Putting aside the question of whether he will be inaugurated as president come January, is there any chance that Donald Trump will deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States? To anybody who knows very much about what’s actually going on in the American economy, the answer is no.
• Single-use plastics are a growing concern when it comes to pre-sliced cheese sold in supermarkets. To cut down on your plastic usage, try buying your cheese from the deli counter instead of from the refrigerated dairy section. You can get cheese cut from blocks and wrapped in wax paper to take home. At home, separate the cheese into smaller servings and store it in airtight containers.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am the president of the parent-teacher association at my daughter’s school, and at a recent meeting, the principal suggested that it is mandatory for us to buy food from the school canteen so that all the kids will have the same food and not feel jealous or envious of others who have more expensive options. What do you think I should suggest so that we can all be on the same page while explaining that we prefer to bring healthier snacks from home rather than buying ready-made ones? – Mandatory Canteen DEAR MANDATORY CANTEEN: Take a quick poll from a few parents to get a sense of how other families feel about this idea. Do so discreetly, as you do not want to start a buzz about this sensitive topic. With your polling data and your own feelings, schedule a meeting with the principal to voice your concerns. Though the principal’s intentions are good, there are many reasons why this thinking is flawed. In your case, you prefer to make fresh, healthy snacks. For other students, I’m sure there will be dietary or health restrictions. The very students the principal is trying to protect may be further embarrassed if they buy no snacks because their parents cannot afford to pay for them.
It’s one thing to have the fancypants people say that Donald Trump has vulgar taste: goldplated chairs that one commentator said “look like they belong at one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces”; a fondness for marble-and-gold home furnishings; a glitzy chandelier in the bathroom; garish excesses in Trump Tower and the Trump Princess yacht. That’s snobbery masked as sophistication.
E arlier this year, Democrats were outraged that Republicans – and the media – were focusing on Joe Biden’s advancing age and declining acuity. He’s fine, they insisted. It’s all partisan propaganda. The accusations are unfair.
I am quick to criticize other people’s luxuries.
DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I live in Wisconsin and are fortunate to own a second lakeside property.
(AP) — For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican Donald Trump.
On election night in 2016, an event offering pain as well as triumph, Kamala Harris dug into a big bag of salty snackfood consolation.
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