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Harrop: Trump economy fails to “Wow” many investors

A rich guy I know really, really dislikes Donald Trump. A member of the 1 percent, Jack (not his real name) thinks the president has sullied the country’s reputation and put democracy in dan...

Son left out of mom’s gift giving

DEAR ABBY: My husband, daughter and I all have birthdays in the same month. My mother-in-law sends gifts for me and my daughter, but never to my husband, her son. He tries to shrug it of...

Drop off sagging jack-o’-lanterns to feed livestock after Halloween

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your...

Scott: Let Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” rest in peace

The Environmental Protection Agency has published official notice of plans to withdraw the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. States will no longer be required to meet the specific car...

Keillor: So a man walks into a bar in Oregon....

I hung out in Eugene last week where it rains every day so the air is fresh and clean. Old people my age don’t care for rain so Eugene is not a retirement mecca – more of a youth...

Littwin: Cub Scout gets booted for asking a question

Let’s be clear what happened here. According to the facts as we know them, a bullying Cub Scout leader kicked an 11-year-old boy out of his den because the boy, Ames Mayfield, asked a tough ...

Mom unsure of girl’s ‘boyfriends’

DEAR ABBY: I am single and the mother of a 7-year-old girl. When she was 4, I decided there would be no parade of guys coming in and out of my life, or any at all. I have barely dated, a...

Why it’s so hard to kick refined sugar

With Halloween just around the corner, watch out for the sweet and tempting villain we love to hate – sugar. It’s the time of year when loads of candy, chocolate and anything load...

Friedman: And then there was one left with integrity intact

In March, I wrote a column in the form of a memo to Secretary of Defense James Mattis, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, then-Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, CIA Director M...

Man considers having an affair

DEAR ABBY: I’m in my 60s, fit, sexually able and I desire physical relations. My wife, because of health issues, is no longer interested in sex. In fact, it might be mildly painful to he...

Kristof: Trump is inspirational ... for poetry

My readers have the best words, as Donald Trump might say. Evidence for that comes from the caliber of the 2,750 poems submitted to my Trump poetry contest. With the help of the Poetry Socie...

Dad worries about apathetic teen

DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced and remarried man with two teenage daughters. My ex-wife has custody of my girls one state away. I see them as often as time and the courts allow: two months d...