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    Cutting the cord

    First thing’s first, my friends: Welcome to 2020. I swear I can’t write that iconic phrase without hearing Barbara Walters utter her signature opening line for “20/20,” the TV newsmagazine she anchored for a quarter century. Hard to believe she’s 90. Speaking of television, if one of your goals for this new year is lowering monthly expenses, here’s a tip: Ditch your cable. We cut the proverbial cord last summer. Best decision ever. Other than deleting my Twitter account. Cut to a recent scene in our family room: “Honey, what’s on TV?” “Nothing.” “There must be something. We have like a thousand channels.” “Nothing. Zip. Nada. It’s a wasteland.” Seriously? Hundreds…