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Advertising is an investment, not an expense

As a business owner, have you ever said, “Advertising just doesn’t work”?

Religious fanatics on the lunatic fringe

Dear Margo: Our daughter started college a year ago, and we’ve noticed during her visits home that she’s not the sweet, innocent girl we sent away for higher learning.

Scientists scour the globe for viruses

My next book, due out this summer from Enslow Publishers is entitled Disease-Hunting Scientist: Careers Hunting Deadly Diseases.

Mothers are only human

Dear Annie: I am in my early 20s and attending college. I recently found out that my mother had been having an off-and-on affair with a married man for years.

Cap and trade won’t work

When laws are passed in the United States they are usually subject to so many compromises that it is not uncommon for the original intention of the legislation to be lost.

Canada: petro-state or prosperous nation?

Imagine a Canada with an abundance of nature and wildlife, clean air and water, healthy citizens, and a prosperous economy. Sounds close to what we have, doesn’t it?
Why are we all addicted to Tim Hortons coffee?

Why are we all addicted to Tim Hortons coffee?

I don’t know about you, but every time I try to go to a Tim Hortons, I wonder: what are they putting in their coffee?

Mom-in-law creates resentment for wife

My husband and I retired several years ago and built a house in the country. He told me that one day he might have to let his widowed mother live with us.

Adult daughter has terrible temper

My adult daughter’s behavior is causing a great deal of emotional pain in my family.

Discipline helps kids

You have told us what kinds of homes produce children with the greatest intellectual potential.