Editor’s Note: Annie Lane is off this week. The following column was previously released in 2023. Dear Annie: I am struggling with what to do about one of my very best friends who is basically family ...

FREEDOM from fear and injustice and Oppression will be ours only in the measure/That men who value such freedom are ready to /Sustain its possession – to defend it against/ Every thrust from within or ...

Paul Pillar rejects the illusion of generating gratitude through military intervention in another country: Several things are happening to account for these results, and can be expected to happen ...

I’d like to make a comparison after having just finished reading Steven Pressfield’s book, The War of Art. It is a guide for overcoming the internal resistance that prevents individuals from achieving ...

In her 1922 edition of Etiquette, Emily Post mentions over one hundred occasions and ways in which a person should thank another. For Post, whose book served as the standard for social interaction for ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Two teachers at the school where I teach had babies. The school had separate baby showers for each of them, and I gave a gift at each shower. Neither one has offered any thanks to ...

Hearing your young child spontaneously say a heartfelt “thank you” can turn a horrible day into a good one. But the opposite is sometimes also true: Seeing your child not show a shred of gratitude—or, ...

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