The TSA agent looked stern — as they usually do. “I’d like to look inside this bag, ma’am,” he said. “No problem!” I always sound a little too eager when being questioned by an authority figure. I’m trying so hard to prove I have nothing to hide that I sound like I must have something to hide.
For every action in politics there is a reaction, and here is proof: The Dobbs decision last June, repealing a national right to abortion, was a devastating blow to women personally, but a huge benefit to Democrats politically.
DEAR HARRIETTE: My youngest daughter is graduating from college this year and is looking forward to moving in with her older sister when she graduates. Both girls live in a different state than me. While I love them both, I am hesitant about this decision. My older daughter has always been a bit malicious and mean to her little sister, and I’m not comfortable with them living together without my presence there to supervise. I’m worried about the potential of a toxic relationship developing between the two of them.
Dear Doctors: Could you please write about hormone replacement therapy in menopause? It got labeled as dangerous due to a single study, which I’ve read is considered to be flawed. I started HRT before that study came out, and it saved my health, my ability to continue working and my marriage.
Dear Editor: I personally, and on behalf of the Western Plains Genealogical Society, want to thank you for the coverage your paper gave for our recent Clinton Cemetery tour.
30 YEARS AGO
In the movies, the penitent enters a confession booth, kneels and whispers to a priest behind a lattice screen: 'Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.'
The Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis, or PAMI, recently announced an 'observatory' to investigate claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and reports of statues of her weeping oil and blood.
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DEAR HARRIETTE: My roommate is suffering from a tough personal loss that has left them completely overwhelmed by grief. I understand and want to give them the space and support they need to process, but because they were so preoccupied, they seem to have forgotten to pay their half of the rent. I didn’t want to burden them, so I paid the full amount myself. When is the right time to ask them to pay me back? — Awkward Timing DEAR AWKWARD TIMING: You were kind to step in in the way you did, but know that your kindness was also risky. Even during tough times, people have to be responsible for themselves. Hopefully, your roommate will make good on paying their portion of the rent.