Gift
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Style
My In-Laws Gave Gifts to Two Grandchildren, but Not to a Third. Help!
Two years after one of her children received a generous birthday gift, a reader wonders whether to intervene on behalf…
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Food
With $60 Million Gift, San Francisco Ballet Plans Focus on New Works
The transformative contribution, from an anonymous donor, is the largest in the company’s 91-year history and one of the biggest…
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Style
Is It OK to Send Condolence Notes to Strangers?
A mother feels an urge to send her sympathies to the family of her son’s classmate who recently died, but…
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Style
Moments in the ‘Buy Nothing’ Life
Borrowing the style of Joan Didion’s “The White Album,” a writer considers an online gifting hub where people try to…
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Magazine
Our Vacation Destination Has a Poor Human Rights Record. Should We Go?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to travel to a country ruled by an oppressive regime.