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Billionaires fear loss of their anti-capitalist advantages

Billionaires are wailing that Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders’s wealth tax proposals are attacks on free-market capitalism. Warren “vilifies successful people,” says Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Rubbish. There are basically only five ways to accumulate a billion dollars, and none of them have to do with being successful in free-market capitalism. The first way is to exploit a monopoly. Dimon is worth $1.6 billion. That’s not because he succeeded in the free market. In 2008, the government bailed out JPMorgan and four other giant Wall Street banks because it ...

Understanding narcissism

Dear Annie: I am writing in response to the letter from “Concerned Care-Daughter,” who said she was approaching caregiver burnout. It sounds to me like she is very empathic, and her older sister may have some narcissist traits. Narcissistic traits include being dismissive of other people’s points of view and being very controlling. My mother had many strong narcissistic traits, and I had to learn to set boundaries the hard way. I’ve found healing through understanding by reading books and watching videos on this topic, including on YouTube. I might not have a professional ...

The two parties’ very different fields of candidates

  Have you noticed that the two parties’ fields of presidential candidates have, in the past two election cycles, grown enormously larger than (if not necessarily superior to) those in past years? Where parties used to have two to five serious candidates to choose from, Republicans had 17 in 2016, and, by my count, Democrats this cycle have had 27.   Twenty-seven is a lot for a party that ended up holding no nomination contests in 1996 and 2012 and had only two serious candidates in 2000, 2008 and 2016, when no incumbent was running. Apparently, many Democratic politicos ...

Wandering eye worrying wife

Dear Annie: I would love to hear your comments on my situation. My husband, “Craig,” is an attentive, considerate and truly loving partner. The one quality that causes me to lose sleep is this: He is in his late 70s, yet he enjoys the attention of young women, ranging in age from their 20s to their 60s. When he and I spend time alone, we get along very well. However, almost every time we are in public, if he sees an attractive woman, his eyes rest on her with obvious interest. Then he may look for an excuse to pass near her or somehow engage her in lighthearted ...

Pelosi ambushes Republicans on impeachment vote

WASHINGTON — House Republicans, in their efforts to short-circuit the Democratic impeachment of President Trump, have for months railed against a closed “process” of hearing witnesses and demanding other evidence of his misbehavior. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has now called their bluff by agreeing to open the Democratic inquiry to public scrutiny, and allowing a House vote on conducting the impeachment inquiry itself. It’s a case for the Republicans of getting what they wished for, with a near-certainty that the Democratic-controlled House will approve it going forward. Thus, ...

Run from abusive relationships

Dear Readers: I am printing these two letters together to remind anyone who is in an abusive relationship to leave as soon as possible. Take yourself, your children and pets with you. There are many resources available for you. Dear Annie: Thank you for telling Depressed and Confused to walk out the door with her pets. My sister didn’t, and she lost her life. I so admire women who leave bad men. — Sister Dear Sister: I am so very sorry for your loss. Thank you for writing in and reminding all of our readers to leave abusive people as fast as they can. You and your family are in ...