Dealing with a major, untimely death in the family has been fodder for drama and comedy for years, but there seems to be more of it in the last decade or so. Perhaps it’s because of the success of ...

Back in my early days of suburbia, I received one or two catalogs in the mail, and that was about it. However, catalogs, I soon learned, are like rabbits: They tend to multiply if left unattended. At ...