Dear Annie: I have a co-worker who consistently spreads misinformation in order to get out of doing her job. She often makes up policies that don't exist to try to trick other departments in our workplace into doing her work (even when that means the work gets done incorrectly by people not ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been using "lite salt," which has 50% less sodium than regular table salt. Do you agree that this is OK? -- C.D. ANSWER: Lower-sodium salt substitutes are generally made from potassium salts; sometimes they're all potassium, and sometimes they're a mixture of sodium and ...
Dear Heloise: As we baby boomers become senior citizens, we find ourselves increasingly struggling with packaging of all kinds. I routinely have to get out my X-Acto knife to open products encased in impenetrable, heavy plastic backed by stiff cardboard. Push-and-turn and squeeze-and-turn ...
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2023. There are 25 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it. On this date: In 1790, ...
Yesterday is not tomorrow, and yet the past helps us imagine the future. The first witnessed repetition of history is poetic. The second is a lesson. History repeating with great predictability is science. Neptune has been dreaming in retrograde since June 30, and now the great visionary opens ...
Dear Annie: I am very close to my daughter and granddaughters, even though they live in Wisconsin and I live in Mississippi. They come to visit during spring break every year, and I will go see them sometime during the year as well. My oldest granddaughter will turn 13 before summer break, and ...
