GENTLE READER: Allergies (not mere preferences) are legitimate things to mention to a dinner host, even if unsolicited. The inconvenience of rearranging a menu, Miss Manners assures you, is still less ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to managing food allergies when dining at someone ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a traveler's dilemma about covering the cost of a ...

GENTLE READER: Allergies (not mere preferences) are legitimate things to mention to a dinner host, even if unsolicited. The ...

Pen Argyl responded with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Mason Soos to Christopher Crespo in the final seconds of the first ...

I commented that it was fine to ignore knocking and to not open your door to strangers, adding that it is not even impolite. Another neighbor disagreed.

When you're not comfortable opening the door to someone you don't know, that's not being rude, it's being careful.

Bad writers from our area have been recognized many times in the real Bulwer-Lytton competition, and it’s fun to give them a ...

Based on reasonable assumptions – a rate of return 5 per cent and inflation 2 per cent – if their average spending is ...

Deborah Brosen, president of the New York State Outdoors Writers Assn. (NYSOWA) has profiled a recent honor bestowed on Leo ...

Tomorrow happens to be Plain English Day which has in recent years morphed into International Plain Language Day designed to promote the proper use of language. In other words the aim is to cut out ...

The Tampa Bay Rays had a few players stand out this season despite the team’s lack of overall success. Failing to reach the 80-win plateau in a 162-game campaig ...