It used to be so much fun to pick out the perfect gift. Now it seems kids just want the cash.

The Oscar-winner tells Salon about date-raping Louis C.K., playing messed-up moms and society's fear of redheads

There's a family history of incest and secrets; I don't know who to talk to

My parents instilled in me a bone-deep hatred of gross terminology. It makes being a grown-up tricky sometimes

The Keith Stephens I knew was a joyful, charismatic kid working hard to become a responsible adult. Then he was murdered. He can't become just another statistic.

I gave birth at home and breastfed. My mom was drugged up and never lactated. Which one of us got the better deal?

Fiendish fun for the whole family, from "The Amazing Race" to "Arrested Development" to "Everybody Hates Chris."

Before they died, I was a neglected child. I went to the psychic to give them one more chance to get it right

There was uncomfortable touching in childhood, and now he has new nieces. Should I intervene?

Last night's conversation was compassion in action — a welcome addition to the late-night landscape

Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table

Nature doesn't care about the emotional well-being of older people. It's about the continuation of the species -- in other words, children.

Salon talks to Offutt about his new memoir, "My Father, the Pornographer," troubled artists, family and Kentucky

How one food writer learned to take risks in the kitchen — one family-size bag of chips at a time

A former skinhead talks about how young people like him -- and Benjamin Smith -- get recruited.