Formal letters differ in some key ways from e-mail and even from professional memos. The purpose of a formal letter is often serious: It may be a formal application for a job, a formal statement of a ...

As much as talking about kindness the past couple of weeks has cheered me, it's time to get back into more serious matters.

I would like to dispute the writer of the letter in the Feb. 26 paper. I do not buy that the majority of the newspaper’s readers are Republican, but let’s say that’s true. As a liberal, I read the ...