DEAR ANNIE: I am embarrassed to admit this, but I am jealous of my best friend. “Claire” and I have been close for more than 20 years. We met in college, stood in each other’s weddings and raised our children alongside one another. She has always been the person I could tell anything ...

DEAR HELOISE: The letter from Jan M. purports to end all the toothpaste drama. However, there’s one more thing that nobody has mentioned. Because of my curiosity, I cut open the tube after thinking I’d effectively removed all the toothpaste within — only to discover that no matter how one ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m curious about peptides. I read that they’re incredible health cures and effective at lowering weight and high cholesterol. People say that major pharmaceutical companies are suppressing them because they offer better cures at cheaper prices. Is there any credibility to ...

Declarer’s first aim is to make his contract. At no time should the matter of potential overtricks influence his plays, since the value of a game, a slam or even a partscore far exceeds the value of an overtrick. Consider today’s deal where South is in three notrump and West leads a club. ...

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By the time August comes around, I’m usually pulling things out of the garden and feeling blue because next spring is so far away. Last year, however, I learned about succession planting, and it changed my outlook on gardening. I already knew about cold weather crops that are planted in late ...