Editor’s note: Best of luck to E.J. Pettinger, creator of Mild Abandon, who’s retiring his cartoon after 14 years!
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Free Will Astrology—Week of January 5
The Grand Opening of the rest of your long life
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m going to speculate that sometime in the next six months, you will experience events that years from now you’ll look back on as having been the beginning of a fresh universe for you. What should you call this launch? I suggest you consider elegant terms like “Destiny Rebirth” or “Fate […]
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This Modern World week of December 26
Over the years, income inequality continued to rise…
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Get Well Gifts For The Unvaccinated
Overwhelming evidence now disproves any connection between vaccines and autism
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Free Will Astrology week of December 26
Blast from the past — Here’s your horoscope from 10 years ago!
Blast from the past — Here’s your horoscope from 10 years ago! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19): “l am a man of fixed and unbending principles,” said American politician Everett Dirksen, “the first of which is to be flexible at all times.” That’s the kind of playful and resilient spirit I urge you to aspire to in […]
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Heart Of Barkness
Dogs will be dogs!
Heart Of Barkness My friend recently bought a $3,000 labradoodle but refuses to pay to get it trained. The dog is really badly behaved. Whenever I bring up the need for training, my friend gets very defensive and lashes out at me. Last time I visited her, the dog got into my bag and chewed […]
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Ghoul, Interrupted & Keepin’ It Revealed
When somebody talks trash about you, it’s natural to want to respond.
Ghoul, Interrupted A good friend’s mom just died. Out of nowhere, he told me that his mom never liked me very much. Frankly, the feeling was mutual, but I of course never said anything. While I don’t want to start a fight or anything, I’m bothered that he told me this. How should I let […]
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Free Will Astrology—Week of December 19
Seek out more stability and security than usual
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) embodied a trait that many astrology textbooks suggest is common to the Sagittarian tribe: wanderlust. He was born in Prague but traveled widely throughout Europe and Russia. If there were a Guinness World Records’ category for “Time Spent as a Houseguest,” Rilke might hold it. […]
