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Supporting adult daughter’s family

Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 34-year-old daughter who has lived with us all her life (except for maybe a year). She brought her freeloading boyfriend in. I had cancer at the time and they didn’t even bother to do anything, so she ended up pregnant. I kicked her boyfriend out of the house after finding out he couldn’t even take her to the hospital to have his baby. The baby brought such joy to our lives, but she works at a very part-time job, doesn’t help around the house and stays in her room while we watch the boy. She wanted to get him a dog, so we helped her. If we ...

Physician orders Mounjaro for woman

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 73-year-old female who has Type 1 diabetes that began as Type 2 diabetes more than 30 years ago. I have a very strong family history of coronary artery disease, and I personally have a cardiac stent. I use an insulin pump and have good control with carb counting. I struggle with my weight (160 pounds at 5 feet, 2 inches tall) and with controlling my insulin dose. My A1C is 5.8%. I have ocular hypertension and some diabetic retinopathy. I receive Avastin injections in my eye approximately every two years. My physician has ordered Mounjaro for weight loss. My ...

Horoscope: Wednesday, July 29

Everything comes into sharper focus and it’s as though you can see colors you didn’t know existed. Aries (March 21-April 19) You know it’s yours when you’d still choose it whether you were getting applause or not. Buck Moon mantra: I’m the only one who has to approve. My reasons are enough, even when nobody else completely understands them. Taurus (April 20-May 20) You know you’ve outgrown it when you keep explaining why you stay. Buck Moon mantra: I don’t need another reason to move on. My life has room for something that fits me better every day. Gemini (May ...

US should keep eyes on endgame in Iran

With the U.S. and Iran having traded attacks and skirmished over who controls the Strait of Hormuz, a 60-day ceasefire lies in tatters. Both would be wiser to refrain from further escalation and remember why they need that final agreement. The recent bout of violence flared up when Iranian forces struck several commercial vessels heeding U.S. encouragement to hug the coast of Oman as they transited the strait rather than seek authorization to sail through Iranian waters. The U.S. retaliated by reimposing oil sanctions, blockading Iranian ports and launching barrages of deadly ...

Democratic socialists shockingly racist

The Democratic Socialists of America use people of color as fashion accessories. Sure, they put black or brown faces on ballots, and they talk a big game about racism. But black and brown voters are not choosing their candidates. The DSA national membership chooses, and it is 85% white. Look at the crowds. In October 2019, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders staged a rally at the Queensbridge housing project, across from Manhattan. Its residents are 47% black, 34% Latino and 10% Asian. News photos showed a nearly unbroken sea of white enthusiasts. The head of the ...

Renewed war; renewed GOP worries

In the last week, the war in Iran has seemed like a war again, after a long time in a gray area that was neither war nor peace. Now, with both sides shooting at each other, war is back. And, politically, the threat that the war presents to Republican prospects in the midterm elections is back, too. Three U.S. servicemembers were killed in Jordan on Friday, bringing the total American deaths in the war to 17. More than 400 have been wounded. On Monday, U.S. Central Command announced a 10th consecutive day of strikes against Iran. Fox News reported that President Donald Trump was ...