DO JUST ONE THING

DO JUST ONE THING

Oct 06, 2022

If you want to help save the North Atlantic right whale, you should give up eating Atlantic lobster. This is according to the advocacy group Seafood Watch, which warns that the ropes used for lobster fishing can “entangle critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.” With just a few hundred whales left, they face extinction unless changes happen quickly. While efforts are underway to create a “whale-safe lobster” standard to identify crustaceans harvested with ropes, the best bet to help now is to avoid or severely limit your lobster intake.

Daughter moves out without telling

Daughter moves out without telling

Oct 06, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: My 23-year-old daughter signed a one-year lease with her boyfriend and moved out of my home without telling me. I discovered that she had left by finding her bedroom completely empty. I am hurt by the way she decided to handle everything. If she feels that she is grown enough to move out and get a place on her own, she should be grown enough to sit down and have a conversation with me about the move.

Skeptics might walk in polio sufferers’ shoes

Skeptics might walk in polio sufferers’ shoes

Oct 05, 2022

If you want to understand the impact of polio – if you want to comprehend the heartbreak polio victims feel about the return of infantile paralysis – if you want to sense the bewilderment that polio victims feel about vaccine skepticism – then walk a mile in Stacy Smith’s shoes.

Hybrid schedule throws off family balance

Hybrid schedule throws off family balance

Oct 05, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: i have been so busy between work and family obligations that i have forgotten some key family dates and even some work responsibilities. I feel like i am barely treading water when it comes to getting things done, which is crazy since i'm the one who is usually on top of things. In part, i think it's because the world is now hybrid. I had been building my schedule based on going from one meeting to the next in a blink by logging onto one zoom after the next.

Owning dog protects against mental illness

Owning dog protects against mental illness

Oct 05, 2022

DEAR DOCTORS: My wife read somewhere that when kids grow up with a do in the house, it can keep them from getting schizophrenia. I know that having a pet can help kids develop responsibility, but preventing mental illness seems like a stretch. Is this based on psychology — or something else?

The crime issue returns to forefront

The crime issue returns to forefront

Oct 04, 2022

This New York Times headline captures an important inflection point in the current political campaign: “G.O.P. Redoubles Efforts to Tie Democrats to High Crime Rates.”

The importance of newspapers

The importance of newspapers

Oct 01, 2022

Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant. We all have stories of readers desperately seeking reliable information about COVID-19 during the pandemic and turning to us to deliver accurate national and state health departments’ evolving assessments as well as local reporting on treatment options in our communities.

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