s decision to cancel March Madness means that at the end of the 2019-20 school year, Division I s…
Mar 27
By Walt Hickey Beef In the week ending March 15 Americans spent $890.6 million on fresh beef, which is $376 million higher than the same week of 2019, …
Mar 26
By Walt Hickey Tubes A congressional audit of long-term maintenance costs of the USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS George H. W. Bush, two state-of-the-art…
Mar 25
By Walt Hickey Cheap No More Coal is the dirtiest, and also historically the cheapest energy source, but owing to a total collapse in the oil market, c…
Mar 24
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Stash Sales of marijuana popped to enormous heights last week, with the March 16 sales of recreational cannabis up 159 per…
Mar 23 1
By Walt Hickey Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition. Each week, I'll sit down with an author or a writer behind one of the stories covered in a previo…
Mar 22
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