
Long running advice columns by Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers and more recent ones by Carolyn Hax and others clearly demonstrate America's love and need for advice columns on all kinds of issues. On any day, one could expect to see a letter like the one below. "Dear Abby: My boyfriend of five years says he loves me and wants to marry me some day. But he has never really asked me to marry him. Sometimes he can be cruel. He has called me names in front of his family and other people. He hardly ever takes me with... Read more →