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DEAR HARRIETTE: My partner and I do not share musical tastes — at all.
Dear Doctors: I'm 54 years old and post-menopausal. I've had increasing issues with my lips for three years.
As an emerging American voice, the Rev. Jerry Falwell visited South Carolina in 1980 to promote his new Moral Majority network, while urging evangelicals to back Ronald Reagan instead of President Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist.
The country singer Jason Aldean has a No. 1 hit with 'Try That in a Small Town.' Made news because Country Music Television won't play the video due to its threatening nature. Aldean is a Trump fan, so it's brought out predictable right vs. left defenses and condemnations. But it's not that simple. It's an opportunity to look at 1985 vs. 2023 and take some lessons from the relatively recent past.
Dear Doctors: After a thoracotomy for lung cancer surgery, I had pain and tingling, along with tightness and spasms, in my midriff. I was told it would ease, but it hasn't. It's been a year, and the spasms are sudden and severe. CT scans are normal, and meds and physical therapy help only a little. What is going on?
DEAR HARRIETTE: My best friend goes to college in Europe and always spends his holidays over there with his family. Due to this, I get to see him for only two weeks in the winter when he comes home. We planned a trip this summer to go backpacking across Europe with his parents and little brother, but after a messy breakup with his girlfriend, he rushed into a new relationship and the plans completely changed. Instead of our original trip, we went to stay at his new girlfriend's house in Portugal with three of her friends. I wasn't entirely opposed to the idea, but I was upset that I wouldn't get as much time to see him as we planned.
Recently, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has printed thousands of flyers it plans to distribute at the U.S.-Mexico border. The flyer has a simple message to illegal border-crossers: Don't come to New York.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a relative I viewed as a second mother since before I can remember. We were extremely close. Just like with my real mother, I trusted this person enough to confide in her about very intimate details of my life.
Have you ever used a toilet in a public restroom and noticed it's leaking water? Over time, even a small leak can waste thousands of gallons of water as it goes unrepaired. While the problem might be something we could quickly fix in our own home, most of us probably won't or shouldn't fuss with public plumbing. Instead, let an employee know that the toilet is leaking water and encourage them to turn off the main water valve behind the toilet until the source of the leak can be found and repaired. That one simple act can save so much water for something that maybe no one even knew was broken.