Columns

‘We Have to Do Something’

Syndicated Columnist

New mom frustrated with questions from strangers

DEAR ABBY: On behalf of all new moms, please help with this question. Why does every woman in the world, it seems, feel entitled to ask new moms if they are breastfeeding their babies? How should new moms respond politely to this question?

If you say yes, you may or may not be lying. If you say no, you will be judged. If you give an evasive answer, people will assume you are not and you will be judged as well. It seems to me that all substances excreted by the body should be off limits in social situations. — MY BUSINESS IN TEXAS

Unsung First Responders

Guest Columnist

Having lived in Miles City for 18 years, I as most people spend a certain amount of time talking about the weather. We talk about the droughts, the floods, range fires cause by lightning, the depth of the snow, how far the temperature has dropped into the minus column and so on.

Longtime employee is irked by colleagues’ work ethic

Advice Columnist

DEAR ABBY: I am almost 62 and struggling to get through the day at work. It’s not because of the work itself, but I am extremely unhappy in the work environment.

Ending the Chicago massacre will require miracles of mercy

Syndicated Columnist

On the same day as the Parkland school shooting, I found myself on the south side of Chicago, talking with the victims and perpetrators of a different, continuing massacre.

Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1993)

The Miles City Flight Service Station at Frank Wiley Field will close down at 2 p.m. March 3. “That’s cast in stone,” said Manager John Maxwell, adding that all the equipment that makes it a flight service station will be removed by the following day.

Feb. 6 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1993)

The U.S. West Foundation recently awarded a grant for $1,000 to the Custer County Art Center in Miles City. This grant is to support the Artist in Residence and the Schools program.

DEAR ABBY Wife of twins depressed

DEAR ABBY: My wife gave birth to our twin girls almost a year ago, and for the most part, things have been great. They are happy and healthy, but I’m not sure how happy my wife is. I’m afraid she may be suffering from postpartum depression, but she won’t see anyone about it.

Lickspittle wing of GOP is now firmly in charge

According to House Speaker Paul Ryan, the declassified Devin Nunes memo — alleging FBI misconduct in the Russia investigation — is “not an indictment of the FBI, of the Department of Justice.” According to President Trump, the memo shows how leaders at the FBI “politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats” and “totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe.” 

Robert Mueller is no Ken Starr

No matter the criticisms directed his way by Republicans, Robert Mueller should count himself lucky: He’s not Ken Starr.

The punctilious, mild-mannered independent counsel appointed by a three-judge panel in the 1990s, Starr investigated all manner of Bill Clinton scandals, most spectacularly the Monica Lewinsky affair.