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Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism

Susan Reimer — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Singer talks about her drinking and her son's death

It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had an inspirational thought in four years.

Obama might wish he hadn't met 'Julia'

Susan Reimer — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400

'Julia' slideshow makes the Republicans' point above the nanny state

Meet "Julia."

Maurice Sendak lit up dark corners of childhood

Susan Reimer — Wed, 9 May 2012 14:44:00 -0400

Not everything in childhood is bowls of mush and little old ladies whispering "Hush," and Maurice Sendak understood that.

Religion and politics, but no fireworks

Susan Reimer — Mon, 7 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400

Column evokes dismay at course of Catholic Church

Unless you want a fight to break out at a cocktail party or a family reunion, conventional wisdom has it, don't talk religion or politics.

What would Jesus do? Not stuff like this

Susan Reimer — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0400

Catholic Church seems determined to wound and exclude

It is no fun being a Catholic woman these days. In fact, it is almost embarrassing.

Student loan debt traps parents, too

Susan Reimer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:20:00 -0400

Many are buying more college than they can afford

Just as parents and their high school seniors are about to sign those college acceptance letters, there is news that unless Congress acts by July 1, the interest rate on federal student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

From Cartagena to Vegas, partying on the taxpayers' dime

Susan Reimer — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0400

The $822,000 Vegas bash and the $47 prostitute

It has been a tough news cycle for taxpayers.

Being a woman is hard work

Susan Reimer — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:19:00 -0400

'War on women' isn't new – we're still fighting the same old battles

Well. I know I speak for many women when I say, "Thank heaven that's settled."

Case closed: Teen pregnancy is poverty's offspring

Susan Reimer — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The complex link between poverty and teen pregnancy

There is good news — and some familiar bad news — in recent research into the stubborn question of why our babies have babies when it is such a spectacularly bad idea for both mother and child.

Welcome return for boomerang kids

Susan Reimer — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

More young adults are moving back in with their parents than ever before, and if a recent think tank report is correct, both generations are OK with this.