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'WOMEN ARE equals now. They can fend for themselves. To offer a perfectly healthy woman a seat simply because she is a woman, however well-intentioned, is creepy. At best, she'll think you're from another country; at worst she'll feel old, or overweight enough to be perceived as pregnant." And that is a lesson in modern manners, according to the new issue of GQ (with Clive Owen on the cover). Glenn O'Brien and other GQ scribes weigh in on e-mails, cellphones, gym etiquette, dressing for travel, how to handle chatty seatmates, sleeping with your friend's ex, online dating, wedding gifts and...

Imagine a luxury liner sinking into artic waters with too few lifeboats for its passengers. Who would get those seats? When the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, the answer was obvious: women and children had first priority. Why was this? Certainly, the male passengers could have over-powered most of the women and saved their own lives. What kept them from doing so? Chivalry. The idea that part of being a man (and certainly part of being a gentleman) is to sacrifice willingly to protect those who are more vulnerable. Of course, all those aboard the Titanic were equally vulnerable...

I love history. I’m proud of my Southern heritage. But for me to be angry to the point of protesting a moment in Southern history that happened nearly a century-and-a-half ago would be just, well, nonsensical. And would in some ways tarnish that heritage.

Don't talk to her like that again. Those were the words of Fox and Friends host Brian Kilmeade. A debate had been scheduled between Debra Burlingan and Richard Tofel. Debra's brother was killed on 9-11. The debate was over the freedom center. Tofel is the director of the International freedom center. Tofel was clearly outmatched by Debra. She won every argument. Tofel appeared to be very secretive. After the debate was over and the segment ended Tofel walked up to Debra. Debra was very emotional at this point. Her eyes had already filled with tears. Tofel walked up to Debra...

BERKELEY - Mike Tepper rode along Telegraph Avenue, past the spot where he nearly was killed early Sunday morning. He noticed that blood stains remained on the street along with the skid marks made by the Chrysler used to run him over.Those were sobering reminders of a harrowing incident that left Tepper, a freshman offensive tackle for Cal's football team, with a broken fibula, severe ligament damage and a dislocated tibia in his right leg.The injuries seemed minor considering that Tepper had been run over twice. Berkeley police arrested Berkeley's John Ray Smith and Oakland's Calvin Kelly and charged them...

Chivalry Now A review of The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry, by Brad Miner By Terrence O. Moore   Edmund Burke's famous pronouncement that "the age of chivalry is gone" was perhaps premature. Sure, ten thousand swords did not leap from the scabbards of the French nobility to defend Marie Antoinette, but such a betrayal did not mean that "the unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise" was forgotten in Britain, or America. More than two centuries later, the spirit of chivalry has not been entirely...

Archbishop's priory dream By Shane Desiatnik Wednesday, 7 April 2004 tremendous honour: Archbishop David-Francis Corbett conducting a knighthood ceremony in Malta in November 2003. Katoomba Archbishop David-Francis Corbett has risen to the highest ranks of one of the oldest Chivalric Orders in Christendom. His work within the Orthodox-Catholic Church in Australia has led him to four distinguished knighthoods, election as leader of the Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre and in September last year, election as Grand Commander of the Order in Australasia and Oceania. His official duties have taken him around the world, but he is now on a...

One of the dictionary definitions of "old-fashioned" is, "A style or method formerly in vogue; outdated." Oftentimes, being a gentleman is considered old-fashioned. So if the dictionary is right, acting like a gentleman is outdated.Is that really possible? Could being polite to your girl be outmoded? Is it archaic to treat a woman with the utmost respect at all times? Heck, no. We asked five single women to offer up some thoughts regarding the gentlemanliness -- or lack thereof -- of their significant others: "Jon has the best manners. He never talks with his mouth full, he always makes sure...

Is Chivalry Dead? By Bernard Chapin There are a great many burdens to shoulder in the modern world and surely one of them is whether or not we adhere to social mores. The challenge is whether we successfully can adapt to how the world actually functions in the face of what we learned as children. For men, one of the biggest obstacles is whether we should still incorporate the virtues of chivalry into our daily behavior. Chivalry is a practice that is in transition and may be, in a hundred years, just another quaint artifact of an obsolete age- like...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Blazers beat Dallas 98-79 in Game 4 of their NBA playoff series on Sunday, but that's not the only thing Portland head coach Maurice Cheeks had to be proud of. Prior to the game, Cheeks went to the rescue of 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert, who froze up and forgot the words to the national anthem before a nationally televised audience. Video: National Anthem Amnesia After she faltered and shot a pleading look toward the sideline, Cheeks went to her side and began to sing the song with her. Despite the fact that he was off-key and couldn't...

"In the wee hours of April 15, 1912, the great ship (SS Titanic) slipped into the deep waters of the North Atlantic, sending 1,503 passengers and crewmen to a watery grave. "The vast majority of the dead were men, many of whom stood bravely as they watched lifeboats full of women and children row away from the doomed ship. "During the U.S. Senate inquiry, First Officer Charles H. Lightoller was asked, "You discriminated entirely in the interest of the passengers -- first women and children -- in filling those lifeboats. Lightoller replied: 'Yes, sir,' to which the senator pressed, 'Why...

Tolkien and Chivalry Many people think of chivalry as a concept which comes from tales of swords, knights and wizardry of the Middle Ages. Ironically, however, one of the best-known tales of swords and wizardry comes not from the Middle Ages at all, but from the 20th century. “The Lord of the Rings,” written by J.R.R. Tolkien, appeared in the 1950s, and since its publication it has been responsible for introducing a whole new generation (or, more realistically, several new generations) to an ideal of heroism and chivalry that would have been very familiar to people of medieval Europe.Today, as...