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Friend wants to be the center of attention

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Friend wants to be the center of attention

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: Is it OK to be selective about where or when I spend time with certain friends? Or does that make me shallow? One of my best friends is loud and often asks invasive questions.

Sen. Darcy Jech talks budget and bills

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Sen. Darcy Jech talks budget and bills

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Legislature has officially adjourned from the 2025 session. It was an incredibly productive year as we worked to pass policies that will improve the lives of Oklahomans and move our state forward. Most importantly, we passed a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2026.

Dressing up is way more fun as an adult

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Dressing up is way more fun as an adult

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

My husband, Peter, doesn’t believe me, but I didn’t always dress up.I would dress up for the holidays and for a special occasion, but the definition of “special” was fairly strict. It involved wearing nice shoes perhaps half a dozen times a year.

Siblings’ childhood behaviors resurface

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Siblings’ childhood behaviors resurface

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: Now that my siblings and I are “orphans” – both of our parents have died – we have only one another left. This is proving to be challenging. All of our old childhood behaviors are coming back, and I feel stuck in the past.

Fatty fish provides key omega-3 fatty acids

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Fatty fish provides key omega-3 fatty acids

Saturday, May 31, 2025

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: Why is it that fish is so good for you? My husband and I have been thinking about adding more of it to our diets, but we keep hearing stories in the news about people getting sick from contaminated seafood. How do you eat fish and stay safe?

Smart dating means respecting own values

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Smart dating means respecting own values

Saturday, May 31, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: How do I stop settling for emotionally unavailable people just because I’m afraid of being alone? I’ve noticed a pattern in my dating life.

40 YEARS AGO

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CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

Saturday, May 31, 2025

• Clinton chapter of AMBUCS installed 1995-1996 officers. Those installed were Canda Dupree, Marsha Moore and Narci Smith, directors; Jeannette Atha, secretary; Nada Hernandez, vice president; Carol Bentley, treasurer; Dana Matlock, sergeant-atarms; Laura McAtee, director; and Lorie Dodd, president.

‘How is it that people are being killed simply for being Jewish?’

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‘How is it that people are being killed simply for being Jewish?’

Saturday, May 31, 2025

The quote “Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith,” is from a judge’s order, but that’s not my interpretation. “This fact is so unimaginable and so abhorrent to our constitutional guarantee of religious freedom,” Judge Mark C.

Who was ‘shocked’ by Biden’s infirmity?

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Who was ‘shocked’ by Biden’s infirmity?

Friday, May 30, 2025

Here is a basic question about “Original Sin,” the new book detailing the White House’s attempt to hide former President Joe Biden’s in-plain-sight mental and physical decline: Why is it having such an impact? Sure, the subject – an intermittently disabled president – is hugely important.

Sister-in-law stays home after leave

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Sister-in-law stays home after leave

Friday, May 30, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: My sister-in-law “Kate” worked for me for several years.Last summer, she had a baby and said she’d return to work immediately after maternity leave. The week before she was to come back to work, I emailed her the upcoming work schedule.