Taiwan-based Buddhist attempts to take a nun's message global

(AP) — When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for the region's most ubiquitous charity to set up an emergency response center.Tzu Chi, an international Buddhist organization led by an 87-year-old nun, the Venerable Cheng Yen, and her followers,...

Cortisol secreted during stressful situations

Dear Doctors: I would like to know about cortisol and what it does in the body. I keep hearing that if you’re under a lot of stress, which I have been lately, your cortisol levels can go too high. What are the symptoms?

Introvert struggles to balance friendship

DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend recently told me that she thinks we shouldn’t be friends anymore because I am so closed off. This has hurt me because I value our friendship, but I also understand where she is coming from. I am naturally introverted, and I tend to keep my thoughts and feelings to myself.

Donald Trump, the J.D. Vance calculation

Milwaukee – Former President Donald Trump once privately told associates that the problem he faced selecting a running mate was that the field of potential partners did not include a no-brainer – a candidate whose appeal was so strong, so obvious and so broad that he or she would have been a...

DO JUST ONE THING

• You’re having a picnic or spending time outdoors and want to pour your excess soda, lemonade or sweetened iced tea onto the ground, or by a plant to give it a little extra treat. What’s the harm, right? Actually, you’re creating a lot of harm.

Husband quits job after spouse inherits wealth

DEAR HARRIETTE: Six months ago, my grandmother passed away and left me a significant inheritance.I’m 24, and my 25-year-old husband unexpectedly quit his job without consulting me, believing the inheritance meant he would no longer need to work.

Point the way to the escape hatch

We’ll probably learn within a week or two whether President Joe Biden’s vow to persist in his 2024 candidacy will hold, or whether he’ll yield to what Democrats urging him to step aside see as political reality.

1964 Goldwater speech resonates in 2024

William Jennings Bryan called for Americans not to be crucified “upon a cross of gold” in 1896.Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal in 1932.

Understanding and living with fibromyalgia

Dear Doctors: I had muscle pain and exhaustion for two years, and no one could figure out what was wrong. A rheumatologist recently diagnosed me with fibromyalgia.

Fiancé resists caring for grandmother

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m facing an absolutely disheartening situation involving my fiancé and my grandmother, who raised me single-handedly due to my parents’ struggles with addiction.