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Opinion

Pregnancy resource centers

Letters

To the editor: Several months ago, I wrote an editorial about the Minnesota department of health statistics on abortion and the latest legislative changes affecting life decisions. I indicated that women should be allowed to have all the information available to them about their baby in ...

Maddened by mom

Columns

Dear Annie: My mom has had several strokes and is now living with us. She has problems seeing out of one eye. No one else will step up to take care of her. Our arrangement was that she pays for extra things she wants -- nails, haircuts, new clothes. And, oh, yeah, did I mention she smokes like ...

Snake in the grass

Letters

To the editor: You wouldn’t think it would ever come to this, but it has. “Abortion” has become a huge topic of discussion in our country. Along with killing a baby right up to the “due date”, we now have the over-the-counter birth control pill approved by the FDA with no age ...

Going to the dogs

Columns

Stumbling through my computer’s digital archives, I tripped over a photo that is old enough to be classified as prehistoric. The snapshot in time was taken when I was five years old, an era when the whole world was monochrome. At least that’s the impression one gets after viewing photos ...

Money causes family trouble

Columns

Dear Annie: Several years ago, my son asked to borrow money from me and promised he would pay me back. He was getting ready to go overseas for a couple years, so I asked him to set up payment arrangements with me. He said he didn’t owe me anything. I was so frustrated, and I said I would take ...

More on recognizing scammers

Columns

Dear Heloise: Recently, Rosemary, in Michigan, wrote in about a scammer who called to collect money from an old credit card debt from 2016, stating that they would put a lien on their home and take them to court. Your information about where to report a scam was very useful, but I’d like to ...