Thank-you note: Still good manners

Santa's back at the North Pole with an empty sleigh. Gifts have been used, enjoyed, or maybe exchanged. Wrapping paper and ribbon have been tossed or added to the stash. There is one thing that may be left to do - acknowledge those gifts.

on stage 7th Play in a Day: Is that insane or what?

Getting a play on the boards is a bit of insanity. Doing it in 24 hours — including writing the play — is complete, absolute, why-would-you-do-that insanity.

on stage 7th Play in a Day: Is that insane or what?

Dear Abby

DEAR ABBY: I'm engaged to the man of my dreams. Our wedding is two months away, and I couldn't be more excited about starting my life with "Jeff."

Letters missed by Bess Truman show love, a bygone era

WASHINGTON — One evening near Christmas in 1955, Harry Truman walked into his Independence, Mo., home to find Bess tossing stacks of old letters into the blazing hearth.

Obama bashers will find they're hurting their cause

Washington

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Hunter — thoroughbred

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Letters to the editor

Palpable irony in court's oath

Craigslist PI joining Larry David in HBO's 1-2 comedy punch

It takes gall to riff on Raymond Chandler, which doesn't mean it can't be done. Robert Altman did it brilliantly in his 1973 movie, "The Long Goodbye." And now Jonathan Ames is putting a droll, Brooklyn hipster spin on the genre with "Bored to Death."

Craigslist PI joining Larry David in HBO's 1-2 comedy punch

College classrooms: a study in rude behavior

CHICAGO — Lee Shumow doesn't want to text her students, or be their friend on Facebook, but to their chagrin she prefers an old-fashioned way to communicate: e-mail.