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Plastic Laminate Countertop Is Easy to Install Apr. 13, 2023
Dear James: My budget is very limited, but I need a new kitchen countertop. Is there any type of att... Read More
Builder Contract for New House Mar. 16, 2023
Dear James: We have the rough plans done for our new house and need to hire a contractor. What shoul... Read More
Ceramic Tile Kitchen Floor Mar. 09, 2023
Dear James: My linoleum kitchen floor is worn, and I want to replace it with ceramic tile. The floor... Read More
Make a Shower Seat for Comfort and Safety Feb. 16, 2023
Dear James: I am getting older and while vacationing found a shower seat to be convenient. How can w... Read More
GOP Right To Deny Ilhan Omar a Committee Seat Feb. 03, 2023
Poor Ilhan Omar has been denied a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "I certainly did not ... Read More
Add a Cultured Marble Liner in Shower Stall Feb. 02, 2023
Dear James: The grout in my tile shower stall is a mess and I am tired of cleaning the grout. Is add... Read More
Power by Fire Jan. 26, 2023
The pursuit of moral and fiscal responsibility is a sacred duty. In these troubled times, when the v... Read More
How DC Can Vote in Federal Elections Jan. 25, 2023
When the Massachusetts Ratification Convention was debating whether to approve the U.S. Constitution... Read More
Don't Damage Existing Landscaping During Construction Jan. 19, 2023
Dear James: We bought a lot with many trees for our new house. What precautions should our contracto... Read More
The Three Women of San Francisco Jan. 18, 2023
WASHINGTON — So, what city gave America the only woman House speaker, the most senior senator ... Read More
Tuck, Tuck, Goose Jan. 17, 2023
We are having some conflict in our house. No, it's not about politics or religion or whose turn it i... Read More
Kevin McCarthy Drama Underscores Impotence of Republican Elite Jan. 06, 2023
After Republicans clinched their narrower-than-expected new House majority in November's midterm ele... Read More
All Hail Hakeem Jeffries, Election Denier Jan. 06, 2023
In the midst of reveling in the "debacle" of Republicans failing to promote House Republican Leader ... Read More
What's Biden Hiding? Dec. 21, 2022
2022 is about to end, and still no answer to the question: What caused the virus that's killed 1,096... Read More
Difficult Houses Dec. 17, 2022
Our homes sometimes fight us — or rather, we fight our houses — in our quest to find the... Read More
Kevin McCarthy, a Republican Leader for Complex Times Nov. 30, 2022
Republicans are rightly wondering what to expect from the upcoming House of Representatives controll... Read More
Can Republicans Make Congress Great Again? Nov. 22, 2022
There's no sugarcoating the disappointing results of the midterm elections . Even with one of the wo... Read More
A House Popular Vote Majority Produced Few Seats but Is a Good Sign For Republicans in 2024 Nov. 18, 2022
One of the puzzles in this year's surprising and unpredicted (including by me) off-year election res... Read More
Contra Conventional Wisdom, There Is Little Evidence Abortion Hurt Republicans Nov. 18, 2022
By any measure, Democrats exceeded expectations this midterm. Though listening to the triumphalism t... Read More
How the Democrats Messed Up and What They Can Do Now Nov. 11, 2022
You can't blame the Democrats for spinning the fact that their losses fell short of worst-case scena... Read More
