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The Chat Room
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The Party Girl Hotel
Prudie counsels a woman whose uninvited friend drops in for loud, lusty visits—and other advice seekers.
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Grampy's Got a Gun
Prudie counsels a woman whose in-laws refuse to lock up their weapons when her children visit—and other advice seekers.
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Boyfriend Gives His Teeth the Brushoff
Prudie counsels a woman whose partner is lax at oral care—and other advice seekers.
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The Pill Popper Next Door
Prudie counsels a man whose neighbor swipes his painkillers—and questions from other advice seekers.
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Can My Mom Come Along?
Prudie on a mother and daughter who double-date a pair of brothers—and questions from other advice seekers.
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The Gift They Keep on Giving
Prudie counsels a woman whose loutish brother-in-law passed off her present as his own—and other advice seekers.
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Shear Betrayal
Prudie counsels a woman who fears angering her stylist husband by visiting another hairdresser—and other advice seekers.
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Meet the Editors of Double X
What's up with the funny name? Why another women's magazine? Is it like Cosmo? And your other questions answered.
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Nice To Meet You. Please Don't Touch Me.
Dear Prudence counsels a career woman whose religion forbids her from shaking hands with men—and other advice seekers.
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Pocketbook Persecution
Prudie counsels a woman whose mother won't stop badgering her son-in-law about his religious beliefs—and other advice seekers.
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We Aren't Family
Dear Prudence counsels a woman who's unsure how to define "extended family" and other advice seekers.
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Mighty Aphrodite
Dear Prudence counsels a lovelorn student and other advice seekers.
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Dormitory Drug War
Dear Prudence elaborates on the college tattletale and tackles other reader quandaries.
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Facebook Philandering
Dear Prudence on affairs via social networking—and other readers' quandaries.
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Dial It Down
Dear Prudence on family members who call way too often, and other readers' quandaries.
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Biblically Speaking
David Plotz discusses Good Book, his chronicle of reading every single word of the Bible.
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Meltdown Diagnostics
Daniel Gross takes readers' questions about the financial crisis, nationalization, and his new book, Dumb Money.
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Courtroom Confidential
Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick take your questions on the state-secrets privilege and other tough issues facing Obama's Justice Department.
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Withdrawal Symptoms
John Dickerson takes your questions on Tom Daschle's retreat and the tax problems of Obama's nominees.
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In the Giving Mood
Rachael Larimore takes your questions about Slate's annual roster of top philanthropists.
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How To Count Change
Michael Newman and Chris Wilson take your questions about Slate's quantitative gauge of Obama's progress.
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Are You Happy Now?
Gretchen Rubin shares tips and takes your questions about happiness.
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How Do You Explain This?
Daniel Engber holds court on the Explainer Question of the Year and the art of explaining.
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Who's Gonna Stop Him?
Edward McClelland takes your questions about Gov. Blagojevich's Senate appointment.
