Come as you are? Let’s talk about that
I see reports of a welcome trend. Restaurants here and there are showing the courage to resume having dress codes.
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Abuse victim can’t get mother to see truth
DEAR ABBY: One of my siblings was abused as a child. In turn, he abused me when he was a pre-teen and into his teens. It stopped when he got a girlfriend at the age of 14. This was news to my parents.
The shame of America’s babyformula shortage
When the sudden COVID-19 shutdown caused people to hoard toilet paper, the nation was half amused by the inability to find a roll on any retail shelf. There’s nothing funny, though, about the baby-formula shortage that has reached a peak in recent weeks.
Leave abortion to the states? Just look at history to see how that will go
Why not leave abortion to the states? One of the most common arguments made by those who want to downplay the significance of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v.
Balance begins to decline as early as age 50
Dear Doctors: Can you help with a debate my wife and I are having about good balance? I say it’s about staying strong and flexible. She thinks it has to do with your inner ear. We’re arguing about this because her dad, who is 75 and in good health, has started to worry about balance.
Husband’s drinking puts family at risk and marriage in doubt
DEAR ABBY: My husband of 20 years has had DUIs in the past. He has always been a binge drinker when socializing. He has been going out once a week after work for three hours, during which he drinks and then drives home. He tells me he has a couple beers, but his tab and his face tell a different story.
College student is tested trying to reason with mom
DEAR ABBY: I am a freshman at a Midwestern university, and I love it. I finished my first semester with straight A’s, and my second semester has been strong. I have a great group of friends and have already made plenty of memories. My problem is I have been having a disagreement with my mom. I would like to rush a sorority in the fall, and while my dad is fine with it, my mother won’t even entertain the topic.
Fight hate with speech, not with censorship
The man accused of killing 10 African Americans at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket was virulently antisemitic as well as a racist. Indeed, he blamed Jews for the so-called “great replacement” — a belief based on a racist conspiracy theory that nonwhite people are being used to replace white people.
U.S. pays its disabled veterans far too little
Thomas Barnes, Overland Park, Kan. To the editor: I am asking Congress to compensate our grossly underpaid disabled veterans fairly this year.
Which party listens to or looks out for the people?
Susan Cunningham, Pacific, Mo. To the editor: I understand why Missouri voters are upset with the way our state legislators are ignoring the “will of the people” when it comes to Medicaid expansion.