Opinion

In October 1942, 20-yearold Jacob Henry (Hank) Goldman, the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants, walked into a Navy recruiting center in Philadelphia, hoping to enlist. It was 10 months since the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor.

Whacky Doodle Ground Beef Years ago, I made a terrible mistake. I froze 10 pounds of ground beef.

This time eight years ago, voters thought they knew what to expect. The 2016 election would be a rematch between the two dynasties that had defined Republican and Democratic politics since the 1990s. Jeb Bush was the presumptive frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton would inevitably top the Democratic ticket.

Dear Annie: I just finished reading your response to the “Mother of Little Valentine.” I am writing this with tears in my eyes. How truly beautiful and gentle your response was to Valentine’s Mother.

Former President Donald Trump lost an important round with the Justice Department last week, when the department chose to file a brief not taking his side in the fight over his responsibility for the Jan. 6 riots. The department generally takes a broad view of executive privilege. But even a broad view has limits.

Dear Annie: On Valentine’s Day this year, my wife and I did nothing together. That’s because she feels hurt, and she is upset and mad at me. I said some words to her a few days ago, and then, like a fool, I did it again!

The easiest layup in proving the “mainstream media” is hyperpartisan is to study how they cover congressional hearings. After two years of obsessive media promotion and congratulation and live coverage of the Pelosipicked panel on Jan. 6, the network “newscasts” can’t locate a hearing now with two hands.

WASHINGTON -- “Slava Ukraini” is heard in the halls and streets here, especially when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a ringing speech to Congress before Christmas. That was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s crowning act before she gave up the gavel.

Dear Annie: I came across your column while searching for tips on how to deal with my marital situation. I don’t know what else to do. My heart’s broken. I feel depressed, like my whole world has come crashing down on me. I have been with my husband for eight years and married for almost two years now. Things were overall great until we moved in together. I have tried everything I can to make my marriage work, but I am drained of trying.