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Identity politics, not Biden, cost Democrats the election

With his presidency ending in a few weeks, Joe Biden’s legacy is only getting messier. For many Democrats, he’s the man to blame for returning Donald Trump to the White House. If only Biden hadn’t selfishly run for reelection, the story goes, Kamala Harris would have had time to mount ...

Musk’s dangerous bullying

No one better illustrates the sinister consequences of great wealth turned into unaccountable power than Elon Musk. Musk, the richest person in the world, is not only claiming presidential authority to fire federal workers, but he’s posting the identities of those whose jobs he wants to ...

Supporting widows and building connections

Dear Readers: So many of you wrote about the widow columns that I printed recently, and made some interesting points, so I wanted to share a few of these letters with everyone. Dear Annie: Oh, wow! I just saw this in our paper and pointed it out to my wife. She didn’t believe it at first, ...

Woman with coronary artery disease shouldn’t take Adderall

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old woman who has been taking Adderall for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for years. I recently got diagnosed with “nonobstructive coronary artery disease” by a CT angiogram. Do I need to stop taking Adderall? — V.P. ANSWER: The studies ...

Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change

“Democrats are like the Yankees,” said one of the most memorable tweets to come across on X after Election Day. “Spent hundreds of millions of dollars to lose the big series and no one got fired or was held accountable.” Too sad. But that’s politics.The disappointment behind that ...