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, Miss ...

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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a strong moral requirement not to lie, which has led me to reflect on the role of full truthfulness in good manners. I often observe people giving false reasons or ...

My friend has me choose the restaurants we go to, but then she’s never happy with anything she orders and always sends ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: This time of year, it often rains in the afternoon, and so I carry an umbrella with me. However, many people do not. On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd -- at ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it bad manners to tell an old person that she looks young for her age? GENTLE READER: Can’t you just tell her how good she looks? Miss Manners is aware that the society considers ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a 67-year-old man who works out regularly at a gym. The gym is open 24/7, and members have a key fob to enter since it is not always staffed. I was exercising at 9 p.m., and ...

Carolyn Rothermel taught two levels of “Mind Your Manners” programs, one for first- and second-graders and another for third- ...

The movie theater is one of those places that often provoke people to ask: What has happened to good manners? The usual suspect: a teenager. Their bad-manner weapon of choice: the cell phone. The ...