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I can say with 100 percent certainty that there is no danger of us getting back together.

Help! My Fiancé Made a Big Shift to His Career Without Telling Me. It Changes Everything.

Help! My Husband Wants a “Football Team” of Kids. Uh, That’s Going to Be a Big Problem.

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I Told My Friends Why I Suspect Their Kid Has Struggled in School. They Ignored Me.

I Want to Confront My Friend’s Children About Their Atrocious Lack of Manners

Ron DeSantis’ New Target: 8-Year-Old Kids of Asian Descent

It Took Alito Barely a Month to Violate the Supreme Court’s New Ethics Rules

The War in Ukraine Has Come Home to Russia

Big Tech Isn’t Prepared for A.I.’s Next Chapter

Succession Had a Happy Ending

The Ted Lasso Finale Doesn’t Answer the Show’s Biggest Question

The Hidden Messages in the Succession Score

What It’s Like to Write a Biography of Your Dead Wife

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Mexico Is Dreaming Bigger Than Tesla

The GOP Came for One of Biden’s Biggest Accomplishments—and Failed

The Leak That Has Big Tech and Regulators Panicked

This Is How the Next Pandemic Starts

In Defense of the Lawn

Is a Huge, Extinct Woodpecker … Actually Still Alive? How to Understand the Debate.

My Parents’ Dogs Are Practically Inheriting Their House

The People Whose Crushes Make It Hard for Them to Live

I Told My Friends Why I Suspect Their Kid Has Struggled in School. They Ignored Me.

I Want to Confront My Friend’s Children About Their Atrocious Lack of Manners

Only Two Very Specific Strategies Get Me Going. It’s a Problem.

I Can’t Figure Out Why All My Relationships Take a Drastic Turn After the One Year Mark

Help! Everyone I Date Is Jealous of My Ex-Wife.

Help! My Fiancé Made a Big Shift to His Career Without Telling Me. It Changes Everything.

Want to Stare Into the Republican Soul in 2023?

How Kevin McCarthy Split the Bozo Caucus

Former Governors of Which State Just Came Out Against the Death Penalty?

Ron DeSantis’ New Target: 8-Year-Old Kids of Asian Descent

Guess Which Former Supreme Court Justice Says Judges “Don’t Have That Much Power”

What I Learned When I Talked to Clarence Thomas’ Mom

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Who’s Really Winning (and Losing) the Duel Over the Debt Ceiling

I Saved My Neighbor’s Life And Now She Won’t Leave Me Alone. Help!