DEAR HARRIETTE: A friend of mine constantly preaches to us about the importance of showing support to each other through good times, bad times, startup businesses, financial hardship, graduations, milestones and everything else under the sun. Over the years, though, it seems to be getting harder for her to practice what she preaches.
Dear Doctors: I love walking and do at least 2 miles per day. I have followed the endless debate about how many steps per day is best with great interest. Apparently, there’s a new study that says the goal should be stamina and not steps? I’m not sure I understand, and I would like to know more.
DEAR HARRIETTE: My son moved away a couple of months ago. At the time, he told me that he was able to transfer his job, which would make the move that much more seamless. Last week, he called me to tell me that his employment contract will terminate in the next few weeks. I asked him where this was coming from, and he admitted that he knew all along that this was one of the conditions of his temporary office transfer.
The second session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature began yesterday with Governor Kevin Stitt’s final State of the State address. The governor also presented the Legislature with his executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.
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The United States experienced a mass incursion of illegal border crossers in the years 2021 to 2025. Estimates vary, but in that period at least 9 million people entered the U.S. illegally. Rather than turn them back, former President Joe Biden allowed most to stay, with little or no vetting. Administration officials denied that there was a problem, periodically declaring the border “closed” when in fact 200,000 to 300,000 were crossing illegally each month. When officials conceded that there was a problem, Democrats argued that only sweeping immigration legislation would solve it.
DEAR HARRIETTE: About a year ago, I met a man at work, and he introduced himself to me by telling me how beautiful I am and how much he admires me. In less than a month, I was his girlfriend. We are still together, but I have been hearing more and more rumors claiming that he said the same things to many of the women we work with.
Donald Trump has called 2025 “the greatest first year” of any president, but a majority of Americans strongly disagree: In the latest CNN poll, 58% describe that year as a “failure.”
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