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Alex and I have been reading about Frog and Toad lately. I don’t really remember Frog and Toad from my childhood reading, which probably means I never read about them (my early reader days were filled with Enid Blyton), but I really like the books we’ve read from the library: [...]

Today I was catching up on the newspaper and came across this question and answer from a recent “Miss Manners” column:

Dear Miss Manners: My daughter recently had a miscarriage, and a relative said, “Well, there are worse things that could happen.” I thought that was pretty insensitive. Why not just say “I’m sorry”?

Gentle [...]