The election is now over, the country is in a funk, talk about the decline of democracy is in the air. If nothing else, the toxic mixture of this nasty midterm election campaign, the hearings into the Jan. 6, 2021, rampage on Capitol Hill, and the general unease about election validity have underlined some of the shortcomings of an American political system that, only a quartercentury ago, seemed robust – and an American nation that seemed stable.
Dear Doctors: What does it mean when something is a 'complete protein'? A friend said that when I count beans or grains as a protein, it's not the same nutritional value as meat or cheese. Are there really different kinds of protein? Is he right that it matters which kind of protein you eat?
DEAR HARRIETTE: I went to homecoming at my alma mater last weekend, and it was fantastic. There were so many people there. People of all ages and backgrounds had gathered to have a good time at the school they love so much.
If, as expected, Republicans win back one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections, the most significant impact could well be summed up in two words: judges and subpoenas.
I am delighted to report that my mother has come around.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I went to a party recently, and toward the end of the evening, I noticed several people become overtly opportunistic. This one guy, whom I had never even seen before, started asking a million questions, and before I could even answer them, he was pushing me to hire him to leverage my business. His claim was about how great he was and that I needed him in order to be successful. Then he pulled a 'Shark Tank' move, saying that if I didn't accept his proposal to hire him on the spot, he was out of there. I didn't bite.
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DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a friend who is physically fit — times 10. She is in her 60s but looks 20 years younger.
On March 2, 2021, when he had been president less than two months, Joe Biden met with a group of liberal historians in the White House East Room.