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Brazen acts of corruption

Last week, media outlets reported the existence of a whistleblower complaint filed with the inspector general of the intelligence community against President Donald Trump. The IC encompasses all civilian and military employees and contractors who work for the federal government gathering domestic and foreign intelligence. The inspector general — a position appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate — exists in all parts of the executive branch of the government, except for the White House, to examine and determine if officials are following the law. A whistleblower ...

A harmonious plate

Dear Annie: I read with interest the letter from “Kitchen Confidential” who had feelings regarding her partner’s unhealthy food choices in comparison to her own. I am 68 and have lived a vegan lifestyle for nearly 15 years. My husband is 71 and a huge meat and cheese fan. He will often eat the healthy foods that I cook, and later in the evening fry up a slab of ham. At least I know he has had something nutritious when he eats what I cook. I have never made his food choices a battleground, and we respect each other’s right to eat the way we want. We often find humor in our food ...

Ukraine-Biden whistleblower affair shows what Team Trump thinks of us

What offends me most about the whistleblower-Ukraine-Biden story isn’t the obvious corruption of it all. It’s the way members of Team Trump assume we’re all idiots who won’t notice they’ve abruptly shifted their narrative. At first, it seemed like a familiar scenario of allegations met with denials. The Washington Post reported that a “U.S. intelligence official” who had worked at the White House and had access to communications between Trump and a foreign leader was so alarmed by something Trump “promised” that the official filed a formal whistleblower complaint to ...

CEO out in the cold

Dear Annie: Several years ago I became the CEO of a company with employees who work hard and provide excellent service at fair prices every day. I am very proud of what we do. After more than 40 years of working for this same company, I still look forward to going to the office every day. Our prospects, I believe, are bright. So what’s the problem? Before I became CEO, I had good friends at work. But now that I am “the boss,” people treat me differently. I hate that. It is especially bad with one person. I always liked working with her. She is bright, energetic, creative and ...

Trump’s need to destroy meets the environment

One word best describes Donald Trump’s environmental policy: sick. The president has an obsessive urge to ravage nature just for the heck of it. Exhibit A is his crusade to weaken environmental regulations against the very wishes of those being regulated. Trump seems bent on destruction as an end in itself. He has worked to destroy America’s ties with its traditional allies. He’s striving to destroy the Affordable Care Act — and, with it, health coverage for millions of Americans. Now it’s the environment’s turn. Trump tries to hide hostility toward environmental ...

Enabling in-law’s addictive behavior

Dear Annie: My father-in-law has been living with us for the past two years. He is emotionally stunted and acts like a 12-year-old boy. He spends his paychecks on ridiculous things like candy and stashes it all around his room. This wouldn’t be a problem if he made contributions in a monetary way. My wife and I had saved for a majority of our relationship to buy a house, and now we have the house but no privacy. When we took him in, we saw it as a temporary rehabilitation and an opportunity for him to save up some money and get his own place. We made our intentions clear, but our ...