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Turkey Rules The Thanksgiving Table. But Poll Finds Disagreement Over Other Holiday Classics

By MARK KENNEDY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Thanksgiving may be a time for Americans to come together, but opinion is divided over what’s on the crowded dinner table. We mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin pie, say, but are split over the eternal turkey question of dark meat versus white meat. And don’t even ask if marshmallows belong on sweet potatoes — it could cause a ruckus. THE BIRD About 3 in 10 U.S. adults (32%) who will celebrate Thanksgiving this year say turkey is their favorite dish in the holiday feast, according to a new poll from The ...

Heart Murmur In Older Adult Needs Further Evaluation

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 80 years old and a survivor of liver cancer after receiving four years of immunotherapy. On a recent follow-up visit to his oncologist, the doctor told him that he has a heart murmur. He takes medication for his thyroid and adrenal glands. Could you please explain what a heart murmur is, what causes them and which treatment is recommended? Is it unusual for a heart murmur to suddenly appear? — M.C. ANSWER: A heart murmur is when the examiner can hear blood flowing through one of the valves of the heart (or through a different heart structure, such as a ...

A Call to Arms From That Annoying Woman in the PTA

Dear parents, Greetings, fellow chauffeurs, cooks, therapists and personal assistants! Mandy Jensen here, mom to 4th-grade quadruplets McKenzie, McKenna, McQueen and McLean. I’m sure you know who I am: The woman perpetually wearing $200 yoga pants and $250 sneakers, someone with six kids and an inexhaustible wellspring of energy, who allegedly works a full-time job while also playing paddle tennis six times a week, running the PTA, crocheting all the banners for spirit week and still baking allergen-free souffles for the bimonthly Children’s Hospital bake sale. Every time ...

Prices Are No Longer a Big Deal

May I be so bold as to note that the price of turkey is down this year? To be specific, a 16-pound turkey now costs an average $27.35. That’s a 5.6% drop from last Thanksgiving. Making a big deal out of this would not be necessary had all things turkey not become an obsession two years ago. Remember the drama over a rise in the cost of Thanksgiving dinner so manageable that virtually no menus changed? Recall how the news channels couldn’t talk enough about a turkey shortage that, actually, didn’t exist? But it is necessary now that food inflation has been much tamed. We ...

TikTok Dilemma Continues

On May 2, 2011, American soldiers raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan and recovered an undated letter to the United States. It was a propagandistic letter calling for endless wars against American imperialism. It circulated on several news sites including The Guardian. On the day Chinese dictator Xi Jinping met with American President Joe Biden in San Francisco, the letter began circulating on TikTok, a website controlled by the Chinese military. Thousands of American kids began circulating and sharing bin Laden’s anti-American commentary. “Continue the war if you ...

Precandidates File For Intermediate Court

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — For the first time, West Virginia voters will get to select the first elected member of the state Intermediate Court of Appeals. Charleston-based attorney Mychal Schulz announced Tuesday that he will run for the first seat up for election on the new Intermediate Court of Appeals. Speaking by phone Monday prior to Tuesday’s announcement, Schulz said he wants to bring his 31 years of experience as a litigator to the new court. “While this is a new court and maybe not well known in the public, it’s a court that does ...