Holiday greetings, my friends. It’s time for my annual public service column, in which I explain to you how to keep your annoying relatives off your back during the precious holiday time you’re ...

Some of you may remember the movie “Smile” from 1975, a satire on beauty pageants, during which one contestant proves her talent onstage by showing how to pack a suitcase. “Also, so your shampoo and ...

Here we are, so close to the holidays, which every tradition promises is going to be a time of love and happiness. Yeah, right. Sometimes it’s true. I still remember my first Southern California ...