By Eric Bottjer NINO BENVENUTI, 87, Italian boxing legend and former two-time middleweight champion, passed in May in Rome.

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Of everything I saw on TV in 2025, the one show I thought was the very best, and has haunted me ever since, was the four-part Netflix drama Adolescence. It's the story of a young teen accused of ...

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Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

DEAR ERIC: Can you cast any light on sending money with sympathy cards? I have never heard of that in my 77 years of life. Personally, I would feel insulted if somebody put money in a sympathy card.

Dear Eric: My spouse and I have been married for three years. My spouse’s ex still has my spouse displayed publicly in their social media profile picture. They have been asked repeatedly to remove the ...

I am a clergy person with a comfortable office/study at the church building. I love the space. It’s where the great bulk of my work gets done. I also love my wife. But she is pretty boundaryless ...

Dear Eric: I am a clergy person with a comfortable office/study at the church building. I love the space. It’s where the great bulk of my work gets done. I also love my wife. But she is pretty ...

Dear Eric: I am a clergy person with a comfortable office/study at the church building. I love the space. It’s where the great bulk of my work gets done. I also love my wife. But she is pretty ...

I have two daughters. One is in a long-term marriage with an established career. The other, who has less stable employment, recently moved in with her boyfriend of five years. I am widowed and elderly ...