When it comes to avoiding the transmission of swine flu - without awkwardness or rudeness - perhaps the Samoans are best prepared. "In Samoa, people ...
Jo Bryant | Posted 09.14.2009 | Style
As a general rule, don't kiss people you don't know unless you are introduced to them in a social environment.
Kimberly Brooks | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living
With global travel, chronic antibiotic overuse and an ever greater means by which a virus can spread across the globe, why must we touch hands every time we meet or greet someone?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
If President Obama feels that he has to be the one to greet a man like Chavez, must it be with the kind of ear-to-ear grin that one might show girl-scouts selling cookies?
Susan Kuchinskas | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
Herein lies the key to becoming a more trusting, more unified society: Practice. We will need to exercise our brains to approach each other with openness to connection.
Paul J. Zak | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business
Even in today's global economy, touch is vitally important to doing business.
nytimes.com | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living