Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a bonus letters column. We have some interesting questions and will dive right in.
Vice President JD Vance faced an impossible task trying to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. That Vance failed is no surprise, given Iran’s so-far implacable resistance to the demand that it abandon its nuclear weapons program. That, Vance said, is President Donald Trump’s “core goal” of the war.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been married to my husband for about 10 years now, and we have two kids together.
War is a great engine of change, sweeping aside assumptions, toppling established power relationships, driving new forces into play, rearranging long-held theories and challenging orthodoxies. That happened in six years of fighting in World War II, in the seven days of the 1967 Middle East War, and, we are discovering in recent days, in five weeks of upheaval in Iran.
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DEAR HARRIETTE: It feels like my parents neglect to recognize my birthday every year, and it is becoming painful. My birthday was about two months ago, and they didn’t make time to celebrate with me. I shared with them that I’d love to go out to dinner or do something together. After the day passed with no celebration, I told them that this often happens and then I am expected to create birthday plans for all my siblings, which I find inconsiderate. Today is my brother’s birthday, and my dad asked if I had any plans in mind.
DEAR HARRIETTE: A few months ago, I traveled home for winter break and went on a date with a former classmate. I was surprised when he asked me out, mainly because growing up, I was the only gay boy in my grade. To be honest, I really wasn’t even that interested in him; I just wanted to see what this was about. Turns out, we get along well. He wasn’t just trying to make a move – he took me out to eat at a nice restaurant a few towns over, got me dessert and drove us to the beach to watch the waves afterward. It seemed amazing ... until I found out he has a girlfriend. I ended the date immediately and made him take me home. I want to tell his girlfriend, but I don’t want to potentially out him, especially in the evangelical Midwest. What do you suggest I do?
Dear Doctors: I just read about people who are called super-agers and how they don’t have the memory problems that happen when you get older.
President Donald Trump says he finds it insulting to hear critics say he does not have a plan to win the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. “People say he doesn’t have a plan,” Trump told reporters Monday. “I have the best plan of all, but I’m not going to tell you what my plan is.”
Donald Trump frequently floats falsehoods that flout reality. No, the 2020 election was not stolen. No, prices have not gone down. But when he discusses the midterm elections this fall, he can often turn truthful.