In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a question about when it is appropriate to wear a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my professors ...

On the way to class, I encountered a professor laying at the bottom of some steps. He was already being attended to and I was ...

Incivility comes in many forms: texting instead of listening to a teacher, interrupting classmates who are speaking, showing ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have achieved a small degree of social and political success in my community. Unfortunately, that is not the case for my husband. He is a wonderful spouse and does not cheat ...

Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore. When you go to a restaurant, it's not uncommon to see a child on their iPad or disrespecting their parents.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We needed a plumber recently, and during the four hours he was on the job, the plumber spent well over an hour on his phone for nonwork-related calls. More and more, it seems ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I co-hosted a small luncheon with a few retired girlfriends. The other hostess, Doris, made the entree, and I took care of the appetizers and desserts. When she looked at my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I co-hosted a small luncheon for some retired girlfriends. The other hostess, Doris, made the entree, and I took care of the appetizers and desserts. When she looked at my ...

For Dubliner Norman Croke (76), every one of his schooldays, from 1954 to 1961, started with waiting to be beaten. “The first thing in the morning from the teacher was: ‘Hands up who didn’t ...