Adult son leaves room at parent's house a mess

DEAR HARRIETTE: My young adult child finally moved out of my house this summer. He finished college a few years ago and has just gotten on his feet with a job. It looks like he is starting his life off well. The issue I'm having is that he left his room a mess.

Who or what can we trust?

We once heard that throughout someone’s entire life, there are fewer than five people a person can totally trust if you don’t include your parents.It is the type of trust that allows you to tell your deepest secrets and know that no matter what happens, they will be kept secret.

Woman mourns her best friend in private

DEAR HARRIETTE: A good friend of mine passed away recently.She was loved and very popular, so a lot of people have been devastated by her loss.Some people have chosen to grieve publicly, but I have not.

The difference between screening and diagnostic tests

Hello again, dear readers, and welcome back to our monthly letters column.We're in the heart of summer now, and with extreme heat affecting so many parts of the nation, we hope you are doing what you can to stay safe.

A classic anti-Trump frenzy

Beginning in the months before Donald Trump took office, and extending well into his presidency, the media and political world took a set of vague but serious accusations of wrongdoing involving the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia and created a 24/7 frenzy of talk about secret evidence, potential...

Kansas isn’t having any part of overreach

That Kansas voted to protect abortion rights guaranteed in its state constitution didn’t surprise me, although I certainly never expected a landslide.

Colleagues bump heads while at work

DEAR HARRIETTE: I'm having trouble communicating with one of my co-workers. It seems as though we bump heads about the smallest issues. I try to see his point of view on things, but most times his logic just doesn't make sense to me. How can I be more open to understanding his way of doing things?

DO JUST ONE THING

• Here are a few reasons from the animal kingdom to avoid setting off fireworks for special events. In addition to making companion animals like dogs anxious and causing panic attacks, they can affect other types of wildlife as well.

Out on vacation – with turkeys

Make way for turkeys. No, that’s no error. One morning in Maine – many of you parents out there will recognize that as a title of a well-loved 1952 children’s book by Robert McCloskey – we did just that, made way for turkeys. There was the lead turkey, and then eight others.

Summing it up in one word: Extreme

The candidate said, “My opponent and those who endorse him continue to focus on the extreme and unconstitutional notion that we can overturn the 2020 election.