The path from American isolationism to internationalism passed through British Guiana (the boundary dispute of 1895-1899), Havana Harbor (the explosion of the battleship Maine), Manila Bay (Commodore George Dewey’s defeat of the Spanish naval force), Nanking (the negotiations over the Open Door Policy) ... and Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Dear Doctors: I had stabs of pain in the upper right side of my abdomen one day, so I did a telehealth session. The nurse said it might be gallstones and to see my doctor if it repeats. So far, it hasn't happened again. What are gallstones? How do you get them, and what is the treatment?
DEAR HARRIETTE: I think that my boyfriend might be a colorist. The other day I asked him what he likes about me, and one of the things that he named was my 'light complexion.' (We are both African American.) This immediately raised a red flag. I always assumed that he liked me for me, not my skin tone. I also don't like the fact that perhaps if I were a few shades darker, he would not have been interested in me.
Take hair. If you want to understand the immense value of diversity in higher education, that’s not a bad place to start.
My husband, Peter, says they are rushing the season. I'm not sure who 'they' are. The Christmas Cartel, perhaps. The vast conspiracy of premature holiday merrymakers. Whoever they are, Peter does not approve.
DEAR HARRIETTE: Lately, I've been finding myself with a lot of free time during the day. I work remotely, but the company that I work for is in a completely different time zone than me. My workday begins before everyone else's, but it also ends before everyone else's. I want to fight the fatigue that working in a different time zone gives me and make the absolute most of my day. How can I ensure my productivity when I have free time? — Free Time
Shown getting the fans fired up for Clinton’s freshman football team were members of CHS’s 9th grade cheerleading squad. Leading a cheer were Jacey Stone, Mandy Shulz and Brooke Stephenson while sitting on their shoulders were Jennifer Ackley, Allison Dowdell and Gina Gibbons.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
BRANSON, Mo. (RNS) — A night at the Dolly Parton Stampede is a microcosm of life in these polarized United States.
Demons appear on movie screens all the time, but poet Richard Rohlin is convinced he has actually seen them at work when counseling young people whose search for meaning has driven them deep in experiments with sex, drugs and the occult.