Columns

Show Me the Money In a recent column, we discussed the fact the toll road has consultants who earn $185 an hour to read newspaper...

Sticks & Stones Writer’s Note:The City Council has approved the Decorum and Civility Policy. This column covers the week leading up to its passage. A...

  In Laguna Beach, we like to think we are different. We welcome all types of people: old, young, gay, straight, male, female, black, brown—everyone. But...

It’s Magic How to escape the negative political atmosphere? The feeling that the town is seriously off track? Petitions to stop the inappropriate art structure...

Loopholes for Changing Downtown Property rights is one of my core beliefs. You should be able to do with your property what you wish, as...

The Dunk Tank This column was an early forum to point out that a certain council member should shift from the confrontational campaigning conduct of...

The Nightmares I was on a family vacation and asleep in my room in the house I had rented in a little town called Progresso....

Adios, My Friends This is my 100th column for this paper, and a fitting time for a pen drop. It’s been a blast. I stumbled upon...

I love the Slice Pizza and Beer restaurant. It’s the only place on the planet where I’ve shown my driver’s license and had a...

Heart Smarts Maintaining personal boundaries and standing up for our values through right use of yes and no, fosters self-care and self-confidence. We will call...

Crossing the Bar Well, it’s been a quiet week in Midway, Utah—the Beautiful Wife’s ancestral village high in the Rocky Mountains. Like Garrison Keillor’s Lake...

Laguna’s summer is finally here. Labor Day’s pancakes signal the end of our visitor-clogged visitor season. The scent of oil of tourista no longer...

Recipe for Unifying When I ran for City Council last fall, my main goal was uniting our city—I wanted to bring people together inspired by...

Go Figure An old lady was crossing the road before City Hall. Six figures were there to help her. Not one offered a hand to...

Reinventing Marriage The Beautiful Wife and I are back in Midway, Utah. It’s a picturesque village high in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains,...