Lifestyle Columns

Shifting the Blame
Dear Annie®, Oct. 06, 2025
Dear Annie: I often see letters in your column from mothers-in-law with various complaints about their daughters-in-law. The themes are familiar: "She never invites me to activities.

The Scent of Honesty
Dear Annie®, Oct. 05, 2025
Dear Annie: I used to really enjoy my job. Then came my new cubicle mate. She is perfectly nice, friendly, polite, even funny, but she also has body odor so powerful it could knock over a houseplant.

What Would Erma Bombeck Do?
Stephanie Hayes, Oct. 04, 2025
There's a quote going around from Erma Bombeck, the late, legendary essayist: "When humor goes, there goes civilization." The w