Dear Abby Dies at 94

CNN reported earlier today that Pauline Phillips, better known to millions of newspaper readers as the original Dear Abby advice columnist, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, her family said Thursday. She died Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 94. Try Dear Crabby's weekly column here www.dearcrabby.org or in The Oakland Press. Phillips' columns were published in an era when newspaper readers began to prize straight-talking, pithy advice about marriages, children, … [Read more...]