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What Thanksgiving looks like

What Thanksgiving looks like

What Thanksgiving looks like

My mother sent a photo of a huge female turkey sitting on her bird feeder.The giant, ungainly creature looked ridiculous, perched on the little wooden roof of a feeder intended for chickadees and nuthatches."She has been hanging around for two days now," my mother wrote.

A time for Thanks-Giving

Thursday people across the United States will celebrate a day of thanksgiving.Thanksgiving Day is a time set aside to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the past year.Because we take so much for granted, there are times we have to stop and think about what we have to be grateful...
The Biden White House dumpster fire

The Biden White House dumpster fire

The Biden White House dumpster fire

President Joe Biden's plunging public approval rating isn't his problem. It is a reflection of his problem. Biden held a big ceremony this week to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the $1.2 trillion measure passed after months of wrangling in Congress. The public is well aware of it.
Turning against party of a new president

Turning against party of a new president

Turning against party of a new president

As a lifelong sports fan, it's been decades since I let a ballgame make me unhappy. Back when my sons would plunge into mourning over Razorback basketball losses, I'd remind them that somebody loses every game that's played.
Politics is a study in contradictions

Politics is a study in contradictions

Politics is a study in contradictions

For a long while – remember that in politics, two days comprise an eternity – it seemed as if the leaders of the two major parties were girding to fight the last war.
Junk food cravings tied to hormones, circadian cycle

Junk food cravings tied to hormones, circadian cycle

Junk food cravings tied to hormones, circadian cycle

Dear Doctors: Is there some reason I crave junk food when I'm really tired? I'm working double shifts, and if I don't sleep enough, all I want is donuts and pizza.

Contract worker feels shut out after sharing feedback

DEAR HARRIETTE: I was hired to work on a short-term project for a company that had hired me previously. It seemed like everything turned out pretty well. I was asked for honest feedback about the project, and I gave it.
U.S. is a center, center right country

U.S. is a center, center right country

U.S. is a center, center right country

Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who has thwarted many liberal aspirations, told CNN: "We can't go too far left. This is not a centerleft or a left country.
Reader wants to supplement their income

Reader wants to supplement their income

Reader wants to supplement their income

DEAR HARRIETTE: I had a lot of ideas this year that I tried to execute, but here I am at the end of the year feeling like a failure. I did complete a couple of the things that I had mapped out, but nothing made me any money, and I feel like I wasted my time.