Columns

Excuse Me, Mr. Gallup One of the benefits of hometown newspapers like the Indy is their support of local institutions, including Laguna’s churches. By contrast,...

The Last of the Founders Today, most of Orange County is “blue,” meaning most partisan offices in Orange County are held by Democrats. This is...

Climate Change (and We) on Trial On Earth Day, my Laguna Beach friend Joe Praske and I went out to UCLA Law School to attend...

Balboa At least once a week, the family does a day trip to Balboa Island. Why? Well, there are several reasons. For one, I don’t...

Another Trip Around the Sun Ah, spring, beloved spring is here. The weather is warming up, new flowers are blooming, and baseball has returned. Many...

Transformation vs. Change The first leadership development corporation I worked for had the statement "To Grow and Progress is to Change" on their letterhead. A...

Cage the Rage “Tolerance is about the pursuit of truth—about being able to see the value of another person's perspective or truth. It's an acknowledgement...

The Dirty Bird’s Golden Egg Early one morning, a couple of tourists were walking along South Coast Highway. As they passed by the open door of...

Famous Physicists in Laguna Each week I scan the horizon for a topic about meaning worthy of 500 words in our beloved Indy. Today,...

May the Force… News outlets across the country pulled our town over to look into our new police cruisers design. We used to have white...

Campaign Promises Some campaign promises are best left unkept. Candidates get a lot of predictable questions and for the most part they give predictable answers. Except for...

The Mueller Report Well, the big day has arrived. We now have the Mueller report which after 600+ days of investigation and expenditure of over...

A Sad Use of Privilege We Americans tell ourselves that our society is a meritocracy, and in some instances, this is the case. During my...

This Aggression Will Not Stand  They are more aggressive than our cop cars. Their garish, neon color makes our black and whites (plus red, white...

A Timely Vacation    Sad and Mad desperately needed to get out of town. They poured through brochures highlighting exotic locations until they mutually agreed...