Coming Back to Work After Time Off Sucks. This Can Help.
The concept is simple: Build in a full day at the end of your trip, between the vacation and the resumption of normal life.
My Husband Has a Strange Bedtime “Need.” I Think He’s Trying to Trick Me.
Our sex life is what I would describe as pretty normal, and on nights when we do it, he sleeps soundly after. Same thing when ...
My Brother’s Wife Returned From Black Friday Shopping to Find Him Dead. But I Think She Was Responsible.
I believe that my brother’s wife killed him. On Thanksgiving, when they were over for dinner, my brother complained of pain ...
The Sydney Sweeney Industrial Complex
In August, HeyDude, a brand best known for its boat shoes, named Sweeney its global spokeswoman, or “director of Dude.” At the time, I was just one of many people who scratched their head over why one ...
The Heist of St. Nick
The gist of it is this: In 1087 two Italian cities, Venice and Bari, raced to be the first to steal the bones of St. Nicholas—known to us as Santa Claus—from a basilica in what is now southern Turkey.
Why Manchin and Sinema’s Parting Gift to Trump Is So Brutal for the Rest Of Us
When Donald Trump enters office on Jan. 20, he will immediately start seizing control of the government by firing holdovers ...
What Christopher Wray’s Resignation Costs Us
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that he would resign shortly before Donald Trump reenters the White House in January.
From “Girls Gone Wild” to “Your Body, My Choice”
There isn’t much difference between “your body, my choice” and “show us your tits.” It’s always about men owning something ...
I Was Sexually Assaulted. It Made the News. Then Came the SVU Episode.
The procedural is known for its ripped-from-the-headlines approach. But I never expected to see my experience turned into a ...
We Put Our Kindergartner in Catholic School. Uh, We Never Expected She’d Actually Start to Believe.
Somehow the religion piece feels different, and I’m worried that if I’m evasive, she will feel misled when she is a little ...
Help! I Just Ran Into the Man Who Broke Into My House … at Kindergarten Pickup.
Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Delia Cai is filling in as Prudie for Jenée Desmond-Harris while she’s on parental leave. Submit questions here.
I Knitted a Blanket for My Cousin’s Newborn Baby. It’s Tearing the Family Apart.
Have a question about kids, parenting, or family life? Submit it here! Dear Care and Feeding, I learned to crochet from my ...