Dear Annie: My daughter, "Connie," left home when she was at 17 to join the army. I was going through a separation, and then divorce, from her father. Before leaving, she was very unruly and hard to handle. So her father and I decided to sign her up for the army since she was underage. I still had a 16-year-old son at home to raise as well.

(BPT) - The threat of COVID-19 in nursing homes and assisted living facilities has led elderly individuals and people with disabilities or underlying health conditions to seek safer administration of their care. For some, the most desirable place to receive ongoing services is in their own homes. According to the CDC, in the age of COVID-19, your home is the safest place to be. Why then should care be any different?

MINNESOTA GOV. WALZ SIGNS POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BILL SPARKED BY GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH MINNEAPOLIS — Gov.

How great a burden can even an unrivaled superpower carry before it buckles and breaks? We may be about to find out. Rome was the superpower of its time, ruling for centuries almost the entirety of what was then called the civilized world.

There is no police power in the federal Constitution. The police power is left to the states. To the extent the President can send federal officers into Portland, Oregon, and other cities, it should be to protect federal property.

It’s an odd connection, and I’ll pose it as a sort of riddle: What is the historical thread tying the tiny cabin southwest of Independence known simply as “Little House” to the gargantuan, world-famous attraction in South Dakota known as “Mount Rushmore”?

As we all now know, Microsoft has pretty much abandoned Windows 7 in an effort to move everyone to Windows 10. And although Windows 7 will still work and get security updates, I’m afraid that will soon end too. I have written in the past the downside to holding onto a Windows 7 computer or laptop but what begs the question, is what about those still using Windows 8 or 8.1?

International medical graduates (IMGs) who are ready to help out in areas hard-hit by COVID-19 are unable to do so due to explicit restrictions on their work visas. There's a lot of uncertainty for IMGs, and it can be hard to navigate the visa quotas and limits placed on their practice.

THE CHURCH Let’s see if we can separate “church” from “religion,” because I think too many of us confuse the two. How do you perceive and how would you describe the church to someone who had never seen one? Suppose, for a moment, that you encountered a stranger and, in conversation, the subject got around to “church.” I doubt that would ever happen in the real world, but play along with me.

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for eight years. My first marriage ended because my ex was a serial cheater and allaround creep. “Mike” seemed to be the exact opposite. However, shortly after we were married, I found out he was checking out dating sites. I confronted him, and he deleted his accounts.