Dear Miss Manners: I was picking up food at a restaurant when a young lady approached the counter to retrieve her order. She ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country — a purchase ...

Miss Manners is all for telling strangers -- kindly and privately -- about wardrobe malfunctions, but in this case, nothing ...

Shortly after buying my home, it felt like I was being taken advantage of, and that my living situation was the reason to ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

Memorization and recitation of verse should have a central place in a child’s education. Photographer William Meyers explores American citizenship, which is in better shape than many think. Road ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper response when an atheist sneezes, instead of “God bless you”? What about people you don’t know? I had a lady give me a hard time when she sneezed and I ...

By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

At first, Hamlet and the planets seem far removed from table manners. But social historians ... of codes of behavior at the table. In her 1954 book The Art of Eating, the American writer M.

A video about a mural’s racism gives lots of room for thought. It’s 200 years old, but the celebration has awkward moments. Experimentation without accountability, and laws like chocolate-chip ...

Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more. By Sarah Weinman Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now.