At 10, I thought dressing up in sexy clothes and jumping out of his birthday cake would impress him. It didn't

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Absentee-ballot scam in North Carolina was the result of "left-wing talking points," says Senate majority leader

Flamboyant Florida congressman caught in widening sex scandal "should not go hide in a hole," Stone advises

Why do people get all creeped out that my children call me by my first name?

A little cross-religious indulgence isn't going to damn anyone to an eternity in hell. Is it?

The series never was really about hooking up or boyfriends, which is why the best person has always been Team Devi

When I transitioned more than two years ago, one of the hardest issues had been what my children should call me

While my son, 6, worked on his first feature film, I learned a surprising fact about my dad, who had sinus cancer

How the last days of Casey Kasem's life made an advocate of daughter Kerri

The Army is the only military branch without a consistent policy — and it's part of a nationwide problem

Salon talks to the Emmy-winning "Baskets" star and comedy legend about Christine's toughest season yet

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When I stumbled upon an Army veteran at a bar, I also discovered a gruesome tragedy from my dad's past