The Internal Revenue Service will start processing tax returns today (Monday, Jan. 27). The agency expects more than 140 million individual tax returns for tax year 2024 to be filed ahead of the Tuesday, April 15 federal deadline.
“This has been a historic period of improvement for the IRS, and people will see additional tools and features to help them with filing their taxes this tax season,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel said. “These taxpayer-focused improvements we’ve done so far are important, but they are just the beginning of what the IRS needs to do. More can be done with continued investment in the nation’s tax system.”
Here’s what you need to know about Tax Season 2025:
How to file for free
Filers with Adjusted Gross Income, known as AGI, of less than $84,000 can use IRS Free File to complete returns at no charge. Free File offers tax preparation software from eight companies and gives free online access to preparation and filing software.
Taxpayers with an AGI above $84,000 can use the Free File Fillable Forms starting Jan. 27. That service is available to all taxpayers, regardless of income, place of residence or age.
In addition to Free File and Direct File, there are other ways to file for free:
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance/Tax Counseling for the Elderly – Taxpayers can find organizations in their community with IRS-certified volunteers that provide free tax help for eligible taxpayers including working families, the elderly, the disabled and people who speak limited English.
MilTax. A Department of Defense program, MilTax generally offers free return preparation and electronic filing software for federal income tax returns and up to three state income tax returns for all military members, and some veterans, with no income limit.
Where’s my refund?
Most refunds for electronically submitted returns who use the direct deposit option are issued in less than 21 days. You can track your refund using the IRS Where’s My Refund? Tool. Information updates once a day so there’s no need to check back multiple times in 24-hours.
Filers with paper returns can expect a refund within four weeks.
Why you should always use direct deposit for your tax refund
The IRS urges taxpayers to always use direct deposit for their refunds.
According to the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service, paper refund checks are 16 times more likely to have an issue, like the check being lost, misdirected, stolen or uncashed. People should check FDIC and National Credit Union Administration websites if they don’t have a bank account. Veterans can use the Veterans Benefits Banking Program to find participating financial institutions.
The IRS Direct File program is expanding to 25 states this year.
Eligible taxpayers in 25 states will be able to file their taxes for free starting Jan. 27.
During last year’s pilot, Direct File was available in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington State and Wyoming. For the 2025 tax filing season, Direct File will also be available in Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The program uses a data import tool will allow taxpayers to opt-in to automatically import data from their IRS account, including personal information, the taxpayer’s IP PIN and some information from the taxpayer’s W-2. Taxpayers will then be able to use a new chat bot to guide them through the eligibility checker and a live chat for real-time assistance.
Also, this year, Direct File will cover more tax situations. During the pilot, Direct File supported taxpayers claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Credit for Other Dependents. This year, Direct File will also cover taxpayers claiming the Child and Dependent Care Credit, Premium Tax Credit, Credit for the Elderly and Disabled and Retirement Savings Contribution Credits.
A search is underway for a 70-year-old Birmingham woman who has been missing for nearly 24 hours.
Birmingham police early Monday issued a Critical Missing Alert for Julia Ann Brown.
Brown has been diagnosed with medical conditions that require constant attention and care, police said.
She was last seen about 10 a.m. Sunday leaving her home.
Brown was driving her blue Nissan Rogue with Alabama license plate number 1AO3D18 and was supposed to be on her way to church in the Huffman area. Her vehicle has a distinct white door on the driver’s side.
She is 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. She was wearing a white sweater and blue jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 205-328-9311 or 911.
Two north Alabama schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday due to widespread campus illnesses.
Lauderdale County school officials announced Central Elementary School and Central High School will be closed Monday, Jan. 27 and Tuesday, Jan. 28 due to absences related to student and staff illness. No students will be allowed on campus during these days while the schools undergo additional cleaning.
In a post on X, President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk, took aim at the cost of minting the 1-cent coin, a price tag that’s increased 20% in the last year.
“The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023. The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation produced. Penny (or 3 cents!) for your thoughts,” the message said.
According to jmbuillion.com, 2023′s penny production fell to 4.52 billion, the lowest annual amount since 2010. Despite the decrease, pennies accounted for 40% of total coin production in 2023. Meanwhile, the coin itself costs three times as much as its worth, driven in part of the high price of copper and zinc used in the minting.
Elimination of the penny would likely require Congressional action or, as Business Insider indicated, the Treasury secretary could opt not to make anymore.
Other countries, including Canada and Australia, have already made the switch away from minting its smallest denomination coins.
History of the 1-cent coin
In production since 1793, the penny is one of the oldest U.S. coins. The first penny had a design of a woman with flowing hair to symbolize liberty, the U.S. Mint explained, an image that remained for more than 60 years. The composition, originally pure copper, was changed to a mix of copper and nickel in 1857, followed by a redesign that included a flying eagle and a wreath followed by the “Indian Head” design from 1859 to 1909.
In 1909, Abraham Lincoln became the first president featured on coins in honor of his 100th birthday. The image of the 16th president remains of the penny’s obverse, or heads, while the reverse, or tails side, has had a union shield with 13 vertical stripes and the national motto to represent Lincoln’s preservation of the U.S. as single nation since a 2010 redesign.
A bitterly cold January has many in Alabama eagerly awaiting spring.
Meteorological spring 2025 begins March 1, while astronomical spring follows on March 20, 2025.
Some will get a boost before then when Daylight Saving Time begins and the sun sets later beginning on Sunday, March 9.
Spring for those in Alabama can often be summed up in two words: Severe weather.
Spring is typically Alabama’s most active time for tornadoes, according to National Weather Service data.
Here are tornado numbers for every month of the year in Alabama:
Alabama’s busiest months for tornadoes are typically April, March and the November.NWS
But will severe weather be in the cards this year?
Could there be a late-season winter storm?
Long-range weather forecasting still has a long way to go in terms of accuracy, but that doesn’t stop many from trying.
One of those, with a long track record of seasonal forecasts, is the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The Almanac has been making weather forecasts since its founding in 1818.
The Almanac said that for the United States as a whole, it will be a “Thunder and Zing Spring.”
Forecasters added that spring will be slow to come for many spots in the U.S. this year, with cold weather lingering in the Midwest, Great Lakes, New England and Northeast.
But what will get Alabamians’ attention is this line: “An unusually late winter storm brings a blanket of rain, sleet, and snow across the Atlantic Seaboard and mountainous areas in the Southeast during the first week of April.”
The Almanac divides up the country into regions for its forecasts. Alabama is in the Southeast region, which also includes Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Almanac forecast for the Southeast is not surprising: Warm, wet and thundery.
Almanac forecasters think the Southeast will be quicker to warm up this spring than much of the rest of the nation, which could be cooler later into the year.
The Almanac says that the weather this Easter, which falls in 2025 on Sunday, April 20, will be “pleasant” for those in the Southeast.
But the forecast for Memorial Day weekend (from Saturday, May 24, through Tuesday, May 27, 2025), could have heavy rain.
What about the spring forecast for the rest of the U.S.?
The Almanac is predicting the following:
“Warm, wet and thunder-filled” for the south-central U.S., including Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
“Mild and dry” for the West, including Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.
“Chilly and damp” for the Northwest, including Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
“Very cool and wet” for the north-central U.S., including Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
“Cool and showery” for the Great Lakes and Midwest including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
“Cool and wet” for the Northeast, including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
How is the Almanacs’ winter forecast holding up?
The Almanac had predicted that the winter of 2024-2025 would be a “Wet Winter Whirlwind” with wet and cold weather for most locations. However it also said that the Southeast would have a “warmish winter, with above-average temperatures.”
So is that forecast a bust? Can’t say for sure yet. Keep in mind that meteorological winter has still another month to go.
Forecasters had also predicted that “the coldest outbreak of the season will come during the final week of January into the beginning of February, when frigid Arctic air brings a sharp plunge in temperatures almost nationwide, but especially across the Northern Plains. As this very cold air blows across the Great Lakes, heavy snow showers and snow squalls will bring intense bursts of snow to the lee (east) of the Lakes.”
However, the National Weather Service is expecting this week to be on the warmer side for Alabama — at least compared with last-week’s bitterly cold temperatures and historic Gulf Coast snowstorm.
What about other long-range outlooks?
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has one for the month of February. Those sick of the cold will be happy with it, as it shows a higher-probability of above-average temperatures next month:
The month of February could be warmer than average for Alabama, according to the Climate Prediction Center.Climate Prediction Center
The CPC’s thee-month temperature outlook, shown at the top of this post, also shows a higher probability of above-average temperatures for Alabama through April.
First Aid Beauty has recalled nearly 2,800 jars of 14 oz. Ultra Repair Cream Coconut Vanilla moisturizer. According to the company, the products were “inadvertently sold,” and were “not intended for market sale.”
The recall covers only Ultra Repair Cream Coconut Vanilla sold directly via FirstAidBeauty.com in the U.S.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, the products were “intended for quarantine.” The jars have lots number 24D44 with an expiration date April 10, 2026 and 24D45 with an expiration date April 11, 2026. The recall is a Class II, the second highest level issued by the FDA. A Class II recall is one where the “use of, or exposure to (can)…cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
Emails have been sent to customers who purchased the product advising them to throw it away. Customers were sent a replacement Ultra Repair Cream Grapefruit moisturizer. If you bought the product online and did not receive an email, contact [email protected] or 800-322-3619.
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I rent half of my sister and brother-in-law’s house. They live in the front part; we live in the back. We have our own separate kitchen and bathroom, though we must go outside and around the corner and then reenter to use it.
We went on vacation for a month. While we were gone, my brother-in-law was supposed to remodel our kitchen and bathroom and be done by the time we got back. Four months later, nothing is ready to use. They told us we could use their kitchen and dedicated one of the inside bathrooms for us. Using their kitchen never worked for us, and my wife is always uncomfortable going into their part of the house.
Because of the inconvenience, my brother-in-law reduced our rent by half, and we were good with this. We mostly communicate by texting. He now claims he will be done next month, but I’m not so sure. Regardless, he now wants to raise our rent to approximately 75% of the “usual” instead of half. What do you think of this? — INCONVENIENCED IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR INCONVENIENCED: I think that, because your brother-in-law is unreliable, you should pay the increase in rent upon completion of the promised remodel and not before.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
The NCAA tournament selection committee has a problem on their hands.
An SEC-sized problem looming in about a month and a half. There are 12-possibly 13 teams from the conference where “It just means more” that could cause a lot of problems for the committee.
Where do you put them all inside a 68-team bracket?
It’s something that I’m sure the committee has had to tackle in the age of mega conferences due to realignment that have seen leagues balloon in size to 18 teams. Most assuredly, these folks coming together to select and bracket this year’s 68-team field will have prepared for this moment. However, maybe it’s not from the conference they expected.
When the Pac-12 cratered and moved teams to the Midwest and East Coast leagues, things like Arizona boosting the Big 12 and UCLA, USC, and Oregon elevating the Big Ten seemed like a lock.
But, of all the conference to have a stronghold in basketball, it’s the SEC that may carry the most teams in the NCAA tournament.
While it remains early, the SEC may have the NCAA selection committee break some rules and bring some chaos along the way.
Each of the first three teams from a conference to be placed in different regions.
No more than two teams from the same conference placed in the same region.
Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional final.
Given the success of how the SEC has been on the court this year, this group of rules will all be excused by multiple leagues, but the SEC will have the most impact on this red tape cutting.
So yes, there is a very possible scenario that sees Auburn and Alabama placed in the same region and could meet for a spot in the Sweet 16 or Elite Eight on the line. Personally, I want it to happen.
Before we get there, who are the teams from the SEC that have their eye towards March Madness?
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Auburn (18-1, 6-0)
The Auburn Tigers are an ideal No. 1 seed, following their victory over Tennessee on Saturday, they further validate a case for top-overall seed. Since 2010, they have the resume comparable to four teams who would eventually be champion. Even with another loss or two, Auburn should remain on the top seed line in March.
Alabama (17-3, 6-1)
If you think Auburn’s resume is going to get a boost from the SEC’s strength on the floor this season, let me introduce you to Alabama. Of their final 11 games of the season, ten of them come against resume-boosting opponents. If they win at least 6-8 of those games, the Tide may walk into the SEC tournament with a No. 1 seed in the NCAAs in their back pocket before playing a game.
Tennessee (17-3, 4-3)
It’s rare to say that a team that’s 4-3 in a league is in good shape, but despite the loss to Auburn on Saturday, Tennessee is in good shape. When it all shakes out over the next month and change, barring a Volunteers nosedive, Tennessee should be sitting somewhere on the top three seed lines.
Florida (18-2, 5-2)
The Gators had a very close call this past Wednesday at South Carolina, a winless team in the SEC. Climbing from a 14-point hole in the second half to beat the Gamecocks with five seconds left helped preserve their spot in an increasingly tight SEC race and may have ended Carolina’s shot at an at-large bid.
Kentucky (14-5, 5-5)
Ok, so losing at Vanderbilt isn’t great right now. However, dropping a game to a tournament team (spoiler alert) isn’t such a bad thing. That’s just life in the SEC. Up next, perhaps the most interesting two game stretch of the Wildcats season so far, a trip to Tennessee and hosting an old friend when Arkansas comes to town.
I’ve liked what I’ve seen from Mississippi State this year, and they will most likely be a tournament team but their next five games? Woof.
vs. Alabama
vs. Missouri
at Georgia
vs. Florida
at Ole Miss
We will learn a lot about the Bulldogs sooner rather than later.
Ole Miss (15-5, 4-3)
The Rebels have four Quad I wins currently, which isn’t a bad thing for a team in the SEC at this point in the season. However, this is the point in the campaign where resume-worthy wins should start being collected more often. Thankfully, this league provides that opportunity. Win at least two of the next three vs. Texas, Auburn, and Kentucky and things may look a bit different.
Georgia (14-6, 2-5)
The Georgia Bulldogs are safe, for now. But four losses in a row, and three games below .500 in the league? You’re going to be saying hello to the NIT at this rate. But, for now, they’re still in.
Missouri (16-4, 5-2)
Much like Mississippi State, the Missouri Tigers are in the same boat, an important multi-game stretch of the season will test the viability of the Tigers chances for an NCAA bid. Ironically enough, Missouri hits the road to face Mississippi State in their next game.
Bubble Teams
Oklahoma (15-4, 2-4)
If not for a small, but important string of back-to-back wins for the Sooners, they would most definitely be on the outside looking in. The two victories they picked up might’ve been what helped knock South Carolina and Arkansas out of this discussion.
Vanderbilt (16-4, 4-3)
Barring any major slip ups or an alarming losing streak, the ‘Dores should be on the right side of the bubble sooner rather than later. A loss to Alabama getting sandwiched by wins over ranked Tennessee and Kentucky squads definitely helps the resume.
Texas (14-6, 3-4)
Did a last-second shot to cap of a 22-point comeback save Texas from making their bubble status a lot bleaker? You’re absolutely right. My best advice to the Longhorns would be, don’t make things any harder on yourself than they have to be.
AL.com Top 16 Seed Projection
Before we unveil the first 68-team projection next week, what does the first top 16 seed projection look like?
Full-body cramps hit Noah Gurley after one of his first practices with Alabama men’s basketball on a June 2022 day.
Gurley couldn’t move. Then a recent Furman transfer, Gurley needed the help of trainer Clarke Holter to get to the training facilities. There an IV awaited Gurley, ill-prepared for the practice he’d just gone through.
Gurley knew Alabama played fast. He learned firsthand, cramping when he played against the Crimson Tide while at Furman. The fast pace became part of the reason why Gurley decided to transfer to Alabama for the 2022-23 season.
He just didn’t realize that’s also how the Crimson Tide practices under coach Nate Oats. Not until Gurley went through one himself.
“The only way through is to embrace it,” Gurley said. “That’s why the weak don’t survive at ‘Bama.”
Oats’ success – four SEC titles, four NCAA Tournaments, and one Final Four over the past five seasons – can be tied to a variety of factors. His practices belong high on the list.
Maybe you, reader, have dreamed of playing for Oats and Alabama someday. You’re in the right place if so. Because if you want to achieve that goal, you need to make it through practice first.
Here’s your survival guide.
3/16/22 MBB NCAA Practice
Alabama Head Coach Nate Oats
Photo by Robert SuttonCrimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate
Fuel. Your. Body. You need plenty of water in the day leading up to your first practice. Maybe even drink a Gatorade. Eat a good breakfast, too.
If you don’t fuel properly, get ready to suffer the consequences. Ask the players on Oats’ first team.
Alabama held the first practice with Oats not long after hiring the coach from Buffalo in 2019, and the session proved punishing. A few players vomited. The bigger guys got IVs. Everyone went to the training room when they could.
By the end of the first practice, walk-on Britton Johnson said something to Oats then turned to look at the wall behind the baseline of the practice gym. There, Johnson saw four or five teammates crumpled up against the wall. They didn’t even make it to the locker room.
“It’s not like it would have been a long walk,” Johnson said, “but guys were just so gassed after their sprints.”
Alex Reese, a forward from 2017-21, had to lay on the floor of the locker room afterward. He didn’t need an IV but did need to visit the cold tub.
“It definitely wasn’t the hardest practice with him. It was more so the adjustment,” Reese said. “Getting back into it. And the way he wanted things done. I think that was the biggest thing for everybody, just how he had things running at practice … How he had us running at practice.”
10/15/20 MBB Practice Alabama Forward Alex Reese (3) Photo by Robert Sutton
Tyler Barnes, a walk-on forward for the Crimson Tide from 2017-2022, expected a bunch of skill work in that first practice. Some shooting. Maybe a little two-on-two or three-on-three. Then Barnes and his teammates got a whole lot more than that.
He remembered full-court transition drills, two-on-ones, three-on-twos and more. Players recall it being about an hour. That’s when Barnes had a rare thought.
Maybe this basketball thing, it’s not for me.
Start conditioning now for your first practice, whether it’s tomorrow or in a few months. Still, there’s only so much you can do. The first one is going to be rough either way. Being in shape and being in basketball shape are not the same.
“Come prepared,” said Mouhamed Dioubate, now in his second season with Alabama. “Get some good rest the night before. Get your mind right, your body right. Just be ready when you step foot on the court.”
Prepare yourself mentally
After the first practice with Oats, Johnson returned to his dorm room that spring night in 2019 and made a proclamation to his friends.
This guy’s legit. We’re going to win.
Johnson saw not only how hard Oats ran practice but how he ran practice.
“Competitive, intense, while teaching,” Oats said. “Every drill we do as much as possible.”
Your mental preparation will be almost as important as your physical preparation. Take good notes in film sessions outside of practice. Know what the coaches expect of you based on those conversations away from practice. Alabama wants to play and practice fast.
Also, take the time to put yourself in the right headspace. Bring a mental edge.
“You can’t walk into a Nate Oats practice and not be 100% ready to go and ready to compete,” Johnson said. “You’ll get found out real quick.”
Competition isn’t intangible here. It’s tracked. Alabama divides into two teams each practice, crimson and white. Then, the staff keeps a tally on a whiteboard of how many drills each team wins.
10/15/20 MBB Practice Alabama forward Alex Tchikou Alabama Forward Tyler Barnes (15) Photo by Robert Sutton
Lose a drill and get ready to run a sprint. If, by the end of the day, you are on the losing team, prepare to run some more. Alabama doesn’t condition on the track.
“They believe you get in basketball shape by playing basketball,” Barnes said.
Especially with strike drill.
The five-on-five drill will test your mental fortitude. Bring it up, and just about every player reacts to it like it’s an old nightmare.
“That’s like the drill that kills everyone,” Dioubate said. “There’s no breaks. No dead balls. You just keep playing.”
You want to score as quickly as possible. Each team is trying to reach 150 points, and when you make a basket, you score the number of points left on the shot clock. So, if you score with 25 seconds left on the shot clock, you get 25 points added to your score. If you turn the ball over, you lose points.
The drill tests endurance and conditioning. It’s full-court, straight transition and sprint. Learn how to thrive and ace this drill more than any other. It can alter the day on the whiteboard.
“Strike drill pretty much controls the whole practice,” Gurley said. “You could be down four going into strike drill. They come out up three drills, a whole seven-drill swing.”
7/27/22 MBB Practice
Alabama Forward Noah Gurley (4)
Photo by Robert SuttonCrimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
The drill can reset at the discretion of the coaching staff if someone doesn’t meet a non-negotiable. So, the drill can persist for a while until one team reaches 150 points.
There are ways to help yourself in strike drill. Much of it requires staying mentally sharp. Talking is one of the ways to help yourself. It’s a non-negotiable the coaching staff demands. Also don’t BCD: blame, complain or defend.
Other non-negotiables: Stay in a stance, pressure the ball, crash the net and sprint in transition.
Otherwise, expect to hear “game” called. For example …
Game over. Tyler didn’t box out.
The drill stops, and you have three seconds to get on the line and run down and back in the middle of practice, picking right back up with the drill afterward. If you’re not on the line or you don’t make the sprint, you’ve got to run again.
While one team is running the down and back, the other team has a chance to shoot a free throw to earn a point on the whiteboard. That’s why strike drill can be the most impactful on the day.
“There’s nothing worse than having a bad day of practice and you can see the thing going up,” Barnes said, “and you’re just like, ‘I know at the end of this too we’re just going to be running a bunch.’”
One more thing that’s important for your mental approach: Pay attention. Don’t daydream; Dioubate said that’s the biggest mistake you can make in an Oats practice.
“It feels worse than running,” Dioubate said. “You’re just getting yelled at in front of everybody.”
Alabama head coach Nate Oats watches his team practice ahead of a Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. UConn plays Alabama on Saturday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson )AP
How this will benefit you
If, after reading all of that, you still want to proceed and practice for Alabama, know that there will be payoff. Look forward to games.
“By the time you get to a game, you’re in better shape than everybody because the way we play doesn’t allow otherwise,” Johnson said.
Much of Alabama’s success under Oats has been a result of its ability to play fast and score quickly. It’s no different once again this season. Alabama ranks No. 1 in adjusted tempo among all teams in the country, per KenPom.
“It’s fun to go fast, play in transition, make those good plays and things,” Barnes said. “Once the dust settles, you’re able to appreciate (practice) a little bit.”
And if you’re talented and fortunate enough to play professionally, Oats’ practices will have you prepared.
“If you can make it through a Coach Oats practice, you can make it through 90% of things in life,” Gurley said. “It lets you figure out if you like basketball. It lets you figure out if you have any perseverance in you.”
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a proper way to let someone know of my feelings for them? Does a proper courtship have to, at least initially, be hinted at and read between the lines?
GENTLE READER: Despite the appeal of love at first sight, Miss Manners would think that a declaration of love would be more flattering when you have gotten to know something about the person.
But this is not the Lovelorn Department, so she consulted her dear friend Stendhal, who declares in his book “On Love” that it is doubt that fuels love — and certainty that cools it.
Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
