In a used bookstore in Philadelphia, I paid eight dollars for a collection of dead people. Of course, bookstores generally do not deal in cadavers. But they do sell objects imbued with history: a ...

It's natural to want to help a bereaved family during their time of loss, but whether you should put money in a sympathy card can actually be a bit of a touchy subject. Like everything else ...

“It seems just about everyone knows someone who has died,” one maker said, helping to explain why the cards are now hard to find at many stores. In the greeting card aisles of many stores, sympathy ...