We all know that having friends is an incredibly important part of life. A good friend can lift us when we are feeling down, offer us support when we are struggling, and make us laugh when we are ...

No sooner did Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney revive the Moocher Myth than his critics jumped in with evidence to challenge it. The Moocher Myth is this: People who vote Republican are ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I hosted a longtime friend of mine for 10 days at our home. She had told me she enjoys staying with friends for extended periods, finding it an efficient way to ...

Dear Amy: I socialize with a group of about eight women in my neighborhood. We get together at each other's homes on weekends, and we always bring snacks and our beverage of choice. One woman does not ...

After Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” fund-raiser video was leaked on Sept. 17, certain key words and phrases took on a life of their own: “Victims.” “I’ll never convince them.” But a word that has become ...

Don Murdzia pulled into a Bellingham drive-in and after the usual good-natured banter among friends he invited me to see the interior of his pick-up. It was a new cab-over owned by his farm boss and ...

Of all the societal ills one must endure — spam e-mails, Kardashians, twerking — in the old-timey puppet universe of the Pointless Theatre Co., there's no greater danger than jazz. Case in point: ...