Opinion

Dear Annie: I have a giftgiving dilemma. In recent years, we had a falling out with our child’s spouse, and it’s come down to the in-law’s way or no way. As a result, the relationships with our child and grandchildren have also been impacted. Though I love them all dearly, I won’t let the in-law dictate how I live my life.

A little more than six weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the race for the Republican presidential nomination looks like it’s over before it’s begun. But one question critical to the GOP’s chances next year is still open, and the primaries will help answer it: Can Republicans get out the vote? Polls testify to Donald Trump’s popularity with the base.

After Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis, gang-raped teens and kidnapped hundreds of innocents, 30 student groups at Harvard issued a statement reading, “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.”

It’s time to have a candid conversation about a topic that seems to make many lawmakers cringe and flush. Sex education.

Dear Annie: I’m a newly married 32-year-old woman, and my husband is 31. We’ve been married for three months, and we’re both really excited to share the holiday season together for the first time as husband and wife.

Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi is the most recent example of a journalist who sounds like his own colleagues are the “professionals” and the writers without the classic Old Media branding are the “nonpros,” people who don’t have standards.

Dear Annie: I was at home making a sandwich recently when my close friend’s wife from next door came through the back door. She called out and said she just wanted to see how I was doing. I said I was great and asked if she wanted a sandwich and a beer. She said no to the sandwich but yes to the beer, so I got her one and then sat down to enjoy my lunch.

Pandemic well over, a growing number of companies want their workers back at the office. Many still allow certain employees to continue doing some or all of the job remotely. Parents raising young children especially welcome the opportunity to work from home.