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My Brother and His Wife Have Been “Taking a Break” From Parenting Since the Baby Was Born
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My Boss Is Keeping a Huge Secret—And He’s Roped Me In as His Unwilling Accomplice
My husband and I just got married when we had to get emergency custody of his 14-year-old cousin, “Hannah,” after her mother ...
My Mother-in-Law Swears Her Irresponsible Parenting Practice Is “Fine.” Not With My Kids.
My husband, “Anthony,” and I are at odds over something dangerous his mother is doing when she drives with our two boys, who ...
The Real Reason the Supreme Court Defines Anti-LGBTQ+ Beliefs as Religious
The group argued, and the majority of the Supreme Court agreed, that five storybooks advanced moral lessons that posed a ...
One MAGA Judge’s Campaign for the Supreme Court Keeps Leading to Humiliation
No judge has faced as much humiliation at the Supreme Court in recent memory as Andrew Oldham. A Donald Trump appointee to ...
What Was the Motive Behind the Idaho College Murders? A New Docuseries and Book Attempt an Answer.
Bryan Kohberger was set to go to trial for the 2022 killings of four undergrad students. Then he pleaded guilty.
Help! My Husband Wants His Ex-Wife as Our Surrogate. I Can’t Do This.
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My Husband Wants Us to Do Whatever His Sister Says When It Comes to Raising Our Kids. No Way.
Having “high achieving” kids at prestigious colleges is not the definitive marker of being a good parent. Plenty of high ...
Help! My Boyfriend Made a Head-Turning Claim About My Relationship With His Kids.
My boyfriend and I have been together for a year, and I met his two tweens six months ago. They are pretty good kids, but I ...
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Writing with A.I.: An English professor makes the case for the unexpected.
School The Odd Over the Obvious Letting A.I. do our writing reduces our capacity for the best kind of human thinking. The timing couldn’t be worse.
The Texas Flood Was a Different Kind of Weather Disaster
There are two types of natural disasters in this country. Sometimes, it’s the weather that’s getting worse, as climate change ...
My Son’s New Passion Is Harmless. But Telling His Father Might End My Marriage.
My husband, “David,” and I have two kids: a 7-year-old son, “John,” and a 9-year-old daughter, “Ally.” David is in the military and has been away for the past six months. He’s due home at the end of ...