Tag Archives: masks

Monday October 5th is the deadline to register to vote in November’s Election — and to apply for an absentee ballot if you want to stay home this year and stay safe from COVID-19. Here’s timely information, and ways to avoid some surprising problems.

Everyone should be wearing a face mask in public these days, but not all of them work. Here’s a summary of test results on various kinds of masks, and a simple way to test any mask.

An outfit called the “Freedom To Breathe Agency” is distributing official-looking but totally bogus cards that claim the bearer is exempt from facemask requirements. Don’t accept them, don’t use them, and beware of anyone who does!

Today I’m going to tell you a story. Once upon a time – like right now, this very minute – there was an investment adviser in Rochester, New York, named Christopher A. Parris. He was arrested and charged last January with a massive securities fraud. Court papers charge that Parris and his cronies discovered an investment firm which was about …