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Monday marked the start not only of a new year but also a terrifyingly high-stakes ride for America — slightly over 10 months to the presidential election of 2024.

On a beautiful fall Saturday last year, with both a deep blue sky and a bit of a snap in the air at 61 degrees, I asked Alexa if it was a pretty day. There seemed to be a bit longer of a pause from my AI roomie before “her” voice replied, “I don’t know that one.”

Firsts on the first: A quiz for New Year’s Day

Traditionally, people have made resolutions at the beginning of the new year. Often, those resolutions deal with physical health or financial habits. However, the new year is also a great time to make resolutions related to our legal health.

As a new year rolls into our lives Monday, we’ll all spend this weekend contemplating what improvements or changes we might need to make into our lives.

We all make mistakes. To err is human, after all. For example, fences are sometimes built on the wrong side of the property line. It happens.

I’ve always wanted to be a legend in my own time, but I don’t wear a watch. And I’d like to be a legend in my own mind, but I don’t have one. So it’s nice to know that I am, at the very least, a legend on my own feet.

As 2023 draws to a close, one of the things that I improved this year was my time management.

While many question the concept of miracles, 34-year-old Ian Snyder of Ferndale, Calif., is not one of them.

Last week America said its final goodbye to Sandra Day O’Connor.