The most popular story on Slate right now is a call for “ghosting,” or, in slightly more ethnophobic terms, the “Irish goodbye.” In it, Seth Stevenson argues that bidding adieu is inevitably awkward ...

The origins of the Irish Goodbye, where guests at a public event abruptly leave without saying goodbye, are lost to history, but by now we've become so famous for doing it that our name’s attached.

Saying goodbye to someone is never an easy task. If it’s someone that you’re especially close to, then saying goodbye can actually be the hardest thing you could ever do. After all, when two people ...

Winslet stars in the film as well. She portrays Julia, an ever-so busy mom who finds her life at a crossroads as her own mom, June (Helen Mirren), lays in a hospital bed with terminal cancer. June’s ...