Just as Charles Percy and Hesther are to be taken up to the pain laboratory, the Chinese servants rebel—in memory of their ...

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You pride yourself on being somewhat self-contained, but you can’t hold your own weather all of the time because moods and energies are contagious; we pick up what’s around ...

Rifles brought from Europe were of little use in the American wilderness. So hunters, frontiersmen, and revolutionaries began ...

Read the first chapter from T. Kingfisher's new horror-tinged fantasy, Snake-Eater, before it hits shelves next month.

For the so-called urban dwellers, some children have been taken upcountry to spend time with their extended family and, ...

You can tell a lot about someone by how they act in a restaurant. These seven habits quietly reveal when manners—or morals—are missing.

There’s something almost unfair about Staunton, Virginia – a town so ridiculously picturesque that your first instinct is to wonder if the whole place is some elaborate movie set. Nestled in the ...

Nestled in the Shenandoah Valley like a precious stone in a natural setting, Staunton (pronounced STAN-ton, not STAWN-ton – a rookie mistake that locals will correct with a gentle smile) manages to be ...

When people assume they adopted their dog from a shelter, the letter writer is afraid to admit the truth. Dear Miss Manners: ...

We spent a lot of time making this decision and we're happy with the puppy we got. Many people are horrified we'd consider ...

Letter writer struggles being in a volunteer group that has no leader. Dear Miss Manners: I work at a nonprofit that prides ...

GENTLE READER: Although it may violate the moral standards of Immanuel Kant, and of certain honest-at-all-cost types, your ...