September 2022

Having It Both Ways on the Pandemic

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WASHINGTON -- I have always thought that there was something very odd about this COVID pandemic. From start to finish, it has been entoiled in claims of politics. The Democrats murmured against what dark doings President Donald Trump was up to at the pandemic’s outset. Then, when the Democrats took power in Washington, the Republicans began to murmur against what dark doings the Democrats were up to. Through it all, I wore my mask, took my vaccinations and was mildly infected with COVID-19 for a short period of time. That was it. I thought I was a model patient for Dr. Anthony Fauci, and toward the end of my travail, I thought that he would not mind if I shed my mask and could breathe again. Yet Fauci was not done with me, or he thought he was not done with me.
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Causeway to Sanibel Island severed as Florida wakes up to Ian’s trail of destruction

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FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, over a million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as residents and emergency crews along the Gulf Coast began to assess the toppled buildings, flooded streets and crippled infrastructure.

Trump’s Declassification Claims Are Implausible and Irrelevant

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The Potential Crimes That the FBI Is Investigating Do Not Hinge on the Current Classification Status of the Records That the Former President Kept at Mar-a-Lago A few weeks after the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s residence at his Palm Beach, Florida, resort, Fox News host Steve Doocy, a longtime ally of the former president, posed a question that remains unanswered. “Why did he have all that secret stuff at Mara- Lago?” Doocy wondered during an interview with South Dakota Gov.

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My neighbor, who has become one of my very best friends, just moved to a city four hours away. I’m devastated. We used to meet up nearly every night for a cocktail on the porch or a walk around the neighborhood. We both promised to keep in close touch, but I have barely heard from her at all in the month that she has been gone. I feel like I have been tossed aside, that she was only friends with me out of convenience. I’m not sure what to do. -- Left Alone Dear Left Alone: That’s lovely that you live in such a neighborly community! Do you have other neighbors you get along with? Perhaps you could get to know them better by bringing over baked goods or organizing a block party.