Readers reacted to my column from the 13-year-old dealing with parents who split up. The email below was the most poignant. Q. I’m glad that 13-year-old had you to talk with. My family isn’t big on communication. And they put down anyone who seeks counseling. I should know. My parents ...
Robert Redford, the actor whose golden smile and understated persona warmed movie screens for decades, attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship. When he died on Tuesday at 89, Redford was remembered, among other things, for his one baseball movie: “The ...
Q. My parents split up two weeks ago. I feel lost. My mom moved us to another apartment right away because she said the one we lived in cost too much. My dad moved too. I’m supposed to split my time with them, but it’s very confusing right now. I don’t feel like I have a place of my own ...
Editor’s note: This column draws on Dr. Aaron E. Carroll’s essay, “The Bright Spots of American Healthcare: A Beacon of Innovation and Progress,” published in The New York Times on Sept. 5. When people talk to me about health care in the U.S., it’s usually a conversation filled with ...
During my lifetime, there have been more doomsday predictions than I can count. Religious leaders, cult founders and politicians have been warning, “The end is near,” for as long as I’ve been around. I looked ’em up. Harold Camping had billboards, Marshall Applewhite had his ...
Q. I’m a first-year student in college. It’s the college I wanted but now I’m not so sure. I thought I was ready to be this far from home, but I miss my family. Honestly, I miss everything – my bedroom, my house, my cat, my friends. I even miss my high school, and I was so excited to ...
