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Dad’s new love news to daughter

DEAR ABBY: My father began dating four years after my mother passed away from a terrible bout with cancer. He and I have always been close; in fact, I have always considered him to be on...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Liberty School serves students in outstanding way

“We don’t brag about what we can do.” I read this on the classroom wall as I toured the new home of The Liberty School. It is part of a set of ideas labeled, “The Liberty Way,” and it struck...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Are we sincere about second chances and voting?

WASHINGTON – Those of us who participated in the 2000 presidential election are getting political PTSD from the current gubernatorial and senatorial recounts in Florida. Presiden...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

I’ll fight for your in-state TV

As your next Colorado attorney general, I’ll take your case to the FCC. My office can help. That’s how government should work.

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Is the struggle to stay human still relevant today?

I watched Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “Paths of Glory” last weekend, prompted by all the World War I centenary tributes. Set in the trenches near the end of the war, it’s a movi...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Three tips for surviving the holidays

Worried your willpower will let you down this holiday season? You should be, but read on because there’s still hope. As the holidays kick off, it usually means extra time with fa...

DATE: Nov 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Grandmother waiting for thank yous

DEAR ABBY: It seems the children I raised and taught to write thank-you notes somehow failed to teach their children the importance of being grateful receivers. My two teenage grandchild...

DATE: Nov 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

It’s no longer the economy, stupid – so what is it?

WASHINGTON – One lesson of the midterm elections is that economic growth is losing its power to unite the country and to reduce explosive conflicts over race, religion, ethnicity, immigrant ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

On flights, babies are a special type of turbulence

If you think flying with a baby is easy, maybe you didn’t hear about Krupa Patel Bala, who recently traveled from Sydney to San Francisco on United Airlines with her husband and 8-month-old ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

China’s strategy no surprise to uranium producers

A frequent geopolitical story throughout 2018 has been the deliberate efforts of Russia and China to undermine U.S. national security. Using trade and policy programs, they target...

DATE: Nov 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The Resistance couldn’t convert votes into seats

For months we’ve heard from sundry media apocalypticians that this year’s midterms were the last exit off the road to autocracy. Last Tuesday, the American people delivered a less dramatic v...

DATE: Nov 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Cyclists throw caution to the wind at huffy-toss

A recent Police Blotter item in The Lycra-clad clan is a close-knit community, so to speak, and attending their secret rituals requires undercover reporting. But it’s impossible...

DATE: Nov 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

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