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Manager doesn’t respect employees’ time

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Manager doesn’t respect employees’ time

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: My manager has a habit of scheduling meetings that often run long, and they frequently overlap with other commitments on my calendar. Most of the time, these overlapping commitments are networking chats with colleagues.

Peace, war reflect two sides of Trump

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Peace, war reflect two sides of Trump

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Colin Jost said, “it’s nice to start Update with some good news for once: There’s peace in the Middle East,” on “Saturday Night Live.” “The only downside is, there’s war in Chicago.”A laugh line, but also a telling truth. Those two words, peace and war, reflect two different sides of Donald Trump.

What it’s like living with my cat, Felix

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What it’s like living with my cat, Felix

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

My cat, Felix, is lying at the foot of the bed. I wiggle my toes. Felix puts his teeth around them, and I can feel the little points of his incisors. He lets me know he could bite – but he does not. That’s because both Felix and I have learned a lot.We have had Felix for almost two years.

Prediabetic needs to get health in check

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Prediabetic needs to get health in check

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am struggling to get my health on track. My doctor has warned me that I am prediabetic.

Zohran, Tish and the new resistance

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Zohran, Tish and the new resistance

Friday, October 17, 2025

This week saw the debut of a new alliance in the ongoing resistance to President Donald Trump.

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

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Exercise intolerance symptom of long COVID

Friday, October 17, 2025

Dear Doctors: I’ve been an endurance athlete my whole adult life. After having COVID-19, I’ve gone from running marathons at an 8-minute mile pace to needing walking breaks whenever I run. Are there studies about long COVID and endurance? How do I find one I can join?

Partner struggles to balance career, romance

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Partner struggles to balance career, romance

Friday, October 17, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: For many years, I worked in corporate America with a strict 9 to 5, Monday through Friday schedule. Recently, I made the switch – as the economy demanded – to working freelance. I now work in media and do a lot of event-based work.

A potential political catastrophe

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A potential political catastrophe

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

John McLaughlin is not sugarcoating the problem. A longtime Republican pollster who has worked closely with President Trump, McLaughlin writes on the conservative website Townhall that the current government shutdown is “a potential political catastrophe for the GOP.

Sharing strange dreams with my sister

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Sharing strange dreams with my sister

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

My sister said, “I had a very strange dream, and you were in it. You want to hear?”“Sure.”“I was fired! I came to school, and my fob wouldn’t work.”My sister is a teacher. It is very unlikely that she would be fired and unlikelier yet that she would be fired without notice.

Birthday party is nothing like reader wanted

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Birthday party is nothing like reader wanted

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: My 30th birthday just passed, and it was awful. I hate to sound ungrateful, but what should feel like a major milestone felt completely overlooked.