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A Slap (or Not) From My Pop Aug. 07, 2017
When I was a kid, and I did something wrong, I got punished. But Pop had standards. Sometimes, I'd d... Read More
Gift From Parents Jul. 23, 2017
Dear Edith: My aged parents are about to put their house in my name. What are the tax implications f... Read More
The Outlook After the Special Elections Jun. 23, 2017
The victory of Republican Karen Handel in the special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional Distri... Read More
Suspicious of Dad's Girlfriend Jun. 14, 2017
Dear Annie: Two years after my mentally ill mother passed away, my retired 76-year-old father, "Juan... Read More
Creature War Jun. 03, 2017
In April, I wrote about a creature in our house. It's now creatures, plural — creatures so fas... Read More
When Beating Up the Press Gets Physical May. 26, 2017
By the time this column appears, the voters of Montana will have decided the fate of GOP candidate G... Read More
States in Shock as Republicans Unleash Health Care Chaos May. 09, 2017
Social desperation tends to land on the doorsteps of the governments closest to the people. Happily ... Read More
Health Care Promises Will Be Hard to Keep May. 05, 2017
President Donald Trump has achieved his first major legislative success this week with the passage o... Read More
Can Special Elections to the US House Predict Our Political Future? Apr. 22, 2017
Is there an emerging national pattern to be found in special House elections, such as the one that j... Read More
Reading the Kansas 4 and Georgia 6 Tea Leaves Apr. 21, 2017
What to make of the results of the first two of this spring's special House elections? Start off by ... Read More
The Mysterious Creature Apr. 15, 2017
On Wednesday night, we had a lightning storm — one so wild and violent that it shook the entir... Read More
Daddy Gives Apr. 07, 2017
Dear Annie: Our 39-year-old son is married with three children. Ever since he got married, he has be... Read More
Is Health Care a Right or a Good? Mar. 30, 2017
The political fiasco that unfolded last week as President Donald Trump and the Republican House lead... Read More
Spiders and Kids Mar. 25, 2017
The first time my son threw a temper tantrum, it was because I wouldn't let him touch the black wido... Read More
GOP Conservatives Must Back Trump Mar. 22, 2017
The 25 or so Republican conservative congressmen who are saying they will vote against President Don... Read More
A Plot to Poison Obamacare Mar. 09, 2017
Arsenic was a poison favored by Victorian mystery writers. The victims would be fed small amounts, n... Read More
Worried About Transfer on Death Feb. 19, 2017
Dear Edith: When my parents died, my brother and I inherited their house. I live in it now. I'm 70 y... Read More
Congressmen Have a Right to Kill Themselves? Feb. 15, 2017
"America wasn't founded on one homogeneous moral view. We have competing moral views." Democrat Rep.... Read More
Clean Home Feb. 04, 2017
I just paid for someone to clean my house, and my life will never be the same. My world is rocked, m... Read More
On Ethics, Trump Is No Obama Jan. 19, 2017
There was a time when American voters had to wonder whether Barack Obama was personally corrupt. In ... Read More
