Dear Annie: I am a 36-year-old man living with my father. I also have autism, and because of this, I have had difficulty in dating women.
The kid and I were chatting by phone one evening. It’s mostly how we communicate nowadays, since she doesn’t want to inadvertently give her da…
It seems almost daily there is another incident of anger, violence and conflict filling the news cycle. More people are not listening or watch…
One of my teachers used to say that no one should publish a book before turning 50. That was overstated, to be sure. However, J.D. Vance’s “Hi…
Dear Annie: My wife and I have a close friend whom, in non-pandemic times, we invited over for dinner or cocktails at least once or twice a we…
I was too busy hunkering down and writing about plague and insurrection to conjure up anything new and semi-amusing this week. Here’s an updat…
Hatred is a thief! Hatred will steal away your love, your joy and peace. Hatred will kill your testimony as a believer. Hatred destroys physic…
In uncertain times like these, in situations that test our mettle, I often ask myself this simple yet eternal question: What would Elvis do?
Dear Annie: Like so many others, I lost my old job because of COVID-19. I was a waitress in a small restaurant and bar. Now, I work in a yarn …
When I was a kid, I grew up in a small, rural United Methodist Church. Just like every church, they had traditions that they kept. One of thos…
Have you ever considered how a song becomes a hit on the radio? If one watched the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony earlie…
Happy holidays. While I’m chugging eggnog, please enjoy this lightly edited column no one remembers from way back in 1995, complete with terri…
2020 has been a challenge to say t he least. I have encountered many who are happy to see it pass to history. Christmas 2020 is no exception t…
As a child of the ’70s who grew up gnawing on lead-painted building blocks, tossing metal-tipped lawn darts and participating in BB gun shooto…
Dear Annie: I am about to get married to a woman I am still madly in love with, five years after we first met. Within two months after our fir…
It was my special privilege, last year, to visit Bethlehem. The Church of Nativity was, of course, first on the itinerary. What deeply impress…
Rural Virginia used to rule the commonwealth. Its delegates and senators dominated the House of Delegates and Senate, respectively, dictating …
Dear Santa,
Dear Annie: My sister passed away in September, and I was really looking forward to spending an evening with her family during Christmas. I’d …
This Christmas will be different.
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As we are celebrating Thanksgiving this week, I thought I should give you some advice for celebrating this holiday. The first thing that I wou…
Happy holidays. Forgive me for digging into the archives, but here’s one from back in 1994 that no one remembers, probably for good reason. In…
Dear Annie: My husband tells me that I’m cheating on him by talking to my friends and family. He talks to people on the phone whom I don’t eve…
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