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How to Fix Scratches on Glass Aug. 10, 2023
Our homes are well-accessorized with glass from windowpanes to shower doors to tabletops to lovely g... Read More
7 Easy-to-Fix Reasons Your Dishwasher Is Not Cleaning Like It Should Jun. 13, 2023
Few things are more disappointing than opening the dishwasher to put away its clean contents, only t... Read More
A Little Appliance Know-How Can Save a Lot of Money Feb. 08, 2023
If you've been reading this column for any length of time, you know that my husband and I have repai... Read More
Should You Fix It or Nix It? Feb. 07, 2023
You're worried that the washing machine is on its last spin cycle. It makes a horrible screeching so... Read More
Time to Reject the 'Savior' Class Nov. 17, 2022
In the aftermath of the spectacular implosion of startup cryptocurrency exchange FTX, a quick Google... Read More
Simple Tips to Keep Things Beautiful and Working Well Around the House Jun. 20, 2022
MELTED-ON CRAYON STAINS With so many restaurants giving kids crayons to keep them occupied while wai... Read More
Magical Solutions for Challenging Situations May. 19, 2022
Sometimes it's the most unusual thing that turns out to be the magical solution for a household prob... Read More
Got a Problem? Try WD-40 Dec. 16, 2021
The year is 1953. Rocket Chemical, a struggling company in San Diego, sets out to create a rust-prev... Read More
One Big, Fat, Wadded-Up Mess and How to Fix It Nov. 24, 2021
If I've heard from one reader, I've heard from one thousand — all with the same problem: wadde... Read More
Mercury Upsets the Balance May. 21, 2021
To lean is to passively push. There's no other way to do it. Leaning forces the leaned-on thing in t... Read More
Yes, I Can Jan. 21, 2019
Dear Annie: Here I am, 78 years old, heading into another New Year's resolution. I'm hoping you will... Read More
Don't Make Matters Worse When Fixing DACA Jun. 15, 2018
For more than a decade, Congress has refused to deal with a broken immigration system. Year after ye... Read More
Facebook Clearly Won't Fix Itself Apr. 12, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg in 2006: "We really messed this one up. ... We did a bad job of explaining what the ... Read More
Nature's Great Bird Migration Under Threat by You-Know-Who Apr. 05, 2018
You could call it the Nebraska bird eclipse. At the first dart of morning light, so many sandhill cr... Read More
Republicans Don't Really Want to Fix Immigration Jan. 18, 2018
President Trump and the Republican leadership have made clear that they have no intention of repairi... Read More
Younger Brother Is a Mess Nov. 02, 2017
Dear Annie: I've spent years watching my youngest brother tear my family apart, and now I need to ma... Read More
It's Only a Mistake If You Can't Fix it Feb. 02, 2017
My fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Migaki, ingrained a life principle in my mind that remains to this day. ... Read More
An Issue That Won't Be Solved With Insults or Pandering Oct. 21, 2016
No issue has generated more heat in this year's presidential election than immigration — but n... Read More
Cruising to Indiana Apr. 29, 2016
Though I won't go so far as to say the Indiana primary is do-or-die for the Ted Cruz campaign, it co... Read More
Avoiding the Pitfalls of 2012 Apr. 17, 2015
Republicans lost the 2012 presidential election during their primaries. By the time Mitt Romney secu... Read More
