Advice

Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax

 Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax: A family’s different response to grief

When my father died, my wife told her family — and they had no response, not even a simple “I’m sorry for your loss.”

More Carolyn Hax

Washington Post Magazine

Seekers of the House?

Seekers of the House?

While John Boehner wages battle against Obama and the Democrats, is his biggest threat from within his own party?

More from this issue of the Magazine

Lifestyle Videos

Oprah's final episode:  Celebrities pay tribute

Video: Oprah's final episode: Celebrities pay tribute

Many of Oprah Winfrey's famous friends joined in the taping of the final episode Tuesday in Chicago. (May 24)
Oprah's final episode:  Celebrities pay tribute

Oprah's final episode: Celebrities pay tribute

Many of Oprah Winfrey's famous friends joined in the taping of the final episode Tuesday in Chicago. (May 24)
Michelle Obama's British state dinner dress

Michelle Obama's British state dinner dress

The first lady arrives for a state dinner at Buckingham Palace hosted by the Queen.
'A Time to Kill' at Arena Stage

'A Time to Kill' at Arena Stage

Preview scenes of the world premiere adaptation by Rupert Holmes of John Grisham's novel.

KidsPost

A tornado-like funnel cloud touches down near Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County, Va., near the Shenandoah Caverns exit, Sunday, April 28, 2002, as a rainbow appears. The photographer was traveling south on I-81 from New Jersey when he saw an overturned tractor trailer in the north-bound lane and debris from a chicken coop strewn on the highway. At that point, he saw the twister and stopped just long enough to capture the violent storm with his camera. (AP Photo/Joe Stegle via the The Daily News Record)

Tornado: A force of nature

As scary as tornadoes can be, there is something fascinating about the power of these storms. So here are some things you might not know about twisters.

In this photo taken on Thursday, May 19, 2011, a dog nurses two liger cubs at a zoo in Weihai in east China's Shandong province. Cong Wen of Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo in eastern China says four cubs were born to a female tiger and a male lion on May 13. The tiger mom fed the ligers for four days then for unknown reasons abandoned them, she says. Chinese zoo workers brought in a dog to nurse them instead, but two died of weakness. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Dog helps feed abandoned liger cubs

Rare cubs born to a male lion and a female tiger in China are being nursed by a dog after the cubs’ mother stopped feeding them.

Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Andrew Sharbel Jfrom left to right ovio Ho, Jack Dudley, Abby Porter and Sydney Dayyani point out the material for their Heads Up! Helmet project that won them first place in the Toshiba and National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards Program Grades 4-6 age group.

These kids are winners

There are lots of talented kids around Washington who enter — and win — lots of competitions. But here are three winners that really stand out for their national and international achievements.

In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, fourth grade teacher Renee Kidwell helps her student Anastasia Gilligan, use an iPad during a class at Summit View Elementary School, in Independence, Ky. The northern Kentucky elementary class has become a testing ground to see whether technology can improve students' comprehension of science. Fourth-graders received $30,000-worth of iPads in late September from the Duke Energy Corporation. The students are using them now for in-class math and science assignments. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Amanda Davidson) NO SALES

Free iPads for 5-year-olds?

Several weeks ago, KidsPost published a story about kindergartners in Maine being given iPads as part of their school curriculum. We asked readers if they thought this was a good or bad idea.

More KidsPost