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Bruni: For more and more Americans, I’m okay and you’re evil

In denouncing the hatred that brought bloodshed to a baseball diamond in Alexandria, Virginia, some people went ahead and spread more of it. Rush Limbaugh, take a bow. You called the shooter...

DATE: Jun 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: Let’s not get carried away

I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal. We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal busines...

DATE: Jun 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Gal pals can’t see positives in woman’s open marriage

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been in an extramarital relationship for 10 years. My husband knows, and so do my close friends. I love this man dearly, but neither of us want it to be full-...

DATE: Jun 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Downtown trashes river trail in waste basket count

Why are there so few trash cans along the Animas River Trail, particularly the stretch from 32nd Street down to Rotary Park? It seems to me that downtown has an overabundance of trash cans. ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Douthat: This era is crazy, but not as crazy as we may think

The first thing to say about the attempted massacre of congressional Republicans on a baseball field in suburban Virginia is that the motivations of the shooter were unusual. By which I mean...

DATE: Jun 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Friend finds gender fluidity a hard concept to swallow

DEAR ABBY: I have a longtime friend I see almost every day. She’s an awesome friend. Her children are adults. One of them is gay; the other is a transgender male. I respect her for suppo...

DATE: Jun 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Samuelson: Rise of postindustrial society linked to anger

WASHINGTON – Ever since Donald Trump’s election, a cottage industry of politicians, journalists, scholars and commentators has sought to understand what motivates Trump supporters. ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Fetish drives man to badger his wife into smoking again

DEAR ABBY: I am a 28-year-old female. I recently married the most amazing man in the whole world, “Jeremy.” We connect, communicate, understand and love everything about each other. My o...

DATE: Jun 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Can travelers avoid being given a digital pat-down?

When Shira Newman flies home from Tel Aviv this summer, she won’t be worried about long lines at the airport or short tempers on the plane. Instead, she’ll be concerned about her Samsung Gal...

DATE: Jun 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Parents debate whether teens are ready to stay home alone

DEAR ABBY: I’ve never written to you before, but I’m having a disagreement with my husband. We are taking our daughter out of state to drop her off at college in August. Our twin 15-year...

DATE: Jun 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Cohen: Social norms fraying in America

The moment seemed too surreal to believe. On May 24, on the eve of a special election to fill Montana’s only U.S. House seat, GOP nominee Greg Gianforte was being pressed by a rep...

DATE: Jun 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Sullivan: Is Trump coverage negative? That’s the wrong question

The New York Daily News front page on Friday morning screamed “LIAR” in huge type over a photo of President Donald Trump. USA Today’s banner headline seconded the motion: “Comey c...

DATE: Jun 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman