Marriage Then and Now

The '80s and '90s

Modern Marriage:
Who can't relate to Ray
and Debra from
"Everybody Loves Raymond?"

Through these two decades, the column continued to deal with issues long in the shadows -- alcoholism and physical and sexual abuse -- as well as those increasingly in the headlines -- the growing use of psychotropic medications and new forms of counseling, such as group and solution-oriented, brief therapy.