Dear Miss Manners: My husband says that when someone is struggling to think of the word they want to say, it is impolite to suggest the word one thinks they may be trying to remember. He says it shows ...

I have a friend who is 12 years my junior. We have been close for at least 10 years, but since she began attending college, I've found her friendship altering from very dear to quite demanding. She ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Strangers want to make small talk with me while waiting in grocery checkout lines, at bus stops, at the bank, during flights, etc. I do not want to make friends with strangers every ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a politically liberal person with like-minded friends. Occasionally, in the course of a conversation, a friend advises me that my use of a word or phrase was unacceptable. I’ve ...

First-time author/illustrator Steve Antony is off to a stellar start with "Please, Mr. Panda," loosely –based on the traditional tale "The Little Red Hen," but without the heavy-handedness. Panda ...

Dear Miss Manners: I believe that the rules of etiquette indicate that one should not use language that others find offensive, even if it doesn’t seem so to oneself. I have just learned, for example, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I retired a few years ago. I use words like stewardess, actress and waitress. My sister tells me that these words are no longer in use. Are these words obsolete? Has the woke mob ...