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 ...

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 ...

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 ...