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Marriage can always end, and the protection it once offered offspring is now covered by child-support laws. Add that development to the gains made by the domestic-partnership movement, and, Cherlin says, "the legal advantages of marriage, the benefits that one would get, are eroding." This is one reason CUs like Charles Backman, 44, a commercial real estate developer in New Hampshire, see marriage as outdated at best. Backman wants no part of what he calls "the government stamp" of approval on his relationship to his partner of 15 years. "People mistake the government sanctioning your marriage for commitment...
...cohabitants either break up or marry within five years, says Alison Hatch, a grad student at the University of Colorado who is doing her dissertation on committed unmarrieds, a demographic to which she and her partner of six years belong. She and Coontz have found that many of them end up marrying because they face the same discrimination as gay couples regarding insurance, taxes and other legal issues. Having kids can also change things. David Letterman didn't say what prompted him in March to wed his partner of 23 years, who is also the mother of his 5-year...
...Inaugural address, Barack Obama summoned Americans to a "new era of responsibility" and challenged us to end the politics of "standing pat ... and putting off unpleasant decisions." It could have happened. If there was ever a President sitting on a high enough mountain of political capital to lead the country through a series of very painful but necessary political decisions, it is Obama. But sadly, that new era has so far been a promise unfulfilled. The Obama Administration's strategy has been no more than an effective execution of politics as usual, wrapped in more, not less, of the intellectually...
Moving to Florida recently to take a new job gave me an opportunity to spend a lot of time with Chuck during his final days--and he was a remarkable man until the very end. You would never have known how sick he was by talking to him; he always had the demeanor of a warrior. That's what I loved about...
Lobster Tales. Rockland, Maine, where the Maine Lobster Festival is held each summer, is the self-appointed lobster capital of the world. To that end, four Rockland inns have banded together to offer a Lighthouses, Lobster and Luxury package through June 30: you'll get a tour of the local lighthouse museum, a trip aboard Captain Jack's lobster boat and a $50 certificate to a local restaurant to sample that day's catch. Innkeepers will also arrange a sunset lobster dinner aboard a windjammer, a private plane ride to see remote lighthouses or a beach picnic. Depending on which...