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Even Trump now realizes we need immigrants

After spending much time and energy as a candidate and president descrying immigration, Donald Trump now wants Americans to believe immigrants are good for our country. On Thursday, the president touted a new immigration plan put together by his son-in-law Jared Kushner, a man with little experience on the issue, and his adviser Stephen Miller, who has plenty of experience, albeit of a particularly nasty, xenophobic variety. The plan, which has yet to be formalized into proposed legislation, would dramatically change the way immigrants could gain entry to the United States, moving away ...

Obit omission

Dear Annie: I am in my 80s and recently lost my beloved sister-in-law, who was 90. She married my brother when I was just a child, and we had been close ever since. Aside from the many things I did for her, I loved her dearly as she was the last of my ties to my brothers, who have all passed on. So that leaves me as the only one left. My problem lies with her children, with whom I was very close. I told her children what a wonderful job they did taking care of their mom. I was there during her last days, but more importantly, I was there for her after my brother’s death. I took her on ...

Mike Pence was right, inadvertently

Mike Pence was right. At least, inadvertently, he was. In a commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, the Christian evangelical college in Virginia, the vice president warned graduates that they should expect to be “shunned or ridiculed for defending the teachings of the Bible.” “As you go about your daily life,” he said, “just be ready because you”re going to be asked not just to tolerate things that violate your faith, you”re going to be asked to endorse them.” And yes, an argument can be made that this was sound advice, albeit not in the way Pence ...

Beyond time to cut the cord

Dear Annie: I’ve been in this relationship for five years now, and my boyfriend, “Steve,” still puts his adult daughter, “June,” before me. I’m a parent, and I understand their relationship to a certain point, but there are boundaries crossed. June is 29. Every time she’s in a relationship, she ditches Steve. And then he comes venting to me about it. Last year, she moved out and found her own place. Steve started staying with her, but she told him he had to go, because she was pregnant and her child’s father needed to be around. So then Steve moved back in with me, and ...

Pompeo and Bolton’s obsession with Iran is getting dangerous

PARIS — This week, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two countries closely allied with the U.S. and Israel against Iran, announced that four commercial tankers had been “sabotaged” in Emirati waters. Frankly, I’ve seen worse damage to a bus in Paris when it sideswiped a Peugeot. No one died. Nothing sank. No oil was spilled. There were no explosions or fires. There’s no attributable proof of attempted sabotage. But curiously, just last week, during a buildup of American military hardware in the region, the U.S. Maritime Administration issued a head-scratching ...

The five-year itch?

Dear Annie: I’ve been with my significant other for five years. We’re each other’s “person.” I’m more comfortable with him than I’ve ever been with anyone else, but there’s a catch. We’ve noticed a trend: that I’m better at taking care of myself when he’s not around. It’s not a conscious thing. I’m not intentionally sulking. But it seems that my depression and anxiety come out of the woodwork — I’ve been stable for quite a while — when I’m alone with him. When we’re apart — for example, one of us goes out of town — I flourish. I’m confused by ...