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Hispanic heritage is our heritage

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Every year there are certain projects readers of the Clinton Daily News are eager to receive. It might be the annual “Football Preview” or the “Home for the Holidays Christmas Magazine.” It may be the “Salute to Our Patriots” to honor our local veterans.

Guardian can’t continue to take care of sisters

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Guardian can’t continue to take care of sisters

Saturday, September 24, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am 35 years old, and I have been the primary caretaker for my two younger sisters for the past eight years. I've cared for them since they were in elementary school, and I cannot afford to take care of them any longer.

Atopic dermatitis is the most common form of eczema

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Atopic dermatitis is the most common form of eczema

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Dear Doctors: I got a few patches of itchy, red skin on my arms six months ago.My doctor says it's atopic dermatitis, but the cream he gave me isn't helping. My friend says it's eczema, which she also has. She let me try her prescription cream, and it got better. Does that mean I have eczema?

Martha’s Vineyard flight ignores problem

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Martha’s Vineyard flight ignores problem

Friday, September 23, 2022

Much of the nation’s political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans who had crossed illegally into the United States arrived at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, not far from the summer homes of some of the country’s wealthiest and best-connected people.

Boyfriend won’t condemn violent behavior

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Boyfriend won’t condemn violent behavior

Friday, September 23, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: I've been keeping up with a high profile celebrity trial that deals with domestic violence between a man and a woman. My boyfriend and I were discussing the trial the other day over the phone.

Study links drinking carbonated water and weight gain

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Study links drinking carbonated water and weight gain

Friday, September 23, 2022

Dear Doctors: As part of a reducing diet, we like to drink plain carbonated water. There's no sugar in it, no additives and no sweeteners. But apparently there is a new study that says carbonated water leads to weight gain? Why would that be? Should we give it up?

Biden, savior of the Republican Party

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Biden, savior of the Republican Party

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Show me a bully, I’ll show you a crybaby. Few events have demonstrated the accuracy of that observation like the caterwauling on the right in response to President Biden’s recent speech warning voters against “semi-fascist MAGA Republicans.

DO JUST ONE THING

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DO JUST ONE THING

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Did you know laundry accounts for as much as 20% of the water used in your home? To save water, a few small habits can go a long way.

Happier reader still suffering from FOMO

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Happier reader still suffering from FOMO

Thursday, September 22, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: For several years — beginning around the same time that the pandemic started — I was deeply depressed. I was unhappy with the way that I looked, my job, my finances and my relationship. For all of those reasons, I was very low-functioning.

Two families, bound by goodness

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Two families, bound by goodness

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

If you need proof of the Anne Frank dictum (“In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart”) – if you doubt there is a poetry to paying it forward – if you wonder whether life can reveal a virtuous circle when on the cruel surface, it takes the form of a vicious circle –...