America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.

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If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

A finished person is a boring person.

A finished person is a boring person.

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to...

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to...

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the...

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always...

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around.

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another...

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another...

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of...

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you...

If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to...