Opinion

DEAR ABBY: Retail workers endure unfair abuse from angry customers

DEAR ABBY: I’m considered an essential employee during this pandemic. I am writing on behalf of myself and all retail workers.

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Don’t expect our elites to learn from the Los Angeles horror

The attempted assassination of two Los Angeles County deputies, caught on a security video, is chilling and enraging enough.

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To Mother Earth, the real pandemic is us

“Is Doomsday here?” Joe Biden asked Monday during a blistering speech about the West Coast fires and several tropical storms brewing offshore.

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Sept. 16 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1995)

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Know your PSC candidates and choose wisely

As I wrap up my eight years on the Public Service Commission, I think back on all that I have learned. Having previously run an employment agency for 37 years, it’s second nature for me to ask, “What are the most important qualifications for being a good commissioner?” As a life-long Republican, my answer may surprise you, because the stuff that makes for a great PSC commissioner is uniquely different from other political offices.

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White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears

Jeremiah was as good as it gets in the prophet business, but he could be a bit of a downer. In this respect, the opinion columnist is his natural successor. But it is worth trying now and again to look on the bright side of our political cataclysm. And there are hints – tentative hints – that White evangelicals and Catholics are beginning to open their ears.

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Sept. 15 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1995)

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DEAR ABBY: Sobering up changes dynamics of wife’s closest relationships

DEAR ABBY: I know I have been blessed with wonderful relationships in my life. I have been married to the same lovely man for 25 years. I am also fortunate to have had the same best friend for 40 years. The problem? They drink.

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DEAR ABBY: Surprise changes in plans strain women’s friendship

DEAR ABBY: I have a serious issue with my best girlfriend. We make plans together, adult plans, and then at the last minute, her kids drop the young grandkids off for her to babysit, curtailing any plans we have together. The past few times, we have changed our plans to a “kids” activity.