In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader's question about using tablecloths as lap ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are a blended family. I invited our adult children to Thanksgiving. They responded by asking if “other ...

True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty of that. Nevertheless, the rule should be understood in a broader sense: ...

Would Miss Manners provide guidance on this practice? GENTLE READER: George Washington already did! Much earlier in life, as a schoolboy, he had copied down a list of etiquette rules circulated by ...

True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty of that. Nevertheless, the rule should be understood in a broader sense: ...

General Washington, as he correctly wished to be called after his presidency, was a master etiquetteer. It was he who issued ...

The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t going to get any food on her gown.

The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t ...

The following were recorded at the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Office for Nov. 3-7: ADAMSTOWN BOROUGH The estate of ...

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Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has filed the case against the current Secretary General of the Presidency, Judith Alexandra Gómez, after she gave a statement this Sunday and answered the questions of ...

The research for the 2026 Top Lawyers list was created by PRS (Professional Research Services) and is based on an online peer-review survey sent out to the certified lawyers within the metro Detroit ...