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• Olympian/business leader Allyson Felix to USC grads: ‘Use your voice’ to improve your world Olympian Allyson Felix at the University of Southern California 2022 commencement ceremony accepted her honorary degree and delivered the commencement address in Los Angeles on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)“I never hated Nike, I never thought they were bad. Their willingness to change their policy really reinforced that. I used my voice and change happened,” she said, encouraging graduates to find ways to use their own voices. Related Articles The latest crop of “Fight On!” success…
• Dear Abby: Is there a polite way to ask why his wife vanished? DEAR ABBY: Is there a polite way to ask my neighbor where his wife is? I’ve lived in a neighborhood for four years where most people keep to themselves. During COVID, I noticed this female neighbor taking multiple walks each day. I introduced myself and sometimes came across her on my walk. She was pleasant but didn’t seem interested in being “friendly.” She was always on her phone every time she left the house. They have a teenage daughter who…
• Ask Amy: My husband gets me back for my mistakes, and then says I deserve it Dear Amy: Sometimes when my husband and I fight, it’s because I’ve been clumsy and done or said something impolite. Amy Dickinson He responds in kind, and then insists on an apology, which I give. But when I ask him to apologize for his unkind reaction to my behavior, he says, “You started it, so I don’t need to apologize.” That is how all of our fights end: with him getting an apology and me getting nothing. Do you agree that…
• Ask Amy: My wife and I are disciplined. Why are our boys sedentary slobs? Dear Amy: I realize I’m about to complain about a first-world problem, but I am a dad and will always want what is best for my boys. Amy Dickinson My wife and I have two awesome sons in their early 20s who live with us. Both have college degrees, are gainfully employed, and their moral compass points in the right direction. We are proud of them, we let them know it, and they know they are loved. However, their personal hygiene…
• Dear Abby: I know they’ll ask where my husband is. What should I say? DEAR ABBY: My former husband and I have been divorced for more than two years. We had our wedding reception in a club with live music, and we would go there every Saturday night to listen to the music. We were divorced shortly after our marriage because he had frequent violent outbursts. After our divorce, he called and asked if we could have a date night. When I went out with him, it was great. We listened to the musicians,…
• Ask Amy: I don’t know how to explain my scars to children Dear Amy: When I was a teenager, I self-harmed and as a result have visible marks on one of my arms. These are left over from that time when I deliberately cut myself. Amy Dickinson I often forget that these scars are there, and most people don’t say anything about them, except for children. On several occasions, young kids have asked me what’s on my arm (the skin is raised and looks odd). Over the years I have alternated between outright…
• Dear Abby: Why would they ask this about a dead woman? It upsets me every time. DEAR ABBY: Last year my mother passed away after a 15-year battle with lung cancer. When I tell people she died, I am not bothered if they ask what she died from. However, more often than not, when they learn she died of lung cancer, they proceed to ask me if she ever smoked. It’s so upsetting! Why would they ask this? Because she got what she deserved if she did? Without answering their rude question, I explain that my…
• Ask Amy: I have a problem with my new grandson’s name Dear Amy: My youngest daughter recently gave birth to her first child, a beautiful baby boy (our fourth grandchild and first grandson). I am having difficulty with the baby’s chosen name. Amy Dickinson His first name is after the baby’s father, and a family name; he is the fourth male to be named that. I find it confusing and paternalistic but otherwise I like the name. It’s our grandson’s middle name I’m having the most difficulty with. It is my husband’s…
• Gerald Desmond remembered in ceremony retiring iconic bridge named after him The replacement bridge rises above the original Gerald Desmond Bridge, in the foreground, on Saturday, May 7, 2002. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Jerry Desmond takes the gold-plated bolt out of his father’s bridge, the same bolt he tightened to open the bridge in 1968. Photo Courtesy of the Port of Long Beach. With the bridge named after his father in the background, Gerry Desmond displays a gold bolt used in the original construction in 1968, on Saturday, May…
• Dear Abby: The last straw was his look-at-me updates about his marathon DEAR ABBY: My sister and I have always been close. She’s married to a man I have always thought is domineering and arrogant. I also suspect that he’s emotionally abusive from things she has confided over the years. These include days of the silent treatment, refusing to celebrate her birthday because he “doesn’t believe in it” and discouraging her from taking a job she was interested in. He refuses to go to counseling and says whatever problems there are between…