How to combat DST sleepiness

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I know I’m not alone in not liking daylight saving time (DST).Each of the time shifts messes up my sleep. It also makes the kids’ bedtime routines, which are already a challenge, even harder. I’ve read that DST can actually be bad for your health.

Family doesn’t celebrate birthdays equally

DEAR HARRIETTE: It feels like my parents neglect to recognize my birthday every year, and it is becoming painful. My birthday was about two months ago, and they didn’t make time to celebrate with me. I shared with them that I’d love to go out to dinner or do something together.

War leads to so many questions

War is a great engine of change, sweeping aside assumptions, toppling established power relationships, driving new forces into play, rearranging long-held theories and challenging orthodoxies.

Can Trump focus on the Iran goal?

President Donald Trump says he finds it insulting to hear critics say he does not have a plan to win the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. “People say he doesn’t have a plan,” Trump told reporters Monday. “I have the best plan of all, but I’m not going to tell you what my plan is.

Man admits to having girlfriend during date

DEAR HARRIETTE: A few months ago, I traveled home for winter break and went on a date with a former classmate. I was surprised when he asked me out, mainly because growing up, I was the only gay boy in my grade.

Super-agers have healthy cognitive function

Dear Doctors: I just read about people who are called super-agers and how they don’t have the memory problems that happen when you get older.Supposedly they have more brain cells. Do you know if that’s true? The idea of superagers is really interesting, and I want to know more.

Husband wants to take monthlong trip

DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband wants to go on a fishing trip for a month up in Canada. I told him no, but he keeps pressing the matter. He works hard and hasn’t taken a day off in more than two years, so part of me wants to say yes to him.

The crazy couch that inspired my book

Three years ago, I was in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, walking through what had once been a large fabric mill. It has since been turned into an art gallery called, appropriately, La Fabrica, where artists of all kinds lease space to show their work.

Trump’s campaign of corruption continues

Donald Trump frequently floats falsehoods that flout reality. No, the 2020 election was not stolen. No, prices have not gone down. But when he discusses the midterm elections this fall, he can often turn truthful.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1949, 12 nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, forming NATO.In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1973, the World Trade Center was dedicated in New York City.