Anyone who thinks it’s funny to name their network "Tom’sHugeEtc" is going to think it’s funny that one of his neighbors is also named Tom and is embarrassed by it.

A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.

We are all going to die, sometimes even in the middle of a lease.

You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.

Letting events end is not rude. Everything ends.

Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts.

The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.