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Please stop telling us everything is fine with the economy; it is not

Two weeks ago, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman told CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour there is a peculiar disconnect between how the economy is doing and how the public is feeling about it. Amanpour pressed him on why people weren’t understanding that they are living in a “sunny ...

Is the Trump fever starting to break?

I’m feeling a bit more secure about the strength of our democracy this morning, notwithstanding Donald Trump’s escalating rants. For one thing, a large bipartisan coalition in both chambers of Congress just beat back the House MAGA Republicans’ attempt to shut down the ...

The impact of bullying lasts a lifetime

Dear Annie: You have run several letters about bullying, and I have to add something to this topic. Bullying by teachers in school had a profound negative effect on me. I was sent to a private religious elementary school until eighth grade. It was a horrible experience. The teachers — nuns, ...

Distinguishing between homeopathy and allopathy in medicine

DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the difference between homeopathy and allopathic medicine? — H.L. ANSWER: Homeopathy is a pseudoscience based on two assumptions. The first is that the body always knows what to do, so treatment includes a substance that will cause the same symptom a sick person ...

How do we reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births? Strengthen families

Remember how the nation's official poverty rate fell to its lowest point on record during the pandemic? That's over. Let us recall for a moment the vast array of programs in the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, better known as the CARES Act, and the American Rescue Plan ...

A wonderful soul-stirring fall revival

Toward the end of September, I was especially looking forward to the appreciation services for my pastor, Overseer S.D. Carter, of Vision of Breath with Life Ministries in Columbus, Ohio. September is always a busy time of the year for me due to the fall semester at Ohio State University’s ...