Until she fell ill with COVID-19, a New York novelist, Yvonne Cassidy, said she thought there were only three variants of COVID: “The lighter version, the version that keeps you in the …
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Dear Amy: My wife and I share your column at the breakfast table. Can you fix it for us? Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan / Chicago Tribune) Our son, a senior in …
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Dear Abby: When I was a young child, my mother died of breast cancer. I always suspected that I might also have a gene. To make matters worse, my father had skin …
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We still don’t know much. The 2020 coronovirus and 1918 Spanish influenza are two highly infectious respiratory diseases that spread worldwide in months, and the vaccine was lacking for the first time. …
Read More »My wife thinks she gets half of my earnings
Dear Abby: Me and my wife retired five years ago. I have enough savings and an excellent pension to live comfortably. Jeanie Phillips I raised a hobby three years ago that generates …
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