Equal loan policy sparks family dispute over interest
A parent explains charging interest on loans to all four children, facing a conflict when the eldest requests an interest-free two-year loan for a larger home. She signs an agreement with interest, but later crosses out the term, prompting a debate on whether the parent’s policy was clear and fair. The column advises charging interest as policy, while noting the daughter’s assumption and a need for clarity. Also includes a pocket-cleaning domestic note and a humorous gem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Carlin Akron
Carl
Military women confront sexual assault at home in war story
Major Rhonda Cornum recalls Persian Gulf War captivity and injuries including a gunshot wound and sexual assault. She describes courage amid brutality while asking what happens to other POWs and how military women face hostile acts by comrades and officers.
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Boston
Rhonda Cornum
Tailhook era exposes backlash against women in the military
Ellen Goodman argues that amid Gulf War civility a darker trend persists as women report harassment and assault. Jacqueline Ortiz and Paula Coughlin testify to grave mistreatment, while Tailhook reveals a culture of silence, hostility, and punitive backlash against female service members across the Navy and aviation communities.
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Old South
Mariner
TAC Air
Naval Academy
Pat Schroeder
Armed Services Committee
Miramar Naval Air Station
California
Hilton Hotel
Las Vegas
Judith Stiehm
Tailhook
Paula Coughlin
Navy
Rhonda Cornum
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Poway
Calif
Ann Landers
Ellen Goodman
Jacqueline Ortiz
Senate
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Gulf
Congress
Rosemary Mariner
IRS
Doonesbury
Valip Pruver
Journal-World
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
William Bailey
Ken Wertzberger
Richard Wendt
Mary Ann Hoffman
Cottin’s
Massachusetts
Lawrence, Ks
Tom & Linda Cottin
Cottin
Meinor
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