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Milbank: Bill Clinton sowed the seeds for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON – We didn’t know it at the time, of course. But in Bill Clinton were the seeds of Donald Trump. With 20 years of hindsight, it is clear. To see the former p...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Blow: Trump leading Republican Party to ruin

In one way, Donald Trump’s presidency has been a raging success: He stole a political party. Among most of the people who we used to call Republicans, among the people who like Tr...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Difficult birth haunts mom

DEAR ABBY: Twelve years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. It was a difficult pregnancy and delivery due to a medical condition my daughter was diagnosed with in the womb. The d...

DATE: Jun 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Horoscope for June 6, 2018

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Double-check all your information today, because something doesn’t add up. It’s possible that you are in a bit of a fog - daydreaming or lost in fantasy? Be min...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Parker: Ivanka Trump advises daddy, collects trademarks

WASHINGTON – Of course, I’m jealous of Ivanka Trump – because any criticism of another woman has to be jealousy, according to the letters I shall receive. In the following order,...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

James: Self-raised, but who cares?

Anyone who knows me very well will tell you that I’m not the most fastidious man that ever lived. My second wife – I’ve been encouraged not to refer to them as ex-wife No. 1 or N...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Relentless winds can parch plants, pull moisture from soil

I am sick of this wind, and I don’t even have hair. It’s not uncommon to have blustery days in April, but as we enter June, I always thought they would start to die down. But not this year –...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Romance returns with same red flags

DEAR ABBY: I have rekindled a romance from my youth. “Jerry” and I were engaged to be married 47 years ago, but I felt he was too worldly and fast for me, so I broke off the engagement. ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Painted arrows point to changes in 10-mile race

I love the Iron Horse weekend as much as the next local, but what’s with all the orange trail-marker arrows all over town? I don’t mind painting on streets, but a beautiful trail along the A...

DATE: Jun 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Tying a mother’s drug use to death of her fetus is complicated

One of my colleagues asked for advice after an unnamed “outside agency” requested an autopsy on a fetus stillborn to a mother who used illegal drugs. The implication was that someone within ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Teen cancer survivor struggles with dating

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is 17. When she was 1, she had leukemia. The treatments have left her with chronic pain as well as some disabilities that she deals with. She’s now a s...

DATE: Jun 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Another thing your DNA can tell you: Where you might go on your next vacation

When Richard Hill set out to find his biological parents, he didn’t expect he would wind up on a vacation. But when his DNA test results came in, he hit the road. “Within weeks, m...

DATE: Jun 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter