My mother will read this and tell me that it's not about vindication. That she would prefer it if I never had to endure this stuff. But that's not all true, and I know it.
While most of us have learned about "basic behavior" (and how to avoid it), it still seems to be as ubiquitous as a selfie stick. Which is why, in the spirit of awareness (self or otherwise), we've compiled this list of things that, if you find yourself doing them, probably make you a basic tourist.
Thanksgiving is many things to many people. But it is not without its land mines. Here are five things you should not do at Thanksgiving: Believe t...
I love this country. I love 96 percent of the people I come in contact with when I speak or perform or travel; but we have GOT to wake up, people.
Psychosis, codependence, grief. Deviants, tempests, feuding lovers. We think the only thing better than a rum & ginger beer is sipping it while reading a Dark & Stormy book. Added bonus: unlike the rum, we bet you'll never run out of pages.
Let's be real: We've all acted in toxic, damaging ways at one time or another (none of us are immune to it). No matter how hard your life has been, or the deep challenges you've faced, you can strive to overcome toxicity and become more gentle, calm and loving with yourself and others.
While I was busily doling out good advice -- and I did give seriously sound counsel -- for much of the time I was living bad advice.
When author Mary Gaitskill published Bad Behavior in 1988, critics around the world praised her bold and original collection of short stories. The author spoke with The Slant about why she thinks the book has endured and which story she thinks is the strongest.
Is it worrisome that our federal government is paralyzed in partisan deadlock? Have we so little expectation of officeholders that we view politics as simply a sideshow; and if we vote at all, do we pull the lever based on nothing more than name recognition?
By Adrienne Hedger and Shannon Seip for NickMom It’s never a proud moment when your kids curse (especially if it’s in public), but some mome...
New rule: that armrest that's separating us? It's not yours, it's not mine, it's shared territory. Unless you're willing to pay me to monopolize it, let's be civil about it, shall we?
Children are not miniature adults. The more we align our expectations with who they are, the less we will add our frustration to the mix.
Maybe all children, not just Princes and Princesses, could learn a thing or two from Royal Prep Academy.
Think Duct Tape Guy was a rare case? Here's a worst-of-the-worst roundup of the airline industry's most infamous inebriates.
If you were my child, I'd wonder if you were seeking my attention or testing boundaries. If you were my teenager, I'd wonder if you were feeling peer pressure or experimenting with drugs or alcohol. But, the fact is, I'm not your mother (Thank God!). And you're adults.
What keeps me awake at night these days isn't that these two boys will turn out to be "bad kids" but rather that they'll be just like me -- young and unbearably foolish -- but not nearly as lucky; that the laws of probability will make them answer for their missteps in a way I never had to.
Having identified the ways in which we compound each other's stress, it's easier to laugh at ourselves: "Oh, we're doing that thing again."
A report by PBS's Frontline examines the work of Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Robert Balfanz, who suggests there is a key period in middle school that...
It's not too late to add one more New Year's resolution, a commitment to building an ethical culture at our places of employment where whistleblowers are encouraged and supported
While the primary blame for abuse and misdeed against women lies with the perpetrators themselves, we should look next at the good men who say nothing. It's time for good men to hold accountable those who abuse women.
It is not until we have admitted to ourselves that we are jerks that we can see how we too often act reflexively and thoughtlessly, and can be liberated from the need to reject so much of who we are.
It is tiring to hear enlightened men describe themselves as "supporters" of women's sports as if they are charitable donors.
What do Kanye West, Serena Williams and a formerly obscure congressman from South Carolina have in common?
For a brief time after Sept. 11, 2001, civility seemed to reign in the skies above America. "We had the most humble passengers ever," says Frank Slad...
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