Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address.

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's just not right to make an innocent child suffer because of the father's misdeeds.

I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who were going through the same experiences I was. I totally understand the appeal of a mature, dashing older man over fellow twenty-somethings who are still figuring things out. And, true, a fling with an older man can be instructive in many ways, and no doubt he finds you attractive.

My inbox [showed me] how much pain there is in the world. I appreciated hearing from people, but it was hard to know I couldn't do anything.

Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.

If you didn't want to be written about, you shouldn't have been born to a writer!