Huh.

Every now & again, I read the "Dear Prudence" advice column on Salon.com. A large percentage of her responses to pleas for help usually contain no advice at all, instead pour abuse & scorn upon the correspondent. Until recently.

I've read two columns back to back in which Prudence agreed the correspondent had a valid issue and provided useful advice. In my experience, this is nearly a record run for her. I wonder if they have a guest writer this week.