Opinion

In a 2002 news briefing about Iraq, United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke about the known and the unknown. “There are known unknowns.

DEAR ABBY: A co-worker has been stricken with multiple stage-4 cancers. We all have been compassionate and caring, supporting him through the challenges of treatment and the side effects. His condition is terminal, in the final stage and deteriorating rapidly. He does have a supportive family, but we don’t have the heart to send him home and take away the only thing that gives him his reason to live -- his work. So we spend our time providing hospice care, something none of us have any training for.

DEAR ABBY: My adult granddaughter, “Lola,” is in a twoyear relationship with a wonderful young man and has been anticipating a proposal. During a conversation, he mentioned he would not propose to her until he has introduced her to his parents, who live in another state.

Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband, “Jim,” for three years, but we have been together for seven. It hasn’t been an easy road for us. I love him, but he doesn’t give me the attention or time that I want.

Since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, he has waged an all-out war on American energy and unfortunately the American people are paying the price. In fact, gas prices have more than doubled in just two years, and it is estimated that the average American is spending more than $2,000 extra a year on fuel. However, instead of using the resources here in our own country to bring relief to the American people, he continues to diminish our nation’s energy independence and pursue outof-touch energy policies.

DEAR ABBY: When my husband died two months ago, my identical twin helped me move in with her. She never married. I do all the chores -- clean six litter boxes, load and unload the dishwasher, etc. I don’t know how to operate her washer/dryer, as she has shown me only once. She doesn’t like the way I use my phone, set up files, nothing. She also drinks a lot, uses marijuana and is on a starvation diet. If I eat any carbohydrates at dinner, she accuses me of being a “glutton.”