From his Bottle Rocket beginnings to his Moonrise Kingdom heights, revisit the characters that defined a legendary filmography ...

David McCullough, in his splendid history Seventeen Seventy-Six, tells us that Washington was described by his contemporaries as brave, dignified, generous, amiable, modest, gracious, and hospitable.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been married to the same man for 40 years. He has recently decided that opening doors for me, serving me first at dinner, and other forms of respect and thoughtfulness ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother that when one is being toasted, one doesn’t take a sip, as that’s rather like tooting one’s own horn. When my spouse and I celebrated an ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a paid member of a tennis center, I was able to bring a nonmember friend to play at an event. At that occasion, she met other members, who invited her to return in the future ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am finding that whenever I go out to a social event, or even a restaurant, I am either being captured by a camera or someone has taken candid pictures without my knowledge.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I volunteer for an organization that provides services for homeless people. We provide items such as clothes, winter coats, shoes, infant formula, diapers and personal hygiene ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I volunteer for an organization that provides services for homeless people. We provide items such as clothes, winter coats, shoes, infant formula, diapers and personal hygiene ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When planning a party, I am sure many of us could agree it is stressful trying to get an accurate head count. How do you get the people you invited to respond in a timely fashion?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am finding that whenever I go out to a social event, or even a restaurant, I am either being captured by a camera or someone has taken candid pictures without my knowledge.

Dear Miss Manners: Two years ago, I introduced my close, longtime friend, Nora, to Lauren, an acquaintance whose husband is my husband’s boss. To my delight, they hit it off — so much so that ...