After drinks, story about old flame surfaces

DEAR HARRIETTE: I hung out with some relatively new friends last weekend. We got to drinking champagne, and the stories started flowing. It turns out that we have a couple of mutual friends — including my first true love.

Circumstantial evidence for Stubby

It was time to come back from Mexico.It wasn't because of the weather. The weather was wonderful. The nights up in the mountains were cool, and the days were warm, and sometimes, in the afternoons, a thunderstorm would roll in, and a refreshing rain would fall, leaving the air clean and sweet.No.

Operation goes from bad to worse

Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border enforcement plan was a bad idea from the start, and the longer his cruel folly drags on, the worse it gets for Texas taxpayers, border communities and the migrants who arrive at our doorstep, some seeking asylum, some in search of work and better lives.

Labor Day brings welcome reprieve

Labor Day is here and yes, there is much rejoicing. That’s because it appears harder than ever to get things done these days.The optimist will say, “Yes! A Monday off!” The pessimist will say, “Great! Going to have to double time it Tuesday when I go back in at work!

Trump’s enemies come up with scheme

Let’s say you hate Donald Trump and really, really, really don’t want him to become president of the United States again. How do you prevent that? Well, most would agree the best way would be to defeat him electorally, either in the Republican primaries or in the 2024 general election.

Organ donation dependent on transplant center

ASK THE DOCTORSHello, dear readers, and welcome to a bonus edition of our monthly letters column. Our mailboxes are overflowing, so we'll get right down to business. — We recently wrote about living organ donation.

Diner worries about interaction with woman

DEAR HARRIETTE: I ran into a woman the other day whose face was vaguely familiar. We were at a restaurant, and I was dining with other people, so we said hello but no more. As I was leaving, she asked if I was still working at a company that I left more than 10 years ago.

Sanders’ reform returns state to 1956

Sometimes pictures do tell the story. When Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders staged a photo op for the signing of her vaunted LEARNS Act, an education 'reform' shoved through a rubber-stamp legislature with virtually no debate, she chose a private school in North Little Rock.

DO JUST ONE THING

Can you recycle old printed photographs with your scrap paper recycling? Yes and no. It all depends on how the photo was printed. If it was done with oldfashioned chemical processing, then no. If it was printed using modern digital technology, then yes. How do you find out?

Renter pursues apartment maintenance worker

DEAR HARRIETTE: I just moved into a new apartment complex. While having my gas turned on, we discovered that the water heater wasn't connected.