Social Q's and A's with Times Advice Columnist Philip Galanes

Dear Abby can only get you so far — right up to the 20th century or so. But when it comes to questions about manners in the modern world, that's the specialty of Philip Galanes, who writes the popular "Social Q's" advice column in the Sunday New York Times.



Galanes' new book, Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today, is a compendium of helpful guidance that the columnist has doled out to Times readers over the last several years. He's got tips for all kinds of social situations, but especially for those that involve our virtual lives. "A tremendous number of my questions come from people who are just trying to navigate the digital world without doing anything so egregious that they end up on Inside Edition," Galanes told TIME.    Read Here