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A wake-up call to the wallet
September 21, 2010 in Opinion on Page A9 As a social conservative who has written extensively about abortion, stem cell research, family structure, failing schools, the degradation of popular culture and abstinence education, I submit, without fear of … 14
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It’s OK if siblings skip family events
September 18, 2010 in Features on Page E2 Dear Annie: I come from a large family. Between birthdays, religious holidays and graduations, there are lots of family events. My family and I always make an effort to attend …
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Dr. Gott: Reader’s RSD helped by hydrotherapy
August 21, 2010 in Features on Page E5 DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 39-year-old mother to three small children who was just diagnosed with full-body Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. I was going 150 miles per hour in my … 3
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Annie’s Mailbox: Time to get mom help for hoarding
August 21, 2010 in Features on Page E2 Dear Annie: My three grown sisters and I have a widowed mother with a severe hoarding problem. Due to numerous roof leaks and animal infestations, her drywall and ceilings are …
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Dr. Gott: Red eyes could be nutrition-related
August 12, 2010 in Features on Page C7 DEAR DR. GOTT: I’m a 56-year-old female. For the past 11/2 years or so, I have had red streaks in the whites of my eyes. About six months ago, I …
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Annie’s Mailbox: Any way to stop sponging aunt?
August 12, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Annie: I am a blessed child of two wonderful, loving people. My parents are incredibly generous. Right now, they are putting my sister through school and paying all of …
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Carolyn Hax: Could her third wedding be charm?
August 11, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Hi, Carolyn! My wife has a good friend who will soon be married for the third time. Her first two marriages ended in divorce. The woman’s soon-to-be husband will also …
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Annie’s Mailbox: Ill sis chooses family from church for care
August 9, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Annie: My sister, “Elaine,” has terminal cancer. Yesterday, I got a call from someone named “Laura” telling me Elaine had made arrangements to move in with a family from …
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Carolyn Hax: Talk to parents; share your feelings
August 8, 2010 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: My parents are fighting more and more, and now in front of my brother and me (we’re in our teens). When they are alone and fighting we can …
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David S. Broder: McConnell sees wise Senate
August 8, 2010 in Opinion on Page B8 It was an odd but intriguing experience to sit at a press breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor last week and listen as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly … 2
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Secession, nullification talk shallow
August 8, 2010 in Opinion on Page B8 Vacationing on North Carolina’s Outer Banks this past week, I’ve been thinking about how different things will be here when the South secedes from the Union. The Confederates, I anticipate, … 4
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‘Don’t ask’ stakes are high
August 6, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 “As we mark the end of America’s combat mission in Iraq,” President Barack Obama said this week, “a grateful America must pay tribute to all who served there.” He should … 1
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Carolyn Hax: Give beau basics of your childhood
August 6, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Hi, Carolyn: I’ve been seeing a really great guy, “Joe.” The relationship looks like it’s going to gel into something more permanent. He works with my stepdad, and so knows …
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Miss Manners: Just say no to office parties
August 6, 2010 in Features on Page C5 DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a project manager in a division made up of three teams. One of the other project managers is trying to force us to have monthly …
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Dr. Gott: Cracked fingers difficult to repair
August 5, 2010 in Features on Page C5 DEAR DR. GOTT: I am writing in hopes to get a response for a terrible problem my daughter is having with her fingertips. When she was just out of the …
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Annie’s Mailbox: 53 and still living with his parents
August 5, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Annie: I am 52 years old, have been divorced for 15 years and am currently involved in a relationship with a wonderful man. “Chuck” lives 80 miles from me, …
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Senate lacks leaders of old
August 5, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 Earlier this week, as the United States Senate went through the motions of debating Elena Kagan’s nomination to a Supreme Court seat that almost certainly will be hers, readers of …
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Carolyn Hax: Wife angry hubby helped neighbor
August 4, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Carolyn: My husband of 10 years, who is retired, calls me at work one morning and tells me he had just gotten out the shower when our female next-door …
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Annie’s Mailbox: Though miserable, seek counseling
August 3, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Annie: I am married to a man four years my junior who seems locked into the idea that I am cheating on him. I am not, although I’d have …
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Mona Charen: Obama’s problem isn’t race
August 3, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 I’m starting to wonder: Is President Barack Obama fair to African-Americans? Asked about Rep. Charlie Rangel’s ethics problems on CBS’s “Evening News,” the president could hardly have been more direct … 3
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Dr. Gott: Some questions beg longer answers
August 3, 2010 in Features on Page C3 DEAR DR. GOTT: Your column was so much better when you gave short answers to questions. You answered a lot more questions, which we all like, so why did you …
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Hard lesson on teaching
August 2, 2010 in Opinion on Page A7 A year or two ago, I received this e-mail. The writer was upset with me for arguing that school principals should have the power to fire teachers who do not … 14
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Annie’s Mailbox: Tell mom to stay away when drunk
August 2, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Annie: I love my mother, but not after 7 p.m., when she starts drinking. For 11 years, I have suffered through her alcoholic abuse and have been ravaged by … 2
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Miss Manners: Festive funeral theme seems out of place
August 2, 2010 in Features on Page C7 DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been thinking for some time about the “juvenilization” of death and the grieving process. I cannot understand what has happened to the solemnity, the gravity, …
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Mr. Dad: Prepare your body before pregnancy
August 2, 2010 in Features on Page C3 Dear Mr. Dad: My husband and I are planning to get pregnant in about a year. We hear a lot about what to do, health wise, during the pregnancy itself. …
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Carolyn Hax: Wedding versus football schedule
July 30, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Carolyn: I got engaged in February. My fiance’s family is wonderful and seemed so family-oriented. His younger brother plays college football, which made it difficult to have a wedding …
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Miss Manners: Dinner guests who do too much pose quandary
July 30, 2010 in Features on Page C5 DEAR MISS MANNERS – I hosted a small dinner party for eight, serving the following courses: appetizer, soup, main meal, dessert. One of my guests finished her appetizer and, attempting …
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David S. Broder: Antidote to voter cynicism
July 29, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 MIDDLETOWN, Del. – A lot of the mail I receive these days reads like this letter from a Milford, Utah, man, who says: “Truly, there is a lot of anger … 1
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Annie’s Mailbox: Daughter’s SIL difficult to deal with
July 29, 2010 in Features on Page C2 Dear Annie: My daughter, “Betty,” is having a terrible problem with her sister-in-law, “Linda” (her husband’s sister). Linda is very manipulative, thinks she’s never wrong and can be downright hateful. …
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Storm of aid could save Gulf
July 28, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 When people think of New Orleans, most think of jazz, hurricane cocktails, Katrina – and now the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But there’s another stormy concoction barreling …

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