Stressful neighbors and sexy interns
A child-free married couple faces constant pressure to procreate.
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Raising Earth Day
My daughter sees Earth Day goals in action while visiting Denmark.
Like father, like daughter
A little advice: When your teenage daughter sneaks her boyfriend into the house at night, it’s time for a lesson in self-control.
Visit from Japan
We have a chance to protect our children’s future; will we take action?
Still hating after all these years
We offer advice when reconnecting with a high-school frenemy stirs old feelings of jealousy.
Rosy future for Roseville?
Roseville city manager Ray Kerridge plans transition to an urban center that’s “open for business.”
Jeff von Kaenel reflects on turning 60
How 60 years of life has changed his perspective.
Reunions, porn-eyed BFs and thieves
Advice for a rekindled friendship, a lying boyfriend and thieves at work.
Accept (quietly) or exit (quietly)
Advice to a woman to either accept the situation as it is or get out of it.
Plastic pollution could last forever if we don’t change our habits
Jackson Browne encourages us to stop using plastics in his new song “If I Could Be Anywhere.”
Tax gasoline at the pump
Gas prices will go up anyway, why not keep the money at home?
Parenting 101—and how to fail it
Advice on how to deal with a partner’s parenting difficulties.
Spring clean your life and head
Advice on getting a fresh start, in your house and in your head.
Planned Parenthood is green, sex ed saves money, what’s the prob?
The Republicans are trying to defund Planned Parenthood, in defiance of their own fiscally conservative rhetoric.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission dissects the fiscal crisis, but what should we do about it?
Phil Angelides was charged with investigating what the hell led us into the worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. But given today’s political realities, will this make a difference?
Thy neighbor’s marriage? Not worth coveting.
Advice for a woman who covets her divorcing neighbor’s marriage.
Dentists for 117,000 kids
A grant from the First 5 Sacramento Commission brings dental care to low-income children in Sacramento, but Sacramento’s managed-care system needs to be reformed.