What Is Thanksgiving Without A Nutty Relative?

Visiting The Sick Is Supposed To Exhibit Such Great Virtue That There Are Some People Determined To Do It Whether The Sick Like It Or Not. ... All Visitors Everywhere Are Supposed To Make Plans To Depart If They Observe Their Hosts Visibly Wilting Or In Pain, But This Is Especially True At Hospitals.

Parents Should Conduct Their Arguments In Quiet, Respectful Tones, But In A Foreign Language. You'd Be Surprised What An Inducement That Is To The Education Of Children.

We Have The Reverse Of The Puritan Work Ethic In America Now. No One Ever Becomes A Star By Plugging Along Year After Year. What Is Needed Is Flair, Talent, 'an Eye,' Contacts, Charisma, And, Most Of All, Naturalness.

There Was No Singles Problem Until Singles Got So Single-minded That They Stopped Wasting Time With Anyone Ineligible. Before That, It Was Understood That One Of Society's Main Tasks Was Matchmaking. People With Lifelong Friendships And Ties To Local Nonprofessional Organizations Did Not Have To Fear That Isolation Would Accompany Retirement, Old Age, Or Losing A Spouse. Overburdened Householders Could Count On The Assistance Not Only Of Their Own Extended Families, But Of The American Tradition Of Neighborliness.

Nowadays, We Never Allow Ourselves The Convenience Of Being Temporarily Unavailable, Even To Strangers. With Telephone And Beeper, People Subject Themselves To Being Instantly Accessible To Everyone At All Times, And It Is The Person Who Refuses To Be On Call, Rather Than The Importunate Caller, Who Is Considered Rude.