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Premarital celibacy worries man

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 50-year-old male engaged to be married to my elementary school sweetheart, Marie. This will be the second marriage for both of us. We’ve been dating for six years, three...

DATE: Jan 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: Democrats go for the jugular! (Their own)

The Republicans are led by a bigoted, incompetent president whose approval ratings are near historic lows. The Republicans in Congress embrace one unpopular policy option after another, so t...

DATE: Jan 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Guide gives child depression facts

DEAR ABBY: Seeing a child you love struggle with depression is such a helpless feeling. Parents wonder how to talk to them as they withdraw from the people and activities that used to br...

DATE: Jan 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stop pouring on fat with added sugars

Why is it so addictive to drink your calories, and why is liquid sugar so terrible for the human body? Liquid sugar is toxic for your body for many reasons. First, it stimulates ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Samuelson: China and the global race for new technology

WASHINGTON – The National Science Foundation and the National Science Board have just released their biennial “Science & Engineering Indicators,” a voluminous document describing the state o...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Kristof: Come to this island, before it disappears

But come quickly, while it’s still here. “My house was over there,” said Zainal Abedin, a farmer, pointing to the waves about 100 feet from the shore. “At low tide, we can still s...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Single mom in love with two men

DEAR ABBY: I am a 37-year-old divorced mother of two. I have recently gotten into relationships with two different men. One of them, Steve, has the life I have always wanted, and he says...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Thiessen: The 10 worst things Trump did in his first year

One week ago ( However, his record of conservative achievement has been overshadowed by a whole series of self-inflicted wounds. Here are the 10 worst: 10. He has made no effort...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Marc Thiessen

Man’s dream career is crushed

DEAR ABBY: I recently was rejected for a job that would have turned into a career. I put all my eggs in one basket, so to speak, and told everyone around me during the process that it wa...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Debate about presidential photo needs to be reframed

I would like to know why our president and vice president’s pictures are not in our Social Security office. And no, I am not happy about it! It is disrespectful, illegal and unpatriotic! Tha...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

To plan, or not to plan – land use in La Plata County

It might be easy to chuckle at the silliness of the conspiracy theorists convinced the United Nations is scheming with La Plata County to forcibly relocate rural folks into urban housing cen...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Spaniards display emotion, affection in a way Americans don’t

Part of getting to know people who live in another country is learning the basic interactions that friends and acquaintances use. In this column and on my blog, I am trying to f...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

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