ARIES (March 21-April 19). You know what you need to do. Sure, you’re scared. It’s pretty simple, and though it might take 30 words to say this, it all boils down to three, you’ve got this. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). What’s the difference between a burden and a crutch? How you use it. ...

President Donald Trump is a broken windows president. Let me explain. In 1982, the Atlantic published an article that became legendary in conservative circles. Authored by George Kelling and the late James Q. Wilson, “Broken Windows” argued for better community policing. Police walking a ...

Were the lockdowns a mistake? To that nagging question, the answer increasingly seems to be yes. Certainly, they were a novelty. As novelist Lionel Shriver writes, “We’ve never before responded to a contagion by closing down whole countries.” As I noted in May, the 1957-58 Asian flu ...

Dear Annie: My adult daughter, who lives in a southern state with a notoriously high incidence of the coronavirus cases, informed us she would be bringing her boyfriend to our home when she visits us at Christmas. I’ve never met this gentleman and do not know his personal or social habits. ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re given more responsibilities than the others because the consensus is that you can handle them. Bonus: You grow more powerful by fulfilling requests. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To have someone to bounce your ideas off of is a gift. If you don’t have this, ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reports the American government will soon reach a debt level equaling its entire gross domestic product. It will be the largest since 1945, the year World War II ended. The pandemic is partially responsible, but it is too easy an excuse to blame a ...