Opinion

Dear Annie: I am a 26-yearold woman and recently graduated college with my bachelor’s in May 2023. I searched for a long time before finding a job, and I ended up finding a position in a place I never expected to. Skills from my major do come into use regularly but it’s not what I went to college for.

WASHINGTON -- So have you seen the new movie musical, “Mean Girls”? Here in Washington, we see that show for free in the Capitol. House Republicans seem to attract adult versions of Mean Girls.

The rapid succession of bank failures last spring clearly spooked federal regulators at the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board and bank depositors. The bad decision- making at Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank caused the regulators to implement emergency life preserver measures to banks and conjured up memories of the 2008 financial crisis.

Not All Bureaucrats Work For the Government Well, this week I learned that not all bureaucrats work for the government. They can be found in any organization anywhere, in the public sector and the private sector.

A Number as Useful as Your Credit Score Looking to become a homeowner this year? Or maybe you want to sell your current home to move to a different location or into a larger property. More than likely, that means you’ll be shopping for a mortgage -- a home loan that will allow you to make that move.

WASHINGTON -- Be careful what you wish for, the saying goes. You just might get it.

Chris Christie has done himself a service, done his Republican Party a service and, most importantly, done his nation a service. He convincingly expressed great remorse for having endorsed Donald Trump in 2016.

Dear Annie: How do I deal with passive-aggressive siblings? When we are together, it can be all laughter and giggles, and the next minute all I hear are snarky comments. It took months to find out one sibling had purchased a new and expensive car. Then the talk was how to sell the old reliable model without asking my opinion. We all have social media accounts, though I have yet to see any of them post on my page. I have hobbies, and they do not; we all do volunteer work, yet there is seldom a conversation about it. I am reluctant to reach out fearing I might catch one of them on an “aggressive” day and be shut out. If I ask for household repair help, I am looked on as weak or ignored altogether. We are getting older, and I am at my wits’ end at trying to have a healthy relationship.

Welcome to “political silly season,” as an Oklahoma legislative observer once called it. It’s the period of time from December through May where Oklahomans get a front-row seat to all sorts of outlandish legislative bills and public debates.

Dear Annie: Our little girl died. She was ill for a relatively short period of time, terminally, and while she lived longer than expected, it will never have been enough.