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Dear Annie: Drowning in junk

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Dear Annie: A close friend, “Jenna,” has a mental illness: She hoards. Her house would be condemned if the health administration were to go there. I can start tracing this behavior back to when she first became a mother and discovered that raising children requires more than just buying them new clothes and getting pictures taken. She worked and had trouble juggling everything. Fortunately, her mother lived next door and helped out a lot — did her laundry and fixed meals for the kids. But then her mother died, and Jenna’s personality began to change even more. She could not ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: Please explain why there are standard tests that we all know we should do as we age, such as a colonoscopy, a mammogram, a skin check, eye exams, etc. But nobody ever says that you should do at least one CT scan or MRI for the deadliest of them all — pancreatic cancer! It’s rarely diagnosed until stage 4! My husband had really bad stomach pain that radiated to his back. Although it only happened twice, we proactively got a blood test and an ultrasound, which were fine. Our gastroenterologist recommended a CT scan, which looked OK, but we weren’t completely ...

Our failed Constitution

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“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes national security, public order, economic necessity, emergency or the will of a popular majority. Its purpose is not to make government more powerful but to keep the government off the people’s backs. By that measure, the American Constitution is a failure. Formally, the document ...

What Americans can learn from the French protests

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On Monday, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that police have “lost control” as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of stores being ransacked, cars burning, and mask-wearing goons running wild. In Limoges, the beautiful Hotel de Ville was burnt to the ground. But the chaos, as is so often the case, began peacefully. And many supporters and leaders of the protests have condemned the violence. I think that violence has more to do with France’s miserable record of assimilating immigrants from North Africa ...

Dear Annie: Fidelity lacking

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Dear Annie: My wife and I have been together for 20 years and married for four. We have three kids. In the beginning of our relationship, it was bad — and the bad all came from me. I cheated on her and hurt her. She stayed by my side, and that’s when I realized that I have a wonderful woman. I got my act together and ended up marrying her. This year, I have caught her cheating on me twice. All she does is say that I have done it to her in the past. I’m stuck, because I don’t want to leave but I also can’t accept the cheating. What do I do? — Heartbroken Hubby Dear ...

Mahoning Township’s police chief should resign

Letters to the editor

Aidan Gscheidle Lock Haven Some months ago, I submitted a Letter to the Editor insisting that if local law enforcement is going to assist ICE, they should do so via a proper 287g agreement. This was not to voice approval for ICE’s recent actions (far from it!), but rather to demand integrity from our local law enforcement. Since then, Pennsylvania has surged to one of the top four states with active 287g agreements. And even still, we are witnessing troubling behavior from our local law enforcement. Yesterday, the Penn Capital-Star broke a story reporting how Mahoning ...