Unemployed sister lacks motivation

DEAR HARRIETTE: My sister has been kind of depressed and unmotivated since becoming unemployed. She lost her job at the beginning of the pandemic and has been living off of unemployment checks ever since.

DO JUST ONE THING

● Your local food bank may need more than just food for donations. Among the most indemand and in-need items are personal care items. These are things like toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper and deodorant.

Make way for the new Republicans

The man who lives in the white house made an announcement the other day that might stand as a turning point in American politics.

Immune system causes difference in UTI symptoms

Dear Doctors: A friend who is 74 years old had an episode recently where she suddenly sounded as though she had dementia. Her physician diagnosed it as an effect of a UTI. Can you talk about how UTIs in older people can mimic dementia? Also, why do they affect more women than men?

Pandemic weight gain causes anxiety about visiting home

DEAR HARRIETTE: I'm headed home for Christmas, and I feel nervous about it. I gained a ton of weight during quarantine. As I have been trying on clothes to figure out how to dress during my visit, I realize that most of my clothes are too small.

Fake news and Twitter’s new CEO

Twitter announced last week that Parag Agrawal will be the social media giant's new CEO. He has a difficult job ahead of him, trying to maintain the site's reputation for fast-paced, free-ranging commentary, while also keeping the platform free of dangerous misinformation.

High school senior feeling the pressure

DEAR HARRIETTE: I'm in my senior year of high school, and the pressure is intense. It seems like my friends and I are constantly mad at somebody. There's just so much tension between friend groups and people who are dating or not and trying to figure out relationships.

Is it luck or is it gratitude?

"It's not about luck," my friend Andrew insists, "it's about gratitude."Andrew is not some sort of New Age guide, in case you were wondering. He is a slightly curmudgeonly tax preparer and not given to feel-good platitudes.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 50 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGONational FFA President Mark Timm was shown congratulating Jason Baker of Butler on his achievement of the American FFA Degree. The degree was awarded in a ceremony at the 64 th National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

Tiptoeing through political correctness

Some seem determined to rewrite history in the name of political correctness. Recently the European Commission – the executive branch of the European Union responsible for proposed legislation and enforcing EU laws – proposed to substitute the “Christmas period” with “holiday period.