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Democrats’ risky bet on impeachment

Precedents abound in a country whose first presidential election took place 230 years ago, that has seen 41 presidential contests between two political parties founded 187 and 165 years ago. Three of our 44 presidents have faced impeachment proceedings — Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton — and now it seems Donald Trump will be the fourth. Democrats have been itching to oust Trump from office since the 9 p.m. Eastern hour on election night nearly three years ago, when it became clear he had been elected. High law enforcement and intelligence officials started trying to ...

Unmatched gifts causing resentment

Dear Annie: My son is in his mid-40s, and his wife is in her early 40s. Every year, my wife and I send them a generous check on their birthdays, anniversary and Christmas. They both are successfully employed, so this is not a financial issue. On our birthdays, anniversary and Christmas, we are lucky if we get a greeting card acknowledging the occasion. No flowers for my wife — especially on our anniversary or birthday — nothing, nada, zilch. I used to remind him that his mother’s birthday or anniversary was coming up. Eventually, I realized that he was a grown man and not a little ...

Joe Biden: impeachment’s first casualty

Even before seeing the transcript of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy Pelosi threw the door wide open to the impeachment of Donald Trump by the Democratic House. Though the transcript did not remotely justify the advanced billing of a “quid pro quo,” Pelosi set in motion a process that is already producing a sea change in the politics of 2020. The great Beltway battle for the balance of this year, and perhaps next, will be over whether the Democrats can effect a coup against a president many of them have never ...

Missing friend during dark time

Dear Annie: There is a friend that I met through a place that I used to work, and we stayed friends after we no longer worked together. We would text every few days. I’ve been to her house for holidays; I’ve met her husband, son and daughter. They’re a nice family. She lives in a beautiful house. I am not married; I have no kids and no family. Lately, my life has been falling apart. I am unemployed. I am facing foreclosure on my house. I’ve got bills backing up, and my ex-boyfriend moved out with his 50-year-old daughter and never paid me a penny toward bills. Recently, my ...

Rudy Giuliani’s harebrained scheme

Where’s John Kelly when you need him? President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, cast aside like so many of Trump’s advisers, irked the president with his efforts to bring some discipline to him and his operation. But if there’s one thing that’s obvious from the Ukraine controversy, it’s that the president could use more “no men.” During Roman triumphs celebrating military victories, a slave was supposedly given the task of riding behind the conquering general and constantly whispering in his ear, “Remember, you are mortal.” The White House needs someone constantly ...

Decision-making for mom

Dear Annie: My mom is in her 80s and in so-so health. She’s at home for now with a full-time caregiver. There are three siblings who all take turns with her. The problem is that we’ve started to disagree. Even though the decision-makers are legally in writing, the oldest constantly battles us for what she wants to happen in any given situation. We end up caving in and resenting her to keep peace in the family. Three is never a good number anyway; someone is always the odd one out. Rest assured, it is never her. At times, we get a barrage of phone calls and emails on Mom — what ...