In Des Moines, a controversial bill seeks to redefine "age-appropriate" for library materials, shifting control from ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a system of accepted manners related to them. It is true that we no longer dance ...

An audience member wears a button that reads, “I ♥︎ my Dallas LIBRARY,” as Dallas Public Library director Manya Shorr speaks at City Hall on Jan. 20, 2026. Re: “Planned closures panned — City Council ...

Sioux Center, Iowa (KIWA) - The Sioux Center Public Library has paused the rollout of a newly approved library card procedure after the State Library of Iowa warned the change could jeopardize the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How can you be responsible for ghosting someone when they never write to you? Just because I have decided to accept their silence, and return it to them, doesn’t mean I don’t care.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of my friends endlessly plays with the food she does not want to eat, without ever signaling by the position of her cutlery that she has finished. So all of her fellow diners ...

Miss Manners: Since the marathon cheer squad debacle, I haven’t seen my friend Miss Manners: This really doesn’t sound like they’re complimenting my outfit Miss Manners: Sometimes it feels good to get ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in line at a busy cosmetics store. The line wasn’t moving very fast when the woman behind me asked me to save her place: She said an employee had forgotten to give her ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is a ride on a motorcycle a good idea for a first date? My date showed up carrying two helmets and wearing a leather jacket. I had to put my arms around him so as not to fall off ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Now that I’m widowed, I am eating breakfast out with friends more frequently. Eggs often need a little salt, but not always, and restaurant saltshakers often deposit too much at ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I like to entertain using vintage crystal glassware. But if the glasses are clinked together when doing a toast, they can easily break. So how do I stop the table or crowd from ...

The Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors has banned materials that discuss “transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders” from the ...