I don’t pretend to know everything that’s going on with Jon and Kate Gosselin.
But I have some ideas and while they might not like their marriage troubles being broadcast in the public, that’s the price you pay when you sign up for a reality show and pose on the covers of Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal and People magazine.
To me, the problem seems obvious. Kate, an ambitious woman even before she had kids, had twins (double the work) and when she wanted just one more child, got blessed with …

I met my husband my very first day at college.
I moved into Koonce Hall early on that Sunday and got ready for the 5 p.m. meeting with the hall staff.
I settled into a spot on the floor as they went around introducing themselves. This light-skinned black guy with the easygoing demeanor opened his mouth and said, “Hello, my name is Thomas Jefferson….”
I honestly didn’t hear anything else after that. Something in my brain clicked and I said to myself, “Oh, all that is good and holy - I think I just …