By BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP Syndicated columnist I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but I do set goals. I take time to reflect on the previous year to look at what I’d like to build upon, what I’d like to scrap and what could use a tweaking in the new year. My husband does something ...

By MONA CHAREN Syndicated columnist In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Trump returned to a theme that obsesses him — respect. Even before his entry into politics, Trump was convinced that “weak” leaders, ...

By FROMA HARROP Syndicated columnist For anyone aiming to cut back drinking, January’s arrival times perfectly. Some may have simply overdone it through the long holiday stretch, when alcohol seemed piped into any vaguely celebratory event. Some may worry that they’re beginning to ...

By MICHAEL BARONE Syndicated columnist After Christmas is over, and the sunrises start getting earlier and the sunsets later, there are still two months of scarce daylight and lowering skies ahead. Here’s a suggestion for how to fill the gloomy hours with uplift: read. Read some great ...

By TRACY BECKERMAN Syndicated columnist I am a scarf person, but I am married to a non-scarf person. Conversely, my husband is a hat person, and I am not a hat person. He says scarves are itchy and make him look like he has no chin. I say hats ruin my hair and make my head look like Charlie ...

By ERICK ERICKSON Syndicated columnist “Let there be light,” said the voice opening scripture eons before he cried out, pushed out of his mother’s womb. The light bringer brought light into the world in the middle of the dark of night and on the day he died, in the middle of the day, ...