The White House Is Just ‘Trying to Keep Grandpa Busy’

As a tumultuous year comes to an end, the New York Times Opinion politics writer Michelle Cottle talks to the columnists ...

Tines up or down? ‘Zigzag’ or ‘Continental’? Dining abroad comes with landmines to navigate

In the Continental (and British) styles, resting position involves a crisscross of the fork and knife in the middle of the plate, with the fork placed atop the knife, tines facing down, according to ...