DEAR MISS MANNERS: My stepson is a successful novelist. I’m reading an advanced copy of his new book, which is brilliant but ...

I asked her if she would mind if I looked through the samples myself, and she gave me the sample book, but continued to hover ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to politely declining unwanted help from a store ...

It's ironic how drivers who won Cup championships under the current playoff system, like Chase Elliott, want to end it.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Today I was in a frame shop selecting a mat and frame for a print. I am a graphic designer by profession, ...

GENTLE READER: When you asked for time alone with the sample book, the polite thing for the clerk to have done would have ...

This hurt my feelings. Noting his defensiveness, I left the conversation, but afterwards, his father and I fought. He thought ...

Go out for dinner, see a water ballet with a message, sample winter ales in summer or take your pick of plays: one about ...

The AS global debt chartbook is my attempt at presenting an overview of global debt levels and an easy way to compare them ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Today I was in a frame shop selecting a mat and frame for a print. I am a graphic designer by profession, and a painter by moonlight (figuratively speaking), and thus have the world ...

GENTLE READER: When you asked for time alone with the sample book, the polite thing for the clerk to have done would have been to grant it. So Miss Manners has no objection to your acting as if that ...

Some outfit called Squibler promises its AI engine will give me a “publish-ready book in minutes.” It offered a free trial.