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Couples can help each other cope

Couples working together can accomplish a lot. One function of a couple is to support, nurture, care for, and protect each other. There are many ways that one can help the other when needed. One important way is to help your spouse get control of his or her strong emotions. Helping him or her ...

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Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, "Capitalism... is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental and social cost. That is not a redeemable system." Give ...

The British election should serve as a warning to Democrats who let their left fringe run riot with scant criticism. Too many Democratic strategists and friends in the progressive media read the noise coming from the far left as evidence of broader public opinion than warranted, even among Democrats. Then come voting day, turned-off moderates make them lose. Britain's voters just battered the Labour Party over what many perceived as social disorder amid uncontrolled immigration. Many were incensed by the influx of migrants from Muslim-majority countries, some prone to crime and ...

What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)

The U.S. national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II: It now exceeds 100% of America's gross domestic product. As of March 31, our publicly held debt was $31.27 trillion, while America's GDP in 2025 was $31.22 ...

No Matter How Many Props Nurses Get, They Deserve a Little More

My son came home from school the other day and announced that the two most underappreciated occupations were teachers and nurses. During National Nurses Week, he had heard that, he told me, from his teacher. And though her bias might have tinged the first part of her claim (frankly, I think ...

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HCMC trains the doctors Minnesota depends on To the editor: Recent conversations about HCMC’s future have focused on its role as a safety net hospital and its Level I trauma and specialty care services. No question, these functions are critical. But there's another role that deserves equal attention: training the primary care physicians Minnesotans rely on every day. No single site in Minnesota trains more family physicians than HCMC. These doctors go on to care for patients across the state, including in rural and underserved communities where access is already limited and many ...