DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My cat, Buster, has been scratching under his chin for days, and the skin underneath the fur there is getting raw. What is causing this, and how do I stop the scratching and treat the injured skin? — David G., Buffalo, New York DEAR DAVID: It’s clear that something is aggravating your cat and causing him to scratch in just one spot.

Have you seen the new viral video, “So God made Trump”? Even the Evangelicals are calling it blasphemous. If God gave us Trump, it must have been Yahweh (Jehovah), the jealous God of wrath and vengeance of the ancient Israelites.

Kingston Town Council hired two police officers during its regular meeting Jan. 8.

Although the assault on the Capitol and attempt to overturn the election occurred three years ago, it is still at the forefront of political discussions. Donald Trump refuses to concede and repeats his claim the election was rigged. His supporters believe him with so much devotion they attempted to keep him in power through violence on January 6, 2021.

An often quoted proverb is “Hate is like drinking a vial of poison and expecting it to harm the other person” (Gena Showalter, Firstlife, http://www.goodreads.com. It seems with the rise in hate crimes that the poison of hatred is easily available in the United States.

OKLAHOMA CITY – There has been a great deal of news coverage regarding Oklahoma’s refusal to accept federal funds to support children who qualify for free and reduced school lunches during the summer months.

I will confess, up until a few years ago I knew little about them other than what I’d heard from other hunters. I was always intrigued, as sometimes the stories that came out of them were more interesting than the hunts themselves.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: This Christmas, we planned to get a puppy, but it is too young to leave its mother yet. Instead of revealing the puppy on Christmas Day, we wrapped a big box that had a little note in it from Santa saying that a new puppy will arrive soon, and to write down their ideas for a name on the back of the card.

We all saw the national news coverage of Senator Markwayne Mullin jumping up and wanting to fight the president of the Teamsters Union during a Senate Hearing. The Chairperson of that committee, Senator Bernie Sanders, repeatedly admonished Mullin to remember that he was a U. S. Senator and told him to sit down (Oklahoma.com/ story/news/2023/11/15/sen-markwayne- mullin-oklahoma-defendsfight- as-showing-oklahoma-valuessean- hannity-fox-news/).

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