Third-party nightmare

Chris Sununu, the popular Republican governor of New Hampshire, says Donald Trump 'cannot mathematically win in November' of next year. Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor now running for the Republican nomination, uses three words to describe Trump: 'Loser, loser, loser.'

'Pew gap' remains important force in American politics

As an emerging American voice, the Rev. Jerry Falwell visited South Carolina in 1980 to promote his new Moral Majority network, while urging evangelicals to back Ronald Reagan instead of President Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist.

Darkness on the edge of a small town

The country singer Jason Aldean has a No. 1 hit with 'Try That in a Small Town.' Made news because Country Music Television won't play the video due to its threatening nature. Aldean is a Trump fan, so it's brought out predictable right vs. left defenses and condemnations. But it's not that simple. It's an opportunity to look at 1985 vs. 2023 and take some lessons from the relatively recent past.

Intercostal neuralgia, pain after thoracotomy

Dear Doctors: After a thoracotomy for lung cancer surgery, I had pain and tingling, along with tightness and spasms, in my midriff. I was told it would ease, but it hasn't. It's been a year, and the spasms are sudden and severe. CT scans are normal, and meds and physical therapy help only a little. What is going on?

Relationship drama ruins trip to visit friend

DEAR HARRIETTE: My best friend goes to college in Europe and always spends his holidays over there with his family. Due to this, I get to see him for only two weeks in the winter when he comes home. We planned a trip this summer to go backpacking across Europe with his parents and little brother, but after a messy breakup with his girlfriend, he rushed into a new relationship and the plans completely changed. Instead of our original trip, we went to stay at his new girlfriend's house in Portugal with three of her friends. I wasn't entirely opposed to the idea, but I was upset that I wouldn't get as much time to see him as we planned.

New York City: Sanctuary no more

Recently, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has printed thousands of flyers it plans to distribute at the U.S.-Mexico border. The flyer has a simple message to illegal border-crossers: Don't come to New York.

Family confidant spills relative’s secrets

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a relative I viewed as a second mother since before I can remember. We were extremely close. Just like with my real mother, I trusted this person enough to confide in her about very intimate details of my life.

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