DEAR MISS MANNERS: When nonprofits display lists of their donors, I’ve seen couples’ names written two ways. One way puts the ...

The don’t-show-up-empty-handed mantra now rivals the don’t-use-the-guest-towels one: They are the rare directives that still ...

Dear Miss Manners: I own a beachfront timeshare with two bedrooms, each with a full bath attached. When I invite a guest, ...

The don’t-show-up-empty-handed mantra now rivals the don’t-use-the-guest-towels one: They are the rare directives that still command obedience in an otherwise lax society. People who do not respond to ...

GENTLE READER: The reason you have a guest room -- a rather lush one, Miss Manners gathers -- is to avoid resenting your ...

The seventy-six-year-old theatre diva, famed and feared for her salty bravado, dishes on Hal Prince, her non-friendship with ...

I wanted to acknowledge his accomplishments, so the next time I saw him (at another cousin’s wedding reception), I presented him with a graduation card with a small monetary gift inside.

I wanted to acknowledge his accomplishments, so the next time I saw him (at another cousin’s wedding reception), I presented him with a graduation card with a small monetary gift inside.

The don’t-show-up-empty-handed mantra now rivals the don’t-use-the-guest-towels one: They are the rare directives that still ...