I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.

Polygamy has an ancient history and is legal in many parts of the world. I find the rules of polygamy to be damaging and it's potentially dangerous to young girls and terrible for "excess" boys. But polyamory is supposed to be a more equal arrangement among agreeing adults.

Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such people settle into happy monogamy, and can be content there because they never have to wonder, "What did I miss?"

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

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

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.

I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.