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Harrop: The tax cuts are truly a crummy deal for most of us

Would someone kindly replace Nancy Pelosi as a spokesperson for Democrats? The House minority leader’s riff on the tax bill as “crumbs” for average Americans bombed on two fronts...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Living choice causes family rift

DEAR ABBY: How old does a child have to be before she is able to choose a relative to live with? I’m the one my granddaughter wants to stay with. Her home life is in turmoil because of h...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

MET Live delivers Love Potion No. 9

No doubt about it, “L’Elisir d’Amore” is a potboiler. Brimming with stock characters, melodramatic story line and the sudden discovery of a rich uncle, “The Elixir of Love” could...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Douthat: The taming of a demagogue

Recent political history has offered few spectacles more depressing than the acquiescence of leading Republican politicians to the rise of Donald Trump. The selection of a nominee for presid...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Kristof: Woody Allen meets #MeToo

Four years ago, when Woody Allen was given a lifetime achievement award by the Golden Globes, Dylan Farrow curled up in a ball on her bed, crying hysterically. Then she wrote an open letter ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Dowd: A goddess, a mogul and a mad genius

NEW YORK — Yes, Uma Thurman is mad. She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She has been mangled in hot steel. She has been betrayed and gaslighted by those she trust...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Car from son becomes burden

DEAR ABBY: My son bought me a car in 2012. I had no idea he was doing it. He traded my car in for this newer car. During the last five years this “gift” has been nothing but ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Carbohydrates: The good, the bad and the ugly

Today’s topic was a reader’s request. The reader asked, “What carbohydrates are healthy, and should we be avoiding fructose in our diet?” It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Thompson: The public land sellout

This month, hundreds of corporate representatives will sit down at their computers, log into something called Energynet, and bid, eBay-style, for more than 300,000 acres of federal land spre...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Wife wants to date others

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 72-year-old married woman. My husband has atypical Parkinson’s and can no longer talk or walk. I exercise six days a week, but I need someone to talk to, to ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Father’s wife suffering depression

DEAR ABBY: My wife gave birth to our twin girls almost a year ago, and for the most part, things have been great. They are happy and healthy, but I’m not sure how happy my wife is. I’m a...

DATE: Feb 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Reynolds: State of our union is closely linked to the state of our climate

President Trump opened his State of the Union address by acknowledging the heroic first responders who came to the aid of victims in the floods that devastated Houston and the wildfires that...

DATE: Feb 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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