GENTLE READER: Indeed, there are people who think of life as a series of gift-grabbing events. And there are others who assume that people only marry, go to school or have children in order to collect ...

A moment with his boys reminds our columnist of how Dr. King was passed down to him. “I can remember a particularly cold ...

I would very much like to continue this new habit, but the last thing I’m trying to do is make people feel bad.

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“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive ...

Regardless of your towel hygiene, Miss Manners finds this person’s attitude appalling. To chastise you for attending to his ...

It would not only be cruel, it would be rude and self-serving -- assuming it was meant to justify your feeling good about ...

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am currently staying with a family friend and her husband for a few days while visiting my hometown. The ...

A condo dweller who gets a lot of vacation time is annoyed by busybody neighbors who don’t understand; a houseguest is in the ...

Miss Manners wonders why you did not leave for your own sake when you noticed that the host was unhappy with your being there ...

Martin Palmer, a publishing sales director who spent 18 years at HarperCollins before setting up his own company in 2014, has ...