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This summer, this moment in time for Verlena

I caught up with Verlena Collentine recently to check in and see how she’s doing. She is the woman who has terminal ovarian cancer and has stopped all medical intervention as of ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Sometimes, autopsies aren’t what people want

Sarah Traynor, 7 years old and mildly autistic, was found hanging by a jump rope attached to the top bar of a swing set in her backyard. The Supreme Court of Victoria at Melbourn...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Tipton: Securing our nation at home and abroad

The United States has stood strong for 241 years. Through our commitment to a strong national defense, we have been able to protect our interests at home and abroad. Unfortunately, as our in...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Woman feels steamrollered by in-laws in her own home

DEAR ABBY: My in-laws live in an apartment above our garage. It wasn’t my idea. It was a compromise with my husband. They now want to move Grandma into a trailer in our backy...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Samuelson: Trump’s need to dominate news cycle says it all

WASHINGTON — No one is working harder for the impeachment of Donald Trump than Donald Trump. If we have learned anything about this president, it is that he has a compulsion to b...

DATE: Aug 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Friedman: Not all climate shifts concern the weather

I have a simple view of governing today: We are in the middle of not one but three climate changes at once to which government must help citizens respond. And Donald Trump doesn’t have a clu...

DATE: Aug 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Man’s silence about past therapy distances fiancée

DEAR ABBY: My fiancée and I have been together for four years. We live together. Recently, I was talking to him about mental health and the benefits of therapy, which I firmly support. H...

DATE: Aug 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Journey to DATO director a lifetime voyage

In my last column, I described the history and background of my predecessor. In today’s column, I thought it might be a good idea to tell you a little about myself and my goals for the Duran...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Brooks: Sen. Jeff Flake plants a flag

Do you ever get the feeling we’re all going to be judged for this moment? Historians, our grandkids and we ourselves will look and ask: What did you do as the Trump/Scaramucci/Bannon adminis...

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

Wife decries kissing cousin’s return to family gatherings

DEAR ABBY: When my husband and I were dating, he told me that he’d had a consensual sexual relationship with his cousin, “Irma.” He said they were in their early 20s and very immature. T...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grantham: Governor’s climate gambit reeks of Obama-style overreach

News accounts of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s recent decision to accelerate renewable energy goals for Colorado and join the “U.S. Climate Alliance,” aligning the state with international commit...

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

Kristof: Motherhood is deadlier in America

HOUSTON — We love mothers, or at least we say we do, and we claim that motherhood is as American as apple pie. We’re lying. In fact, we’ve structured health care so that motherhoo...

DATE: Aug 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof