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12-Day war shows Trump is not warmonger

President Donald Trump does not want to be a wartime president. He wants to be the president who, as he did at Mar-a-Lago in 2017, enjoyed “the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake you’ve ever seen,” as he informed Chinese President Xi Jinping that the U.S. had just dropped bombs on Syria. Trump wants to be the U.S. president who uses military force sparingly. In 2017, the spark came from then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons against his own people. Trump also wants to be the president who brings back the sheen to the U.S. military’s image. ...

When trying to help someone hurts

Dear Annie: I’ve been married to a wonderful man for over 10 years, and during that time, I’ve grown to love his son as my own. My stepson, “Brian,” is now 28 and has struggled with drug addiction for most of his adult life. We’ve helped him through multiple rehab programs, paid his rent when he’s been evicted and even bailed him out of jail once. I’ve held him when he cried, driven him to meetings and prayed for him every night. But nothing seems to change for long. He always promises he’ll do better, and for a while he does –– but then he relapses, and the cycle ...

What hyperbaric oxygen does for hearing loss

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was just diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss. They gave me a steroid injection into the ear and more steroids by mouth, but they say it’s up to me whether I want to try hyperbaric oxygen. Do you have any opinion on it? How does breathing pure oxygen at 2 atmospheres help anything? Is there some underlying theory to explain why people do this? It seems to me all this accomplishes is that it raises my blood oxygen level from 97% to 100%. How can this help anything? –– D.J.L. ANSWER: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is an uncommon condition. It can ...

Keeping your brain nimble for senior citizens

Dear Heloise: Folks who like to do the daily newspaper crossword puzzles know that they grow in difficulty as the week passes. The Monday puzzles are childishly easy with clues such as: “Hints [blank] Heloise” (four letters). They’re no fun at all. So, as a means of upgrading the difficulty, as well as improving the challenge and enjoyment, just turn the puzzle upside down. You can read the clues upside down and teach yourself to print the answer letters upside down in their squares. This can make a Monday puzzle just as hard as Saturday, and it’s merely another simple thing ...

Today in History

Today is Monday, June 30, the 181st day of 2025. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the “Night of the Long Knives.” Also on this date: In 1918, labor activist and socialist Eugene V. Debs was arrested in Cleveland, charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 for a speech he had made two weeks earlier in which he denounced U.S. involvement in World War I. (Debs was sentenced to prison and disenfranchised for ...

Horoscope

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Secrets get heavy. If there’s something you’re carrying alone, you might share it selectively — not so for resonance. From that point on, you won’t feel quite so alone in it. Who is safe? The one you never hear betraying the confidence of others. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Maybe it wasn’t a conscious choice, but you’ve trained yourself to notice what others overlook and it’s helped you avoid trouble, maximize the potential in work and relationships and do a superior job, too. You tend to details, and everyone wins. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). ...