DEAR READERS: Wishing you and all a very happy holiday season. Please enjoy the following poem. “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. “’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; / The stockings were ...

DEAR READERS: Tonight is Christmas Eve, and I’m reminded of something I heard a wise man say many years ago: “You may not particularly like someone, but try to love them in the spirit of mankind.” It’s at this special time of year that we seem to remember the turbulent times of the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read with interest the letter from the reader who had shoulder pain and was identified with Parsonage-Turner syndrome. I had never heard of it before. I am a 64-year-old woman with severe shoulder pain. It has persisted for more than five years. In addition to the ball of ...

Let’s say you’re declarer at three notrump and West leads the jack of hearts. You count your sure tricks and see you have seven. If the spades are divided 3-3, you’ll have an eighth, and a successful club finesse would then give you nine. However, these possibilities, though real, are ...

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DEAR READERS: I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Christmas is a very busy time of year filled with strong emotions both happy and sad. The joy and the arguments can each feel louder. Some of you woke up to wrapping paper everywhere, excited kids, pets ...