GENTLE READER: Sorry, but you will have to snatch the fountain pen out of Miss Manners’ cold, lifeless hand before she agrees ...

Ellen Webster of Hoboken, New Jersey, has written letters of thanks over 11 years to everyone from doctors to baristas to her favorite authors.

This week's Letters to the Editor, outlining and delving into your views and reaction to local and national politics.

Odenton itself is worth exploring before or after your meal – a community with a rich history tied to the railroad and Fort Meade, it offers a different perspective on Maryland than the more ...

I feel like the mannerly thing to do, now that there’s text and email, is to send a quick note thanking them for thinking of ...

I noticed around 2013 that younger people would reply “No problem” when I said “Thank you.” I have to admit it irritated me ...

While not all cultures have a literal word for 'please' or 'thank you', they have other ways to signal gratitude and ...

By not providing tickets as described at the time of purchase you are in breach of contract. Following your failure to provide replacement tickets [my letter/ phonecall dated xxx] I am exercising my ...

Trump, Iran and the Specter of Iraq: ‘We Bought All the Happy Talk’ As President Trump ponders swift military action in Iran, there were similar expectations that the war in Iraq would be ...