I need the Nation’s help finding me a pair of shoes, because apparently I’m too picky and my google-fu is failing me. Actually, I suspect part of my problem is that I’m too hung up …

This is a movie-related Ask the Readers question, driving my husband and me nuts. But I have faith that someone out there in the Nation knows the answer. Here goes: I think the film was …

I’m hoping the readers can help me and my brother out. Growing up, my parents had an art print of an angel peeking through the keyhole in Hell’s door. This hung in every house we …

So, I am a book-loving gal who majored in English back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. I married a guy whose idea of in-depth reading is the back of the cereal box. This has never …

I have a 7-year-old son who is a budding scientist, and he has come up with an idea for an invention. I have researched it, and I don’t think his idea exists in the consumer …

This may be too specific of a question but I thought I’d give it a shot. I would love some advice from your readers about a good dermatologist in the Philadelphia area. I last went …

The Nation may be my last hope in tracking down this long-lost childhood book. Here’s what little I remember: 

The family might have been animals — elephants, maybe? 
The family lived in a house made of cake. 
The little girl …

I’m going back to college soon and I’m seriously considering getting an iPad for school. I have never owned an iPad, nor any Apple product aside from my iPhone (which I love because it’s so …

Okay, Bunting, I’ve got a doozy for you here. When I was a kid (around the same time you were) Reader’s Digest put out two thick volumes of fairy tales. “The World’s Best Fairy Tales,” …

I am currently reading about anger and violence in history and, combined with the trial of Anders Breivik in Norway, it reminded me of a book that I heard about on the radio that I …