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 ...

In a letter about the Portland mayor, one of our Mailbag correspondents used a derogatory term, which prompted several complaints. Normally we at the paper don't allow that kind of offending word to ...