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Girl unsure about online dating

DEAR ABBY: I met this guy through a dating site. We began chatting and hit it off. We talk almost every day, and have video-messaged via Skype a few times. We’ve been getting closer and ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Keillor: The art of the perjorative

When his old campaign manager was indicted Monday, Mr. Trump called me on the phone, crying like a baby, and begged me to endorse him. I said, “You’re already president, Mr. President. You w...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Friedman: Trump, Niger and connecting the dots

It is easy to ignore the recent story of four U.S. servicemen killed in Niger, the giant state in central Africa, because the place is so remote and the circumstances still so murky. That wo...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Wife struggles to communicate

DEAR ABBY: My husband is a nice guy, but he’s not particularly good at planning ahead. This means that special events, holidays and birthdays often go unmarked because he doesn’t remembe...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Krugman: Trump’s $700 billion gift to wealthy foreigners

Why is Donald Trump planning to give away $700 billion – that’s billion, with a “b” – to foreigners, no strings attached? You probably didn’t know that he’s planning to do this. In fact, he ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

New engagement ends in divorce

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together 21 years, married for 17. We recently did a short sale on our home and moved to Texas. It was a professional move for my husband. ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: Trump’s legacy - damaged brains

There is an image that shows what a common pesticide does to a child’s brain. The pesticide, which belongs to a class of chemicals developed as a nerve gas made by Nazi Germany, i...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Cepeda: ‘American’ is not a language

CHICAGO - People who care deeply about language are sticklers for precision. But it doesn’t take a grammar freak to take offense at the notion that the words “American” and “English” are syn...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mother angry with runaway dad

DEAR ABBY: Last year I had a baby with one of my college professors. He left me 10 days before our daughter was born and has never met her. I chased him through family court, and he give...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Samuelson: Does history prove that tax cuts spur growth?

WASHINGTON — The answer is “no.” The question, from a reader, is “Do we have any historical evidence that lowering tax rates, particularly among the richest strata, generates economic growth...

DATE: Oct 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

In-law disapproves of husband

DEAR ABBY: My sister “Eileen” is married to her second husband, a man I’ll call Harry. He’s nice, but some of his choices landed him in jail. I’m polite when we see him, but I don’t trus...

DATE: Oct 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Free electric-car chargers spark a non-controversy

I see that La Plata Electric Association installed four free charging stations for members’ electric cars at LPEA’s Durango headquarters. Apparently, the chargers were paid for by a group ca...

DATE: Oct 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line