Dolly Parton didn’t choose fame over family — life chose for her. At the height of her career, she was diagnosed with endometriosis and underwent a partial hysterectomy that ended her chance of having ...

To mark the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., we’re sharing one of our favorite tips on gratitude today. Expressing gratitude to your employees can feel awkward or uncomfortable. But celebrating your ...

Editor’s note: After leaving education at 16 to work in factories and as a courier, Zhang Sai’s passion for literature made him an outcast among his peers — so much so that he even hid it from his ...

Dear Eric: My 31-year-old daughter does not write thank you notes. I am chagrined by this because I’ve modeled this for years; she is more than capable of doing so. She had a very small wedding. Not ...

DEAR ABBY: I think you once wrote that failure to thank people for gifts is the No. 1 complaint you receive. Well, I can see why! My daughters, grandchildren, nieces and nephew not only fail to ...

In an era dominated by digital communication, the simple thank you note often feels like a relic from the past. Yet, in the legal profession — a field built on relationships, trust, and reputation — ...

Story Prize winner McCracken (The Souvenir Museum) distills decades of personal experience into 280 idiosyncratic reflections on writing. She eschews rigid, step-by-step advice in favor of “vague ...

Kids are adaptable, and if you put a rule in place, they will find a way to get around it. Case in point: school cell phone bans. As more and more states are banning phones in school, they have to get ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you do when the duty to write thank-you notes overwhelms any genuine sense of gratitude? In my own upbringing, reciprocity and eagerness to give were prized over the finer ...

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. The letter ...