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The Memorial Day Parade in my town was not flashy, the crowd was not crushing, and the speeches not self-aggrandizing. The parade was like a pot of mixed-berry jam: Civil-War soldiers in blue; women in hooped skirts; an American-Legion float skirted in...

Ubiquitous clips of stranded airline travelers remind me of Lisa, a stranger's flight emergency, and a friendship forged. My friend Lisa, her husband and their two elementary school-age children were on a flight destined for Mexico and stuck on...

They may have been ``creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky,'' but the Addams family was also courteous. The following tips can be used to teach children that when fairies, freaks, princesses, and creeps share the sidewalk with courtesy, everyone can have a frightfully...

How do we argue with respect? Drawing from the Crowley/Gates disheveled deck, we can find timeless lessons in the art of arguing. The guidelines below, stemming from time-honored rules of courtesy, help us to show our hand with diplomacy: 1. Listen: do not...