Melanie, a singer who had hits in the 1970s with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” died Tuesday. She will be missed. She…

Jamie Lee Curtis said some very sad things about her close friend and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Richard Lewis, who died on Tuesday of a heart attack…

It’s getting increasingly easy to subscribe to the feeling that people nowadays can find a reason to be offended by pretty much everything. While it may be…

Should You Add Oil to Pasta Water? When cooking pasta, the question often arises: Should you add oil to the water? This debate has been ongoing among…

BEAUTIFUL LOSS Ace Patton Ashford, 18, dies in a freak accident with his horse just weeks before he was supposed to reach a lifelong goal. THIS WEEK,…

For years, my husband made mocked my plump figure. I often used food to cope with our troubled marriage. One day, his jokes went too far—he compared…

My height has always been a challenge, particularly during flights. On a recent trip, I encountered a passenger who was utterly indifferent to my discomfort and even…

The 6th-grade science teacher, Mrs. Parks, asked her class, “Which human body part increases to ten times its size when stimulated?” No one answered until little Mary…

When my daughter unexpectedly decided to leave my grandson with me for a while, I found it strange. What I later discovered in the child’s bag sent…