DEAR MISS MANNERS: I often hear someone say something along the lines of, “We politely ask that you refrain from ...” or “We ...

The Voices That Drown Out Self-Respect How did “being polite” become so entangled with ignoring personal boundaries, postponing needs, and tiptoeing around every potential conflict?

- Making eye contact and small talk. As historian Timothy Snyder writes, eye contact and small talk are “not just polite” but constitute “ part of being a responsible member of society.” - ...

But really when you watch that, it seems like the Trump foreign policy doctrine is a lot like the old slogan for the MTV show The Real World, where people stop being polite and start getting real.

This column is for all of you patient and kind people out there who put up with a lot of rudeness, incivility, and just plain being ignored when you are trying to go about your business. I’m not ...

How to Be Polite Without Burning the Planet: Here’s the secret: Don’t write love letters to AI, even as you have it write your love letters for you.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT costs "tens of millions of dollars," but is it worth it?

But I’m finding it harder than ever to tell when a woman is genuinely interested -- and when she’s just being polite or playing along with no intention of taking things further.

But I’m finding it harder than ever to tell when a woman is genuinely interested — and when she’s just being polite or playing along with no intention of taking things further.

You mean well, but some of the things you do in an attempt to be polite may actually bother the people in your life. Here's how to fix that.