So here's the thing: notes on growing up, getting older, and trusting your gut

WTF is politics anymore?

Susan Rice on how diplomacy has changed (and how young women can help shape it)

Shits, giggles, and medical marijuana

Are you there, God? It's me, Alyssa

When John Kerry saw me in my underwear

The meow coat has claws

What to expect when you're not expecting to ride on motorcycle for hundreds of miles along the Japanese coast

Oh, the places you'll go! (and be spied on by foreign governments)

Why you should always listen to Michelle Obama

Dan Pfeiffer on how platonic life partners help you avoid catastrophe

How do I get to be you by the time I'm 35?

Quitters sometimes win

Ted Chiodo's list of words AM uses that you should pay attention to

Electric chocolate cream pie acid test

The woman in red leather pants

Tell Alyssa she needs to get better at email

In praise of Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky on how not to be a jerk o n Twitter

How Jennifer Aniston got me through my breakup

I was wrong about John Mayer

The ones who got away

A note on sex

Altared [sic] states

What to expect when you're not expecting

Victory over big panty

How I became a crazy cat lady

Chelsea Handler on my unhealthy relationship to cats

Long may you run (and not burst into flames)

I wanna dance with somebody (specifically Barack Obama and Jennifer Hudson).