01/23/08
Couples turn reading into a joint venture
Couples turn reading into a joint venture
12/19/07
'Holiday' doesn't need to mean 'perfect'
Sometimes the best traditions come out of simple surprises.
11/07/07
Most parents do know where their kids are
US Census Bureau reports parents are more involved in their children's lives than a decade ago.
10/24/07
Today's fast-spending youth could learn from Depresssion-era savers
Remember the phrase 'money doesn't grow on trees?' It still doesn't.
09/05/07
A 'girlfriend getaway' unites us
Middle-school friends, decades later, meet to share their lives in Lake Geneva, Wis.
08/22/07
Fashion industry gives rise to a 'disposable culture'
The push to wear the latest clothes helps clutter our closets with old castoffs.
08/8/07
The names we use for people over 50
Whatever you do, don't say 'elderly.' The preferred word choice in a new survey: 'older.'
07/25/07
The numbered days of the solo commute
Proposed congestion taxes could make driving alone a luxury of the past.
07/11/07
A harvest of virtues as well as sustenance
Two new books remind readers how closely most Americans used to be connected to the land.
05/30/07
How 'the perfect day' has changed
Marriages may be more stable as couples wait longer to get married. But they spend more, too.
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