As readers accept her view of life as a comedy of manners, they have increasingly sent Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life — romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death —as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas. In her columns and her books, Mrs. Martin explains the etiquette element present in nearly every aspect of life and explores etiquette’s philosophical underpinnings.  From free speech to political correctness, from office politics to national politics, she gamely wrestles with the gamut of social discourse and recourse.