Opinion

The chaos kitesurfing class of 2022

May 15, 2022

For those of you unfamiliar with the sport of kitesurfing, just imagine balancing a slippery board on top of roiling waves while tied to a giant kite in a windstorm. The best kitesurfing happens when winds exceed 20 MPH, when most sailboats have headed to port, and kitesurfers routinely master winds exceeding 40 miles per hour. As you can imagine, the stronger the wind, the rougher the water, so kitesurfers must survive not only the waves but also invisible gusts that can pull someone 50 feet into the air without notice. Scary to some; crazy fun to others.

Sibling still hounded by insecurity and jealousy

May 15, 2022

DEAR ABBY: My parents divorced when I was 4. I’ve had a problem with insecurity and jealousy for as long as I can remember. I have two older sisters who are twins and a half-brother my stepmom and dad had when I was 18.

Woman’s long-held opinion of brother-in-law comes out

May 13, 2022

DEAR ABBY: My sister and I have always been close. She’s married to a man I have always thought is domineering and arrogant. I also suspect that he’s emotionally abusive from things she has confided over the years. These include days of the silent treatment, refusing to celebrate her birthday because he doesn’t believe in it and discouraging her from taking a job she was interested in. He refuses to go to counseling and says whatever problems there are between them are her fault. I hold my tongue and try to tolerate him because she has chosen to stay with him.

May 13, 2022

Today is the 133rd day of 2022 and the 55th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave his “blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech to the British House of Commons as Germany’s conquest of France began.

May 13, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from “Succession’s” Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin’ — pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain’s extra charge for plant-based milk.

Children aren’t told that great-grandpa passed away

May 12, 2022

DEAR ABBY: My daughter-in-law, “Brooke,” lost her grandfather five weeks ago. She has chosen not to tell her 4- and 10-year-old kids about it. She has ordered my husband, me and our son not to mention it. The kids see her grandmother at least once a week, and SHE is not supposed to tell them either.

May 12, 2022

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta rapper Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records. The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood just north of downtown.

America inching closer to recession

May 11, 2022

For more than a year, the heavy weight of a struggling economy has been crushing Americans. While President Joe Biden and Democrats have continuously brushed off or attempted to shift blame over the warning signs of a potential recession, a recent report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis alarmingly showed gross domestic product (GDP) is indeed declining. That means there is no denying that the U.S. economy is in fact shrinking and moving toward a recession.

Widow eager to continue affair over the phone

May 11, 2022

DEAR ABBY: I am widowed after 45 years of marriage. A male work friend of 20 of those years wants to have a relationship with me but he’s still married. We have already had incredible phone sex because he said he’s in a sexless marriage. I enjoy our long conversations. He lives up north and I reside in Florida, so we won’t meet in person. Since his wife refuses him sex and because he has been attracted to me from the day we met at work 20 years ago, what do you think about our continued phone sex? -- GOOD CALL IN FLORIDA

May 11, 2022

Today is the 131st day of 2022 and the 53rd day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1858, Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S.