Columns
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Don't let politics dumb you downAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - In the era of President Donald Trump, politics is reduced to a fatuous, debilitating spectacle. We screech, we weep, we laugh bitterly. We don't seem to think much. Yet ...
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Vulnerable Democrats should hope for GOP unity on KavanaughAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - It is difficult to imagine any Republican senator opposing President Donald Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court of Brett M. Kavanaugh, a judge with impeccable creden...
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Can you mix politics with job interviews?Aug 12, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I run a small work-at-home business - nonpolitical, nongovernmental, nonreligious - with one independent contractor working with me. I am looking to hire a part-time ...
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Tips to keep your digestive system working wellAug 11, 2018 7:30 am - Digestion is something we usually take for granted until it gives us issues. Cramping, upset stomach, bloating, etc. can cause quite a bit of discomfort and annoyance. ...
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Let yourself be amused by those funny things in lifeAug 11, 2018 7:00 am - A special way to lift your spirits if you are experiencing long-term grief after the death of a parent, friend, child, spouse, grandparent, or other cherished relative i...
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Rules can be amended to allow shedsAug 11, 2018 7:00 am - Q. I recently moved into an association made up of both single-family homes and townhouses. I live in one of the single-family homes. The covenants prohibit storage shed...
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Daily interest: A festering sore in consumer loan marketsAug 11, 2018 6:00 am - Question: What do home mortgage loans (including second mortgage loans), retail installment loans, automobile loans, home improvement loans and mobile home loans have in...
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'Only if' offers shunned by some home sellersAug 11, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I know you wrote about this in past columns, but I didn't save them. I have fallen in love with a nearby house that's not on the market yet, and the owner says he doe...
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Grammar Moses: A tortuous explanation of a torturous encounterAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - I have a habit - an annoying one, I'm sure - of walking down a row of cubicles in the office en route to a meeting and, with a mere glance at a computer screen, finding ...
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Constable: Suburban birder honked off by plans to change conservation lawAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - While birders are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic conservation law credited with saving birds such as the trumpeter swan and the bald eagle from extincti...