Dear Readers: Welcome to the launching of “Ask My Jackie,” an advice column modeled after our beloved Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Dear Prudence, and my personal favorite, Carolyn Hax. If you don’t find the advice you are looking for here, check out one of these other awesome resources. To submit a question, see the “Ask My Jackie” link at the top ... Read More »
Anderson Cooper, if you weren’t gay, and I wasn’t married, I’d think you were trying to win my heart. For the second time in two weeks you have broadcast an outstanding report that has life-changing implications. (See my December 21 post, “Fear of Death—The Antidote, Part 2” for the previous one.) The latest one is “Professor learns he has the ... Read More »
Let’s start with weather woes. The polar vortex. Our new word for winter 2014. Wind chills of 20-30 below zero in Kentucky. Kentucky! It was so cold; my daughter said she understood how people die of hypothermia. It was so cold; I wanted to cry. Our garage was 32 degrees one morning, then 22 degrees the next. The garage! Once ... Read More »