Annie Lane is off, this column was originally published in 2023 Dear Annie: I have never been ignorant to the fact that, in my opinion, my parents' marriage sucks. My dad is and has always been controlling and domineering. And my mom just exists and really believes it is her job to just be ...
Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James K. Polk. If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are fewer better representatives ...
High noon: And I dream of President Donald Trump's punishment for 2026 acts alone. Minnesota suffers ugly violence on its streets while NATO faces his threat of seizing Greenland. Throw in a military raid on Venezuela, and there you have it. Seeing the flower-strewn dancing streets in San ...
Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud? To understand what's going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic culture. Minnesota was settled largely by people of Scandinavian and German ancestry. In survey after survey, Minnesota has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 ...
It's Girl Scout Cookie time and this year feels extra special in Louisville, Kentucky, where I live. Not only are Girl Scout cookies made by Little Brownie Bakers here in Louisville, but this year's cookie mascot has ties here as well. Every year, the Girl Scouts' cookie program has a mascot ...
California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones. The band famously fled England in the 1970s, heading into tax exile in the south of France. Mick Jagger and his mates weren't alone — a generation of rock royalty abandoned the U.K. because of its steep taxes: David Bowie opted for ...