GENTLE READER: Justifying one rudeness by citing another is ruder. Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it bad manners to wear a wireless earpiece at church during the sermon? GENTLE READER: It depends. Is it being used to amplify the sermon -- or drown it out? Either way ...

It is important to have good manners. Others will respect you only if you behave well. At home, you shouldn’t be mean to your sisters or brothers or shout at anybody. If you are the elder ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it bad manners to wear a wireless earpiece at church during the sermon? GENTLE READER: It depends. Is it being used to amplify the sermon -- or drown it out? Either way ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...