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Ask Amy: Insurrectionists should be reported

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

So yes, report your neighbor, unless you have reason to believe that doing so would place you in danger.

If your neighbor is so proud of his crime and behaving so boldly now, there is a likelihood that someone else has also reported him (his wife or his mother, for instance).

Being a helpful neighbor to you does not preclude this person from also being a danger to the public – and the Republic.

Dear Amy: I feel like I have an unhealthy fear of death. I think about it at least once a day, and always worry about my husband and baby dying, too.

How do I stop this?

I am really tired of thinking this way, but don't know how to stop.

 

Do you have any advice?

— Deathly Afraid

Dear Afraid: We are in the midst of a global pandemic. Over 400,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. Many of us are unable to have many of the quotidian daily experiences that serve as important distractions from this simple fact: Every living thing dies.

This fear actually connects you with others. Anyone who isn’t ruminating at least a little bit about death these days isn’t paying attention.

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