[This opinion piece is for informational purposes only and does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice in any respect or on any subject.] So you’re planning to get divorced in Rhode Island, or maybe you’re just thinking about it. …

We all have old photos, and they’re around here somewhere … in a storage bin, in a shoe box, or in a photo album in the basement. Maybe some photos are on your computer or phone, or floating in the Cloud. Think of all your old photos and how they…

Gov. McKee: As a father like me, you appreciate, I’m sure, that the worst tragedy for a parent is the death of their child. The terrible inverse of that experience is being dead to your own children. By that, I mean living each day without seeing your children or hearing…

As media attention on Kamala Harris intensifies, there’s potential for a misunderstanding about an aspect of her personal life — one concerning her family. Harris’s husband, attorney Douglas Emhoff, was formerly married for 25 years to film producer Kerstin Emhoff. They had two children: son Cole and daughter Ella. Emhoff…

There’s a fine art to child abuse — that is, to abusing a child in such a way as to get away with it, in the eyes of law enforcement and the courts. Child abusers of the amateur class lack finesse: They hit, they slap, and they push down stairs…

The Beatles’ eight-minute sound collage “Revolution 9” is an easy target for mockery. Fab Four fans and detractors alike intone the looped opening voice Number nine… number nine… as a shorthand way of saying that here, the brilliant Beatles went too far or just plain went wrong. I happen to…

You’re watching TV, scrolling through social media, reading the papers, or engaged in a debate, and someone says something that is: provocative or inflammatory racist, extremist, or sacrilegious a lie Why did they say that? Tempting as it may be to answer “They’re crazy” or “They’re ignorant,” there may be…

In the conversations around the impeachment hearings in Washington, DC, I hear some people saying that the term bribery or extortion should be used instead of quid pro quo, since most people don’t know or understand Latin. I can see that: Not everyone is an attorney or a judge, and…

I’m staring at a bookcase full of books. It’s the early 1980s, I’m 16 years old, and I’m visiting the house of my best friend from high school, who I’ll call Conor. I’m staring because the books are all different, but they’re all by the same person. At 16, I…