To protect your soul's thriving is your main job, so it follows that you'd try to take care of yourself first, but that's not ...

his mom didn’t send him with spending money, let alone send along some cookies or otherwise offer to contribute something to ...

One of her standard jabs is to bring me a gift with an insult attached. How does a polite person respond to repeated insults ...

An illustration of an open book. Texts. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video An illustration of an audio speaker ... The illustrated book of manners: a manual of good behavior and ...

That the Indian politics is caste-based goes without saying. The projected caste census is the culmination of such politics. With each passing day, the casteist discourse will become shriller, for ...

We secretly keep a bad baby name book to remind us of all the crazy first and middle names,” the nurse, who met the child with the delicious name, declared.

Spain’s Mediterranean islands are best known for pristine beaches and sun-drenched cliffs. But a new cookbook by Jeff Koehler gives the islands' food some worthy attention.

Dear Miss Manners: I am a Ph.D. student in a college town where the local public bus also serves as the campus bus, and students get free fare. As a result, it is often very crowded, mostly with ...

In the U.K., Debrett’s has long advised Britons on such matters.Now comes William Hanson, a soft-spoken and somewhat self-consciously droll social-media personality who runs a British etiquette ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After several decades of typing on keyboards, I have lost my ability to write nicely by hand. My solution is to send electronic notes -- for expressing appreciation, recognizing ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a 1-year-old grandchild who lives 90 miles from us. Our frustration comes from their parents advising us to purchase gifts only from their curated wish list. They ...

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