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Republicans, don’t you want to be free?

Dear Republicans: That’s what a free woman looks like. Meaning, of course, Cassidy Hutchinson, a young former aide in Donald Trump’s White House, who appeared before the House committee investigating the attempted coup of Jan. 6. Free of the need to defend the indefensible or rationalize ...

Bad foot architecture leads to falling arch

The following is a common scenario, enacted in homes across America. A typical protagonist is late middle aged, let’s call her Aunt Mary (although this problem occurs pretty much equally to men and women). Like her father, she has had a long history of foot and leg problems, from her arches ...

Dear Annie: A Family Divided

Dear Annie: My wife, “Jill,” and I have been married for seven years, together for nine. When we first met, my wife’s daughter, husband and children lived with her, and I lived in another city with my two sons who are mentally challenged. We dated for two years and finally married on ...

Pro-Choice Versus Pro-Life

Now abortion law is up to states. Some will ban it, while most blue states will allow it in some form. Because libertarians want government out of our lives, people assume we are pro-choice. Some of us are. But like the rest of America, there are principled libertarians on both sides. We ...

Who Will Help the Women?

The first thing I did when Roe v. Wade was overturned was apologize to my daughters. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision will affect them more than me. I’m 47, happily married and have my tubes tied. My daughters are 21 and 26. This decision changes their life. The ...