Opinion

DEAR ABBY: Mom taking care of everyone else has no time for herself

DEAR ABBY: I am a stayat-home mom to three wonderful little girls. I appreciate my husband working so I can do this, but I’m very lonely. I have no real

Polls and Predictions

If you believe the national polls, Joe Biden is running first nationally (in three of four polls out this week), about 8 points ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders, which tells

Weep for Notre Dame

“Ibelieve that this church offers the carefully discerning such cause for admiration,” the 14th-century French philosopher Jean de Jandun wrote of Notre Dame, “that its inspection can scarcely sate the

April 18 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Joseph R. Anderson has been promoted in the Air Force to the rank of airman first class. Anderson, an aerospace ground equipment mechanic, is the son

DEAR ABBY: Boyfriend a lamb at home, but becomes a lion in public

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend is incredibly sweet and kind to me, but he’s often mean to strangers and can be very aggressive and angry. Some examples: I’m moving in with

Fly-Tying for the Aged

Several years ago, an old man, who I really didn’t know, died and his wife gave me a grocery bag full of his fly-tying material. And for a long time,

Notre Dame and tankers of water

At least he recognized the urgency. As the world gasped in horror at the sight of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral burning in a cataclysmic moment, the president of the United

April 17 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Custer County voters will have a chance to approve or reject a $950,000 multi-purpose addition to Custer County District High School during the June 7 primary

Trump is a threat to religious freedom

So another norm of public decency falls, like a historical building demolished to make way for one of Donald Trump’s tasteless towers. When the president of the United States goes

April 16 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) A program about Cherry Creek Dam will be presented by Dave Swogger of the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday in the Masonic Temple. The program