Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” a play in which two men sit around and wait for someone who never shows up, has been claimed by just about everyone: Freudians, Christians, existentialists. Who’s right? I haven’t a clue. But I have lived, all of us have lived, through a ...

Dear Annie: Our beautiful 44-year-old daughter is making plans to be married for the third time. Her first wedding was over-the-top and cost us a fortune. Her second wedding was also expensive, held at a private home. We helped her pay for that wedding, as well. She is now planning her third, ...

Robert Kraft’s name will now long be associated with one of the most despicable scourges of modern life, and rightly so. The New England Patriots owner is charged with soliciting prostitution at a Florida massage parlor busted as part of a sex-trafficking ring. Kraft denies it, although the ...

Dear Annie: I just adopted a dog who’s quite overweight. Right now, he’s about 24 pounds, and the vet wants him to be about 17 to 18 pounds. I have instructions from the adoption agency on what to feed him and how much, but getting him to exercise has been a struggle. When I take him for ...

Peter D. Hart, the respected Democratic pollster who has perfected his trade through his work in the past 15 presidential campaigns, candidly warns against the predictive value of polls taken this far ahead of any presidential election. At this stage, so long before voters actually vote, ...

Dear Annie: I enjoy my job, but my boss is a bit hit-or-miss. Sometimes he’s very friendly with me, whereas other times, he’s blunt and unforgiving. I’ve had lifelong issues with anxiety. It’s diagnosed and medicated, but my boss’s unpredictability sends my anxiety through the roof. ...