The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column.

When you expand the definition of marriage beyond one man and one woman, society can expect other consenting adults in other configurations to say that their choices deserve recognition.

It is a mystery why people think they need to act as their friends' dietitian, nonetheless it's common.

Аs I've mentioned many times, sitting through graduation ceremonies is one of life's drearier milestones.

I've never gotten a letter where I thought I knew the person. But I have heard from people who think they know the letter writer.

I counseled a 75-year-old married, bi-sexual man who was having a gay affair and was not having sex with his wife to continue his secret life because that seemed like the kindest thing to do. But a young woman embarking on married life, hoping to start a family with her husband, needs to at least know he's already living a double life.

There are some people who do not have a wild past because being wild would make them terribly self-conscious and uncomfortable.