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Thinking about my non-blond hair

Isaw a photo of an author I admire recently, and she had no hair. I worried she was ill, so I immediately investigated. She was not ill. She had cut off all her hair and had done it for good reasons, she said. She had done a lot of thinking about her hair – a lot more than I had.

This is worse than the event on Jan. 6

President Trump’s current assault on the basic structure of democracy represents a far more serious threat than the occupation of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Returning friend expected warmer welcome

DEAR HARRIETTE: I just moved back to my hometown. After college, I moved to Georgia to teach. I didn’t really know anyone there. I had a few estranged cousins I rekindled with, and I made friends with some of my co-workers, but that was about it. I lived in Georgia for three years before the loneliness started weighing on me, so I decided to move back home to Florida. Lucky for me, a few of my college friends had moved there post-grad, so the decision to move home felt easy for me. Now that I’m home, though, it’s nothing like what I expected.

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to our monthly letters column. We are deep into flu season. After a quick glance at the latest data – up to 22 million infections, 10 million medical visits and at least 160,000 hospitalizations – we are once again urging our readers to take all precautions, including getting this year’s flu shot.

The Biden economic policy hangover

Former President Joe Biden left a terrible legacy: the border catastrophe, chaos and disorder abroad, increased crime, oppressive wokeness. But for today’s purposes, consider the damage done by Biden’s economic policies.

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