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Good tidings: There’s a new center being born

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about America’s future? I’m optimistic. I say that because there have been many moments in our history when old ideas and old arrangements stoppe...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Yuletide doggerel unleashed as poetic license expires

‘Twas the day before Christmas and all through our towns, Events of the past year brought smiles and frowns. Traditions aplenty for this time of year; So her...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Mix-up causes invitation confusion

DEAR ABBY: I recently received an online invitation to a New Year’s Eve party at the home of a dear cousin. Having not heard from her in a while, I decided to call her to express our del...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Flu season arrives; it’s just the beginning

Perhaps you’ve heard of a lump of coal in the stocking on Christmas morning? Well, this unwelcome Christmas gift is worse. It’s not a visit from Scrooge. It’s not the Grinch. It’...

DATE: Dec 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Language apps help travelers – up to a point

My parents moved from New Jersey to Passau, Germany, when I was a toddler. After a few weeks of playing with the neighborhood kids, I spoke fluent, Bavarian-accented German. That’...

DATE: Dec 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Do not equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism

In a recent interview with The Intercept, Rashida Tlaib, the Michigan Democrat who in November became the first Palestinian-American elected to Congress, went public with her support for the...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Can panel control population?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has done wonders by motivating individuals and nations to take action to slow climate change. What could happen if the United ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

The new farm bill is a success for every one of us

It didn’t appear in many front-page headlines, but Congress just passed a five-year, $867 billion piece of legislation in a bipartisan, landslide vote. In today’s political climat...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Quilt may bring back sad memories

DEAR ABBY: Several years ago, my daughter got pregnant. She and her husband were overjoyed, as was I. Being a quilter, I immediately made a baby play quilt. However, before I could send ...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism

It’s a call for the elimination of a state and all its Jewish people

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

An antidote to idiocy in new Churchill biography

Earlier this year, retired astronaut Scott Kelly posted a harmless tweet quoting Winston Churchill’s famous line, “In victory, magnanimity.” Left-wing Twitter went berserk, and Ke...

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sparks fail to fly for single mother

DEAR ABBY: I have a close friend who is in her mid-30s. She’s a wonderful, divorced, hardworking Christian mother of four who has finally ventured back to the dating scene. She’s current...

DATE: Dec 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby