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

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

I do feel haunted by some of the letters and the suffering people have endured. But I keep in mind that the people who write to me know that I am a journalist and an on-line advice columnist, not a social service professional.

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.

Each week I am forced to revise my original opinion that Facebook is a great innovation for keeping people in touch, to believing that it is merely a canvas for members to act out strange, unresolved conflicts and desires.

When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.

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.