He stood up to John McCain to protect me -- and never told me about it.

As a Native girl, I learned the difference between spirituality and dogma when we mourned my aunt and uncle

The comedian on his new documentary, having Sam Kinison as a babysitter, and dealing with trolls

Why did he spend 18 years with my mom? Did he know all along, or what?

It's actually being waged by Bill O'Reilly and other right-wingers. I should know: It almost ruined my family's holiday dinner.

A Table Talker remembers the woman who gave him the gift of music, and a voice in the grotto.

Friends are baby booming. Nursing moms are suddenly everywhere. Why is the most natural thing in the world so bizarre?

My brother is under the spell of a company that promotes the frat-boy free-for-all.

He's been hospitalized but he won't get treatment. My mom has threatened divorce, but she's still there

Returning to a family barbecue with happy news about the future makes stark all that has changed around a tradition

My father told us often about the accidental fast he credited with saving him from war. But one mystery remained

When I was a kid, my dad worked for Playboy. Our family outings to the legendary club taught me a lot

After my brother died, we returned him to his childhood playground -- a cloudy brown pond filled with frogs.

No, it's a young girl. And with her father jailed on questionable terror-related charges, she's growing up alone

I'm sworn to secrecy, but I think maybe I should tell the rest of my family.