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Baby Talk Your Way to Success Jul. 16, 2026
In the 1960s, it was Dr. Spock. In the 1980s, it was Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. In 2026, it's Dr. Becky... Read More
Reading Time is Not Over, But We Need to End the Stigma for Those Who Struggle With It Jul. 16, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Here is something you didn't need a library card to figure out. Americans read fe... Read More
Grocery Clerks, Managers and Maytags Jul. 15, 2026
Q: I want to share a little advice with your readers. I have had numerous dealings with my local Soc... Read More
Requested Pre-Show Information Jul. 13, 2026
Thanks for inviting Barry Maher to appear on "South Nowhere This Morning." He'll be at the studio by... Read More
Rust-Out Is In! Jul. 09, 2026
They call it "rust-out." It's what happens to hard-working, career-oriented people just like you &#... Read More
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Jul. 08, 2026
Based on some recent emails I received, I think it's time to bring up again a message I've delivered... Read More
Government Health Care: A Before and After Story Jul. 01, 2026
I recently got a new knee. Or to be precise, I got my second new knee. About 14 years ago, I was lim... Read More
What the Racetrack Taught Me About Life's Big Bets Jul. 01, 2026
Some of my online biographies note my "checkered" past. I guess that's a reference to the time I spe... Read More
Vincent, Melvin and I: Jun. 29, 2026
Let's call him Melvin Downey and his show the Melvin Downey Drive Time Radio Extravaganza. It was 4:... Read More
Wanna Get a Raise? You Gotta Get Tall Jun. 25, 2026
Want to increase your salary? You could work harder, but that would take time away from your rigorou... Read More
Divorced Men and Social Security Jun. 24, 2026
Over the 29 years I've been writing this column, I have probably written a hundred columns directed ... Read More
PR for Nazis and Sudden Sniffing Death Jun. 22, 2026
I'm not one of those people who always wanted to be a writer. As a child, I wanted to be a professio... Read More
Need a Break? Cancel Your Vacation! Jun. 18, 2026
There's nothing wrong with taking a vacation. Of course, the reality of moving yourself, your famil... Read More
How Many Questions Can I Answer Today? Jun. 17, 2026
Usually, I will devote an entire column to answering just one question or dealing with just one Soci... Read More
Apology Tour: Americans Abroad Experience Humility and Humiliation Jun. 16, 2026
For Americans traveling in Western Europe this summer, it's a time of real humility, and some humili... Read More
I Just Might Be the Rightful King of Ireland Jun. 16, 2026
My father lived for 88 years. He was a man of sometimes limited patience who could spend years diggi... Read More
Benefit Computations: Simple and Advanced Jun. 10, 2026
After doing this column for more than a quarter century, I've learned that with respect to how their... Read More
The Gilded Age of Billion-Dollar Political Bribery Jun. 10, 2026
Remember long, long ago in the old-timey days of politics, way back ... maybe 10 years or so? In th... Read More
GOP Becomes Party of Victims, Conspiracy Theorists and Sore Losers Jun. 09, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Republicans need a new mascot that is more in sync with their current vibe. Like a... Read More
The Right Thing Costs You Jun. 05, 2026
"If you're trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that's hardest,"... Read More
