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Mom fearful as daughter leaves for school

DEAR ABBY: I’m the proud mom of a wonderful 21-year-old daughter whom I find myself worrying about more and more lately. She just graduated from our local college and is heading to medic...

DATE: Aug 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Samuelson: Productivity boom? Think again

WASHINGTON — Let’s travel back in time to 1995. Most Americans still remembered the calamitous inflation of the late 1970s (prices rose 13 percent in 1979). Many federal benefits, including ...

DATE: Aug 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Mom uses police to discipline child

DEAR ABBY: The media give us stories of racial conflict and the shooting of police officers almost daily, and every reporter and news anchor proposes solutions. As a Hispanic police offi...

DATE: Aug 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: Denver leads the way on Constitutional localism

Is there room for a third party? If some independent mounted a presidential bid in 2020, would that person have a chance? Those are questions we won’t be able to answer for a few ...

DATE: Aug 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Family torn apart by brother-in-law

DEAR ABBY: A number of years ago, it came out that my brother-in-law had raped and molested his two daughters and two granddaughters. It tore our family apart. Although my si...

DATE: Aug 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Infant plays favorites in day care

DEAR ABBY: I am a child care provider working with infants. Two of us work in the nursery and share responsibilities. One baby has become extremely attached to me, to the poi...

DATE: Jul 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Glass recyclers are in the clear with open containers

I was taking my glass to the recycling station. On the way, it occurred to me that there were several beer and alcohol bottles in the mix. Having an open container in the car is illegal in m...

DATE: Jul 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Wife’s travel spoiled by man

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for 38 years. We both had long professional careers and saved diligently for our retirement. Our children are on their own and doing well wit...

DATE: Jul 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

On ICE, aka ‘La Migra’

ICE is handy if you want a cold drink, not so much if you’re driving on the highway or if you are from another country. ICE, of course, stands for U.S. Immigration and Customs En...

DATE: Jul 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

Our food system isn’t broken, but the farm bill is

When I hear someone say “our food system is broken,” it stings. I think about my mom, who has farmed my whole life, and about my friends and the countless other farmers and ranchers who work...

DATE: Jul 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

After a year in Spain, there is so much I’ll miss

Where does a year go? It is true that as one gets older, time moves faster. I know that for our kids, our year in Spain feels like an eternity. Our youngest is trying to remind he...

DATE: Jul 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

The mystery of the missing hotel trash cans

What happened to all the trash cans? They’re disappearing from some hotel rooms lately. Guests such as Jon Martin want to know why. “There seem to be fewer and fewer trash cans in...

DATE: Jul 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter