Opinion

Donald Trump’s early primary victories have started the “newsroom debates” again. Associated Press media reporter David Bauder penned a story headlined “Trump’s live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven’t solved.”

Today is the 30th day of 2024 and the 41st day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1649, England’s King Charles I was executed for treason.

Dear Annie: My motherin- law is 96 years old, and her daughter lives with her. She has been in the nursing homes and hospitals, and has had a nurse assistant to help take care of her. Her daughter refuses to let anybody come to her brother’s house where she is staying.

What went wrong with Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign? You can list many arguable mistakes, as you can with any campaign, and you can add, as some reporters have, that the candidate was not likable or good at retail campaigning -- which mostly reflected reporters’ personal dislike of DeSantis or resentment at his refusal to schmooze what he considered unfriendly press.

We all saw it. A genocidal government launched a staggeringly savage massacre against civilians. Now, the International Court of Justice in the Hague has taken notice -- but in a twist worthy of Kafka, the party in the dock is not the perpetrator but the victim.

When John Modlin, the chief patrol agent for the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Feb. 7, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) asked him a straightforward question.

Dear Annie: My husband’s family have always been big drinkers, whereas mine are not. We have very different perspectives on the subject of alcohol. I can live with an “agree to disagree stance,” but a situation has come up where I am finding it difficult to not speak my mind.

Donald Trump recently warned that Joe Biden would lead us into World War II, a conflict that ended almost 80 years ago. Another world event he may not be current on is America’s boom in oil production never mind the green energy revolution.

Dear Annie: I was, not for the first time, physically assaulted by my sister on Christmas a couple of years ago. It has been an ongoing pattern since we were young, and these days it is triggered by her drinking. I seem to be her go-to punching bag. This was my last straw, as I am an adult and can choose who I have in my life. I have decided to avoid that kind of toxicity.