The actress' breakout role didn't come without challenges along the way Ron Galella Collection via Getty; Alicia Silverstone/Instagram Alicia Silverstone was 15 when she scored her breakout role in ...

As part of the selection process into any military program, letters of recommendation are just as important as physical fitness tests, grades and leadership experience. When seeking entrance into ...

Every few years, I am thankful for the “Judging the Judges” series run in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It’s a survey that asks the opinion of attorneys around town about various judges, who are then ...

In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement. By Colin Moynihan The letters ...

Dear Eric: On December 12, “Professional Courtesy” wrote about a friend who had asked for a letter of recommendation and then edited it without the letter writer’s knowledge. The letter writer wrote, ...

Securing strong letters of recommendation is a critical part of the college admissions process, a way to flesh out an application beyond test scores, GPA and lists of extracurriculars to make the ...

We started the Norlander holiday letter back in 1995 as a whimsical chronicle of our ordinary lives. It generally opened with, “Greetings. The plastic tree is out of its plastic bag and lit once again ...

Dear Eric: A good friend asked me for a letter of recommendation. I wrote something short (less than a page) that I thought was truthful and adequate and inserted my name in the signature block but ...

Dear Eric: A good friend asked me for a letter of recommendation. I wrote something short (less than a page) that I thought was truthful and adequate and inserted my name in the signature block but ...

The Oct. 21 edition of the newspaper Advocate contains a misguided left-wing rant by Froma Harrop entitled "Trump loves farmers into bankruptcy." The column blasts President Donald Trump for losing ...

Letters of recommendation/evaluation are an important part of your application to professional school. During the application process, the first opportunity that ...