Seeger's music and politics were about elevating the collective over the individual, a spirit too often lost today

In this third excerpt from her journal, Aggie Max wonders how much middle-class guilt can be appeased by one sandwich.

Why is NBC keeping its endearing high school comedy in detention?

Writing a soap opera and waiting for my grandmother to die, I didn't know who would finish first -- she or I.

As a child, Michelle Dowd prepared for the end of the world. Those lessons were eerily helpful later on

No fear and a little loathing on the campaign trail with the 23-year-old daughter of Republican candidate John McCain.

If you're having trouble telling Tim Ryan from Jay Inslee from a Brooks Brothers model, we're here to help, sort of

"We don't do suicides," the obituary editor told me. If we can't even say the word, how can we begin to stop them?

Having a borderline parent is like living beside Mt. Vesuvius. It took me years to begin to understand her illness

Readers write in on the Amiri Baraka controversy and why people treat waitresses badly.

The president faces a familiar parental dilemma -- deciding the right age to leave your kids home alone

The famous mom says kids should be allowed to wear whatever they want -- but is that really a good idea?

Our family friend collected vintage girly mags plus S/M sketches of his girlfriend. Then he died

I knew the bomber as "Tim," my father's death penalty client. 15 years after his execution, he haunts us still

I blamed gay culture for breaking up my parents' marriage. Now I realize there's an upside to having two mothers