Etiquette

Sixteen-month-old Canada fan Rogan Clark watches team Canada and team Switzerland warm up before their exhibition hockey game in Red Deer, Alberta.

Can Canada teach the rest of us to be nicer?

Belief

The world, I think, would be a better place if we were all a bit more Canadian. Canadian niceness is pure, and untainted by the passive-aggressive undertones found in American niceness (have a good day, or else!). It’s also abundant. Canada is to niceness as Saudi Arabia is to oil. It’s awash in the stuff, and it’s about time, I say, the rest of the world imported some.

Technology’s Changing Role Within Courtship & Weddings

German Group Calls for Ban on Kissing in the Office

Global Politics
The World

Backstabbing up in down economy

The World

Reincarnating Dinner: The Art and Etiquette of Leftovers

Global Politics
The World

Last letters and parting shots: How to say goodbye at work

Here to help us figure out what is the best (and worst) way to say goodbye when you leave a job is Sheryl Spanier a career management consultant.

The World

The Sunday pundit mash-up

Global Politics

The theme of Sunday’s talk shows: Hillary is toast. But then again, anything could happen…

The World

Geo Quiz and answer

Global Politics

President Obama gave each leader at the G-20 summit a present. Each got a glass tree. For today’s Geo Quiz, we ask where the artist made them. The answer? Atlanta, Georgia. Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with Peter Post, director of the Emily Post Institute.

The World

Ugly tourists from somewhere else

Conflict & Justice

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Timothee de Roux of the French travel website Expedia.fr., which published a survey about tourists in Europe that found that Americans are no longer considered the most obnoxious tourists traveling through Europe,