Opinion

Dear Annie: Do you think my husband loves me? He yells at me, and in his sleep, he yells obscenities, but he says it isn’t about me. He never wants to talk or anything. He just wants me at home. He is upstairs, and I’m downstairs. If I ask a question, I’m stupid. Never a nice compliment or “I love you.” Am I wrong for staying in this relationship? I ask for him to do things together, but he says no because they cost money. He says we don’t have any money.

The California governor has no business “canceling” Walgreens. But I could. The Florida governor has no business punishing Disney for disagreeing with him over his state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. But people who agree with Ron DeSantis here can boycott Disney World.

Today is the 81st day of 2023 and the third day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1882, Congress passed an act that made polygamy a felony.

Dear Readers: My comments critical of people using diabetes drugs for casual weight loss generated a storm of protest from clinically obese readers who had found a solution to their lifetime struggle with weight loss. But their letters touched on the subject I was most concerned about, which is that diabetics were suddenly unable to find the drugs that keep them alive and healthy. Below are two samples: Dear Annie: I just read your change of thought on diabetic drugs being re-marketed for weight loss.

I spent a day in family court earlier this month to observe and learn about what families and children in crisis face in my community. I watched as an eldest sister accepted custody of her six younger siblings, a foster family moved forward with adoption proceedings and one father got custody of his infant following the tragic death of the baby’s mother. I also witnessed an arrest and listened to a request for a protective order. One prosecutor I spoke with told me, “People like to say, ‘pull yourself up by the bootstraps,’ but these kids don’t have any boots.” What they have is a guardian ad litem and a team of state workers doing their best to do right by each of them.

“Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.” So says the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Dear Annie: I’m a recently divorced man in his mid-60s. I have no children and am secure in my job.

University of Pennsylvania Professor Amy Wax has no patience for victimhood complaints. Asked whether she considers mid-20th century British politician Enoch Powell (whose writing she assigned and who gained fame for his “rivers of blood” anti-immigration speech) was a racist, Wax was indignant: “Can you define racism for me? Is so-and-so a racist? Where are we getting with that? Define racist. I have no idea what you mean. It is a bludgeon that is a promiscuous term. You define what a racist is, and I will spend two seconds addressing that question because it is sterile.”

As one who has spent pleasant time on Sand Hill Road and the Stanford campus, I’m dismayed by the demands for special treatment coming from the denizens of one of America’s most privileged and affluent precincts.

Serving as a minister in a small rural church has its benefits. However, there are also many drawbacks. Each must be dealt with separately with humility and dependence upon the Lord direction. I was called as a full-time minister but soon discovered that I would also function as a parttime minister with another work opportunity that would not require full-time work to accomplish it. Both seem to work well with me and my family. I am blessed to work with many families because the other work opportunity is through funeral services to families. I have been blessed to assist many families outside of our community by helping them with an end-of-life service for their loved one. Burbank does not have a large attendance for Sunday school and worship attendance. The families that attend come mostly from our surrounding ranches or other communities. All the families that I service gather in harmony and love the Lord. I visit the sick and those in our surrounding nursing homes and assisted living centers. I get to visit people in many different hospitals. I am blessed with a few people who love to serve in organizing church activities. God is so good. The Psalmist David said in Psalm 34:8, “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!” David again giving thanks in 1 Chronicles 16:34 said, “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” Please take time to evaluate where you are at with the Lord. Find time to spend with Him. Experience a time of worship with the Lord as often as you can. Attend a church of your choice.