‘Terrible’ and ‘not ready to go:’ Blazers missing their defensive identity in Lakers loss

The Blazers suffered a surprising loss because they could not overwhelm a shorthanded team with their trademark defensive ...

Asking Eric: Sisters consider freezing out habitual liar after she actually told the truth, for once

A few months ago, Bea slipped and admitted the truth accidentally about a years-old lie. Claire took the slip as the last ...

Dear Abby: Cheapskate sister’s gifts are so bad, I wish she’d bring nothing at all

My sister is cheap. She’s also not good at choosing gifts for people. Often, the things she gives are worse than if she’d done nothing at all. An example: She was just here visiting and brought my ...