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Al and Tipper: We Hardly Knew Ye

William J. Doherty Ph.D. on June 3, 2010

More than anything else, what concerns me about the Gore divorce is the cultural message it reinforces: that marriages, like leaking oil, drift over time in ways that we can't do much about, that people once mated for life get caught in different currents and wake up one day to find themselves in different seas, too far apart to be life partners any more.

More than anything else, what concerns me about the Gore divorce is the cultural message it reinforces: that marriages, like leaking oil, drift over time in ways that we can't do much about, that people once mated for life get caught in different currents and wake up one day to find themselves in different seas, too far apart to be life partners any more.

Divorce
John Edwards: A Rich Man with a Poor Man’s Problem

William J. Doherty Ph.D. on January 24, 2010

It’s not every day you see a rich man with a poor man’s social problem—and the child of a rich man facing a risk associated with poor children in America. But that’s what is playing out now with John Edwards’ paternity drama.

It’s not every day you see a rich man with a poor man’s social problem—and the child of a rich man facing a risk associated with poor children in America. But that’s what is playing out now with John Edwards’ paternity drama.

Marriage
TIGER WOODS’ FATHER WAS RIGHT

William J. Doherty Ph.D. on January 19, 2010

Earl Woods told his son Tiger that marriage is outdated in today's world. Now he could say "I told you so."  

Earl Woods told his son Tiger that marriage is outdated in today's world. Now he could say "I told you so."