The Roof Is On Fire

April, 2012

Chivalry, despite what some say, isn't dead. Case in point: the forthcoming second edition of Essential Manners for Men ($15, William Morrow), which reminds an impatient digital generation that the thoughtful, gentlemanly behavior of yore still has a place in today's world. Where should one start? With the basics, says Peter Post, the book's author. "Holding doors, helping a woman into her coat, being on time—these things remain appreciated," he explains. But what of more modern proble...