There is utility to be had in Bill Gates’s memoir of childhood, Source Code: My Beginnings (Knopf, Feb. 4), but there is also joy: the joy at marveling at genius coming into focus — confident, ...

Making your opinion known on a subject has become much easier in the days of social media. Anybody can post whatever they want on Facebook or Twitter, and then wait for the approval of their ...

I told my mother, “Grandmother has never written me a thank you note, and I gave her a gift. I will start writing when she ...

People write to this newspaper for many reasons. In February, Phil Drietz and Jeanne Ludowese weighed in on climate change, offering arguments on opposite sides. In July, Kala Hjelle of Alexandria ...

Be more cognizant of the services you use that are run by the executive branch. Instead of insisting these Americans lose their jobs, thank them for the quiet and important work they do.

I read these complaints in your column and wonder how many grandchildren feel now as I did then. — 64-year-old Grandmother ...