Opinion

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.

Politico is a member in good standing of the “establishment media.” Its journalists rotate in and out, to and from other pro-Biden outlets. But when Politico has a reporter who delves into the Biden family influence- peddling business, you can expect that work to be ignored routinely.

Ryan Walters’ laughable war on “pornograpy” in school library books has gone on long enough. Until now, Walters’ tilting at imaginary foes and his claims about what’s actually on school library shelves seemed more like a gnat needing to be swatted away.

Dear Annie: I am the sole caregiver of my partner of 30 years who started suffering from dementia five years ago. I am at a point where I do nothing all day if I can avoid it. I read compulsively. I start stressing days ahead of when I know I’ll have to make a trip to town -- 40 miles roundtrip for groceries, etc.

What’s been missing these past couple of months from the coverage of and debate over the failed immigration bill? Some important basic facts and lots of historical context. First, basic facts.

The bizarre decision handed down last week by the Alabama Supreme Court, which ruled that frozen human embryos are people too, is the reductio ad absurdum of the antiabortion movement’s religious worship of the union of egg and sperm.

SATURDAY, February 24, 2024 Today is the 55th day of 2024 and the 66th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1836, Colonel William Travis issued a call for help on behalf of the Texian troops defending the Alamo in San Antonio.