Vanessa Romero had plans—plans for herself, and plans for those she cared about. The 18-year-old single mother was going to finish school, join the Army, raise her child and help give her ailing ...

“I’m going to end my life by the end of the year,” he said over a call one morning, as casually as if discussing weekend plans. I was sitting on my sofa, the same place I’d been while we shared ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend, from college 40 years ago, who I’m only now realizing is a needy, self-aggrandizing narcissist. In all of that time, absolutely no one in my circle has ever liked her. She ...