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Getting a Career off Cruise Control Aug. 03, 2021

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I've been working at the same car dealership for five years, since I graduated high scho... Read More

Reading a Simple Star Map Jul. 15, 2021

Stargazers

Week of July 18-24, 2021 Beginner stargazers may think it's tough to find our way around the night s... Read More

Embrace the Escapism of a Good Summer Read Jul. 02, 2021

Salena Zito

Whether your vacation is in your backyard, on a sandy beach, or camping in a majestic national park,... Read More

Please Read This Book: Part 2 May. 28, 2021

Positive Aging

Last week, I made a strong suggestion that everyone add "Happiness Is A Choice You Make: Lessons Fro... Read More

Please Read This Book: Part 1 May. 21, 2021

Positive Aging

It's no secret that I am a lifelong unabashed book addict. And when I come across a wonderfully writ... Read More

The Joy of Books May. 01, 2021

Susan Estrich

First, there was the gas leak. That I could smell. What I should have done that very minute was char... Read More

My Offshore Library: University of Puerto Rico, 1978-1985 (Part I) Apr. 24, 2021

Luis Martínez-Fernández

I love books. I am fond of them for the words they speak and the ideas they convey, for the stories ... Read More

Keep On Reading Mar. 03, 2021

Classic Zig Ziglar

In our high-tech society today, too many people are relying on technology to meet all of their educa... Read More

Too Much of a Good Thing Feb. 10, 2021

Classic Zig Ziglar

For some strange reason, there are millions of us who believe that if a little of something is good ... Read More

How to Help Kids Hate Reading Dec. 10, 2020

Lenore Skenazy

Readers: Please read this newspaper for 20 minutes every night until you have finished the entire is... Read More

Summer Books for the Alone Ranger May. 27, 2020

The Word Guy

Whether you're self-isolating at a cove, cabin or campsite this summer, or just stuck at home like t... Read More

Court Ruling Finds That Illiteracy Denies Kids a Basic Tool of Democracy May. 12, 2020

Daily Editorials

A federal appeals court has issued a watershed ruling that should be viewed as both common sense and... Read More

No Choice: Financial Pro Now a Home-School Teacher Apr. 09, 2020

At Work

Q: I am a financial analyst for a large firm. I am not qualified to plan lessons and teach my first ... Read More

5 Tips to Read to Your Baby and Kids Apr. 07, 2020

Tips from the Mommy MD Guides

You know how a memory from childhood feels like a memory, but it might actually just be a memory of ... Read More

'The Five' Have an Off Day Apr. 02, 2020

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Washington — Conscientious conservative that I am, every afternoon I attempt to clear my mind ... Read More

Short Takes on a Serial Book-Hider and Human Punching Bags Nov. 18, 2019

Daily Editorials

Can't Burn 'Em? Hide 'Em In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, a supporter of President Donald Trump keeps visiti... Read More

Do You Have a Morrie? Oct. 11, 2019

Positive Aging

Twenty years ago, the international bestselling book "Tuesdays With Morrie" was published, and since... Read More

The Boys Fall Into the Gender Gap Aug. 09, 2019

Suzanne Fields

Reading is not for sissies, as the front page of the newspaper demonstrates every morning in the hom... Read More

Was Trump Right About Baltimore? Aug. 07, 2019

Walter E. Williams

Here's what President Donald Trump tweeted about Baltimore's congressman and his city: "Rep. Elijah ... Read More

Worried About Thinning Sister May. 18, 2019

'Tween 12 & 20

DR. WALLACE: I live with my older sister who is 16 and our mother who divorced our father 10 years a... Read More