DEAR MISS MANNERS: A colleague has lost his father. It was not unexpected, but of course it’s still a sad time. Our firm has two offices, located about two hours’ driving time apart, and some staff ...

I’m beginning to feel sorry for sympathy. It was once such an honorable impulse. Humble, sincere, caring. Sympathy was meant for people who suffered or had less. In its most modest form, a sympathy ...