Writing yourself a letter is a good way to identify the things in your life that matter — as well as those things that you can let go. By Melissa Kirsch A few weeks ago, a reader of The Morning told ...

In an attempt at easing the high school-to-college transition, some U.S. universities have begun implementing unorthodox student assessment methods, reigniting a debate over whether the traditional ...

G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess. That’s because many of our letters began as Egyptian hieroglyph symbols 4,000 years ...

A collection of war letters, from the Revolution to Iraq, helps us all share in the powerful dreams and fears of our soldiers and their loved ones. Greg Kahn for Reader's Digest Some of the 150,000 ...

Guidelines: All letters to the editor will be considered for publication in print and online. Because of the volume of correspondence we receive, we cannot respond to everyone individually. The ...