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Harrop: Elite cities should share the wealth with others

As Seattle ascended into the club of superstar American cities, its housing became expensive and its streets congested. That’s the price of success. These factors helped prompt Amazon.com to...

DATE: Sep 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Man’s wife disturbed by hands-on approach

DEAR ABBY: My husband cannot be around a female without putting his hands on her shoulder or back. He “has” to touch. I’m not jealous but embarrassed when I see women cringe and the expr...

DATE: Sep 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Testing helps District 9-R gauge students’ abilities, prepare them for success

Recently, the school district received its state data from assessments administered across the district last spring. While there clearly are results that warrant celebration, we also had a n...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Friedman: Trump’s folly on North Korea and climate change

America faces two serious national security threats today that look wildly different but have one core feature in common – they both have a low probability of happening, but, if they did hap...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Kristof: Crackdown on Rohingya in Myanmar an outrage

A beloved Nobel Peace Prize winner is presiding over an ethnic cleansing in which villages are burned, women raped and children butchered. For the last three weeks, Buddhist-major...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Teen questions relationship

DEAR ABBY: I am a 16-year-old girl in a somewhat happy relationship. When I first started dating my boyfriend, he was all about it, as was I. But now it seems like he’s only interested i...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Krugman: Irma demonstrates danger of dismissing science

After the devastation wreaked by Harvey on Houston – devastation that was right in line with meteorologists’ predictions – you might have expected everyone to take heed when the same experts...

DATE: Sep 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Girls sharpen social skills

DEAR ABBY: I enjoy reading your column, especially letters regarding young girls and their social skills. I have two granddaughters who have the normal drama, mostly with other girls. I ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Littwin: How do you explain climate change denial to a child?

I have a 2-year-old grandson who is fascinated by, and a little afraid of, thunder and lightning. When he wakes up in the middle of the night, he usually says he has been dreaming about “tun...

DATE: Sep 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Wife wants snuggles

DEAR ABBY: I recently got married to a wonderful man who is 19 years younger than I am. He’s the love of my life. The problem is, he sleeps totally on one side of the bed and isn’t affec...

DATE: Sep 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Ignatius: While Trump takes the shots, Tillerson runs the offense

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has often been the silent man in the Trump foreign policy team. But out of the spotlight, he appears to be crafting a broad strategy aimed at wo...

DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Herpes infection keeps woman on sidelines

DEAR ABBY: I am a 65-year-old woman, attractive and lonely. I am uncomfortable using dating sites because I have genital herpes. I was infected by my first husband more than 40 years ago...

DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby