Michele Weldon: The push to return to the office full time ignores how life has changed for many
For some, going back to the workplace is a relief; for others, it is a tone-deaf requirement by out-of-touch leadership.
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Why the Hastert allegations are about more than 1 man
This is about much more than one man's political reputation. This is about the role of mentors and coaches in the lives of young athletes and our need to protect...
In praise of those who stay
Robert Holmes looks anguished in the photos — face tense, arms stiff — walking out of a Centennial, Colo., courtroom, where his son, James, is on trial for committing one...
Learning dangerously with words
He is not the first politician to say the wrong thing. Nor will he be the last. Missouri's beleaguered Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin made — and by now...
On mothers who bury their sons
I have been lucky raising sons, now 23, 21 and 18. No one has targeted Weldon, Brendan or Colin with a handgun and a sense of vigilantism. My sons are...
Author’s universal perspective begins in bed
Marian Keyes, an international best-selling author, refuses to get out of bed. In her four-bedroom house seven miles south of Dublin, she spends up to eight hours a day in...
SOME BIG BOYS DO CRY
NAME: Neil Chethik BACKGROUND: Big boys don't cry. Perhaps that is because men grieve differently. Some take action, others rush through grief, and in spite of the stereotype, some do...
SPECIAL LINKS CAN GIVE LIFE A BOOST
NAME: Dr. Ed Hallowell BACKGROUND: Author of seven books, Hallowell, 49, says most self-help books miss the point. A husband, father, psychiatrist and instructor at Harvard Medical School, Hallowell writes...
REMAINING A DAUGHTER TO THE FINAL MOMENTS
NAME: Alix Kates Shulman BACKGROUND: Author of 10 books, educator and mother of two, Shulman recently returned to her hometown of Cleveland to care for her aging parents, who died...
MORE TIME WITH KIDS, LESS SATISFACTION
It took decades but working men are spending more time helping out around the house, an hour a day more than they did 20 years ago. Working mothers are spending...