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Delete, Please I have a love-hate relationship with the delete button on my computer keyboard, but not so much on my phone. For some reason, after more than 20 years of having a mobile phone, the two of us have never bonded.

I’m not here to join the mockery of Alabama for declaring that embryos are children -- and, therefore, in vitro fertilization clinics must protect them forever. On the contrary, I admire its honesty. Many states have effectively banned abortions, arguing that destroying an embryo amounts to baby killing. Yet they look the other way when fertility clinics discard hundreds of thousands of unused embryos, which they routinely do.

Dear Annie: I am 70 years old and blessed with two well-settled and caring grown children (one son and one daughter), who have each been blessed with two kids of their own, making me a grandma of 4 under 4; for which I’m very excited and grateful. Every day of my life, it gives me positive energy.

My ancient history professor, Martin Ostwald, taught me all about Athens in the golden age, the fifth century B.C. -- and more.

There is one area of competition where Catholic schools always beat public schools. It is not in track and field.

Bad news for the media often feels like good news for conservatives. So word that Vice and BuzzFeed are laying off hundreds of journalists, weeks after the complete collapse of The Messenger, won’t elicit much sympathy from the right.

Thank you, Mary Trump, for plumbing the shallow waters of Jon Stewart’s wit. A psychologist and sharp critic of her uncle Donald, Mary Trump accused the “Daily Show” host of long suppressing the liberal vote by telling his fan base that the candidates stink equally. She cites political research showing that his what’s-the-difference jabbering helped elect Donald Trump in 2016.

Dear Annie: When I was 6 years old, my father left my mother for another woman who was 14 years his junior. She had actually been his secretary and had been with him for a couple of years before the divorce. My dad went so far as to even get an apartment for her in the city. She was 16 at the time.

Today is the 59th day of 2024 and the 70th day of winter. T ODAY’S HISTORY: In 1935, DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invented nylon.

Dear Annie: Thank you for letting people know the importance of donating pet food to food banks and shelters. Right now we are facing a record number of pets whose families can’t feed them! If everyone who could helped pets who have been cared for and loved their whole lives, they wouldn’t end up in a noisy, scary, crowded shelter -- where they most likely will lose their life. Please continue to let people know how important this is. -- Animal Lover Dear Animal Lover: Thank you for your letter.