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Stepmother tired of giving rides

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 2½ years. We have both been married before. I have a son, and he has three daughters. My son is married with two children. He works and is p...

DATE: Jun 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

As fire burns, a reminder that we live in uncertainty

We’re gathered for dinner in our hot house, closed up as a barrier against the smoke that fills the Animas Valley by night, creeping down from the 416 Fire like an escaped thief as we sleep....

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

How to help your future self

We’ve come to the final column in this 12-part series about taking control of yourmoney and living the life of your dreams. As you know by now, the benefits of improving your fina...

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Vets may be affected by past water contamination

From the 1950s through the 1980s, people serving or living at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to drinking water contaminated with industrial...

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Serving Veterans

Milbank: Here come the first casualties in our trade wars

WASHINGTON – President Trump believes that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So he started one. Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Man and mother interrupt plans

DEAR ABBY: I am a woman, 34, who has finally met the man I want to spend my life with. He’s 31, and his family lives about six hours away. He plans to move his mother here to live in the...

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Gerson: Defending border cruelty with heresy

WASHINGTON — Logic not being the strong point of the Trump administration, it claims that it is not to blame for the separation of families at the border, and that a just God is pleased it i...

DATE: Jun 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

Man proposes to engaged woman

DEAR ABBY: I met the love of my life eight months ago. Everything about our relationship is perfect. We both love our families, fine food, games and, most importantly, each other. We met...

DATE: Jun 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Menconi: Time to elect a true activist to Congress

Follow the money and you see who and what runs America. What are the federal government’s five biggest benefactors? 1. Finance and banking; 2. The military and securi...

DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Older bachelor interested in teen girl

DEAR ABBY: I have a 59-year-old brother-in-law who has always been a “proud bachelor.” He isn’t a rich, handsome, George Clooney-type bachelor, but a hand-to-mouth, burping, uncouth “Sha...

DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Cancer patient goes into detail

DEAR ABBY: A dear friend has been battling cervical cancer. Her condition has left her dependent on a colostomy bag. She’s not shy about discussing it on Facebook and in public, where sh...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Douthat: Choose the lesser cruelty on immigration

Let’s start with the easy part. The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border, delivering them into a bureaucratic labyrinth while their fathers and mothers awa...

DATE: Jun 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat