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The turn of Mercury brings an awareness of shifting contexts, nuanced meanings and timely semiotics. Communication skills require constant updates, as the times never stop a-changin’. What falls into the category? Language, certainly, but also fashion, music, hairstyles and more, all communicating something about identity, culture and ideology. ARIES (March 21-April 19). It is not worth spending time fixing problems that you will not even have once you do things correctly from the beginning. A do-over is your new teacher. A different recipe, plan or relationship has great potential. ...

Louvre Museum director resigns in the wake of October’s brazen French crown jewels heist

PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum’s director resigned Tuesday after months of pressure following the October theft of the French crown jewels, as the world’s most visited museum faced widening scrutiny over security failures, labor unrest and a suspected ticket fraud scheme. Laurence des Cars quit after a punishing year for the former royal palace — the high-profile jewels heist from the Apollo Gallery, a mid-February burst pipe near the “Mona Lisa,” water leaks damaging priceless books, staff walkouts and a wildcat strike over overcrowding and understaffing. The landmark ...

Hints From Heloise

Flowers are ‘for the dead’ Dear Heloise: While I agree with Daniel D.’s mother that flowers are best enjoyed by the living, I had to share with you that my late mom said “flowers are for the dead” when, as a kid, I presented her with a bouquet (from her garden). However, later in life, she really did seem to enjoy the birthday and Mother’s Day arrangements that I would send when I couldn’t be present to spend the day with her. — Lori, in Central Texas Lori, whenever I visited someone and stayed at their home, I arranged to have flowers sent to my hosts as thanks ...

Trump: Insulter-in-chief

Each time one thinks President Trump has reached the lowest level possible in insulting his enemies, he finds new depths to plunge. Following a 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, which included three conservative justices he appointed, the president called the justices “fools,” a “disgrace to the nation,” and “unpatriotic.” His critics might say such language is a disgrace to the presidency. Calling people names, especially names that are incendiary in content, wins no arguments and creates opposition instead of a fair hearing for one’s counter arguments. The president ...

How a party manages to offend its voters

Gavin Newsom won’t be the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nominee unless he wins a significant share of the African American vote. So how’s he courting it? Promoting his new memoir to a largely black audience in Atlanta, the California governor decided to forge a connection by boasting about his poor SAT scores and difficulty reading. “I’m like you,” he said. “You know, I’m a 960 SAT guy” and “you’ve never seen me read a speech. Because I cannot read a speech.” Newsom suffers from dyslexia, but he obviously wasn’t assuming he was addressing a room full ...

Northeast digs out from brutal snowstorm

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major — and in some areas record-breaking — storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines. Even as the snow moved north Tuesday, giving way to sunshine in parts of the region, the National Weather Service warned another storm originating in the Great Lakes was right around the corner, though it’s not forecast to be nearly as severe. Many large school districts remained closed, including ...