Reflections from the Father of the Graduate

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Parenthood involves adoration, protection, and instruction with the requirement to simultaneously let go.

Graduation Letter to My Younger Brother

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In honor of his High School graduation, Jeremy Feist offers touching and hysterical advice to his younger brother on how to have a good and happy life.

Dear John: His Girlfriend Wants a Girlfriend, Too

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This week Dear John addresses half of a threesome, grad party anxiety, and swearing in front of children.

Into Each Life … A Little Rain

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Overcoming adversity and picking up lost dreams are an important part of healing.

From an African Slum to a Wesleyan Graduate

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Kennedy Odede ’12 delivered the Senior Class Speech at the 180th Commencement

“The number 1 thing hurting women [...] this millennium is unregulated crony capitalism.”

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This is a comment by Max on the post “Top 10 Worst Things to Happen to Women This Millennium”.

Class Acts: Hollywood’s Actors Who Went to College

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Find out where your favorite A-lister went to get their smarts

10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College

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College didn’t teach James Altucher how to think, so he’s here to make sure you know what he didn’t.

When It’s Time for Them to Go

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David Davis watches his daughter grow up and leave the house for college, just like his son a decade ago.

10 Things Your Family Can Do Without

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8. Chuck E. Cheese:It’s irritating, dirty, the pizza sucks and kids would have more fun with a killer party you put together in your backyard.

Talking About Success

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“Success is actually a much harder thing to define than failure.”

The BEK Interview: ‘Everything Is Going to Be Okay’

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Andrew Ladd interviews Bruce Eric Kaplan (better known to readers of “The New Yorker” as BEK), who has a new book out.

The Post-College Advice I’ve Forgotten to Give You

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Fear not, college grads. Here’s some career counselor–approved advice that will actually help you succeed as breadwinning adults.

Am I a Bad Person if I Don’t Love My Son?

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Drinking too much? Afraid of being the rebound? John Simpson has you covered.

The 10 at 10

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Bob Knight is tired, the Aflac duck is an idiot, and magazines make us feel bad.

Lucky to be Sad

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Rick Roth doesn’t relate to parents who high five each other when their kids go away to camp—or to college.