During a tour in Baghdad, I befriended a man who, working for an Iraqi employer, emptied our trash, cleaned our bathrooms and shared our danger.
I have a fledgling photography business, mostly shooting aspiring models. I am a full-time wheelchair user. When I mention that in e-mail messages when booking a shoot, I get a lot of cancellations -- a model suddenly remembers a prior engagement -- or just out-and-out no-shows. Is it ethical not to say up front that I have a disability? -- Jack Heniford, York, S.C.
An acquaintance, a professor of philosophy at a small public university, is planning to hold his prewedding bachelor party at a strip club.
Sometimes my normally obedient dog, Ornette, escapes our fenced yard and will not return on command.
We hoped to attend a symposium, "The Middle East in the 21st Century," on a ship that would dock in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait.