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Family Tensions and Legacy After Loss May. 21, 2024
Dear Annie: My brother-in-law passed away 10 years ago, and tragically, my sister, his wife, passed ... Read More
Planning for Post-Passing Peace May. 18, 2024
Dear Annie: When the time comes — hopefully I pass before my loving husband and faithful partn... Read More
Serious Numbers May. 10, 2024
I hope someday to be 100 and writing myself a birthday column, but I'm a ways from that event. What ... Read More
The Pope Hopes No One Is in Hell. We Should. Mar. 12, 2024
In a television interview watched by millions, Pope Francis recently made a comment about hell that ... Read More
Stand Your Ground Rears Its Head in Missouri, Again Mar. 05, 2024
More than a century ago, the United States Supreme Court defined limits on the First Amendment. In 1... Read More
We Need to Talk About Death and Applebee's Feb. 10, 2024
I thought about death in Applebee's. Where the Maroon 5 flows as freely as the margarita mix. Where ... Read More
I Swear This Is Not a Column About My Dead Cat Jan. 20, 2024
This is not a dead pet column. Honest. The bar for a dead pet column should be quite high. If every ... Read More
'The Golden Bachelor': Being Seen, Not Being Loved Is the Answer Dec. 02, 2023
I watched the finale of "The Golden Bachelor" last night, as one does when it's on, the kids are in ... Read More
Cannabis Is Just Another Job Nov. 24, 2023
When cannabis (what the people buying it call "weed") became legal in Massachusetts, it was like the... Read More
Getting Rid of Regret Nov. 18, 2023
Dear Annie: I've been married for 11 years and together with my husband for 20. Around two years ago... Read More
The Many Roadblocks to Living Longer Oct. 27, 2023
The news was shocking. In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that life ... Read More
As Far as 'Good Deaths' Go, This One Ranks up Top Oct. 14, 2023
Skydiving can be deadly. Just look at Dorothy Hoffner of Chicago, who died recently after tandem jum... Read More
Brother Conned Our Mother Until the End Sep. 19, 2023
Dear Annie: When my mother was in a coma, dying, my brother closed her safety deposit box. He was co... Read More
Trying to Cope With the Unimaginable Sep. 15, 2023
Dear Annie: A month ago, I received some troubling news from my doctor. She said I have a rare bone ... Read More
Open to Loving Again Sep. 01, 2023
Dear Annie: I read your column all the time. I was married to a wonderful woman for 27-plus wonderfu... Read More
End-of-Life Preplanning Brings Joy and Peace of Mind Aug. 23, 2023
Planning for their parents' end-of-life expenses is about the last thing most adult children want to... Read More
State Gun Laws Help, but Cross-State Trafficking Shows Need for Federal Action Aug. 18, 2023
Illinois' latest restrictions on semi-automatic weapons, which were upheld by the state's Supreme Co... Read More
Funeral Etiquette Aug. 04, 2023
Dear Annie: A prominent man in my church died this past week, and his funeral was yesterday. When th... Read More
Blessed With Beautiful Daughter Jul. 10, 2023
Dear Annie: I love your column and read it faithfully in my newspaper in Connecticut. A few months a... Read More
Americans Have Never Been Less Threatened by 'Extreme Weather' Jun. 30, 2023
"Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other weather hazard," is the first cl... Read More
