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Suicide rate among older men overlooked

DEAR ABBY: My elderly father’s dearest friend committed suicide yesterday. He shot himself in the head. The family wasn’t even aware that he was depressed. Dad has lost three wonderful f...

Rebuilding the infrastructure of democratic values

WASHINGTON – If we have learned anything from the last few years in our politics, it is that civility is for suckers, that compromise is a sign of weakness, and that moderation of temperamen...

Sullivan: In Donald Trump’s America, a new list of grievances

Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president, Amy Siskind took one of her occasional trips to Val-Kill, the Upstate New York home of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. “I ne...

Hewitt: The GOP’s last chance to avert single-payer

The iceberg approaches for the Senate GOP’s ship, but unlike with the Titanic, there is plenty of time to turn. Republicans slowed the engines and thus the speed by postponing a vote until a...

Friedman: Trump is China’s Chump

HONG KONG – Having just traveled to New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, China, Taiwan and now Hong Kong, I can say without an ounce of exaggeration that more than a few Asia-Pacific busines...

Teen immersed in electronics is losing touch with people

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been dating a wonderful woman for two years. She has a son in high school I’ll call “Jon.” Like many teens I see, he is constantly on his smartphone, his school-required ...

Methods to make a scholarship search easy

If you have a high school student in your family, there is a good chance that you’ve started thinking about college and how to pay for it. That’s true for us, too. Malcolm, our 16...

Brooks: The GOP has a vision for government, but not America

ASPEN – There is a structural flaw in modern capitalism. Tremendous income gains are going to those in the top 20 percent, but prospects are diminishing for those in the middle and working c...

Horoscope for June 28, 2017

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Be gentle during family discussions today, because you might come on too strong. By nature, you are a feisty, fiery sign! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)...

Hospital patient receives surprise anatomy lesson

DEAR ABBY: I recently had to spend a night in the hospital following minor surgery. One of the female techs taking care of me leaned over me to straighten out the bedding and I could see...

Romanoff: New GOP health plan is bad medicine

Let’s say your state faces an opioid epidemic. And a shortage of psychiatric care. And one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. Let’s say you live in Colorado. I...

Littwin: This could be the end of Obamacare, and Cory Gardner’s not feeling so well himself

Whatever else I’ve had to say about Cory Gardner over the years, I’ve never once said, or even thought, that he wasn’t a shrewd and able politician. But now it may be time for a rethink. ...