Finding Meaning
Lasting Faith
Religion is an important source of meaning, and always has been. I take exception when poll results are interpreted to infer that religion...
Heart Talk
To Resolve, It Is Often Just Too Hard
Every year about this time, I try and come up with a column about New Year’s resolutions...
The Kibitzer
The Revolution is Here
The single most positive impact of Donald Trump’s presidency is the awakening of women. While he likes to proclaim that he...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
HOLIDAY SHOPPING DONE for next year. That’s right – Delicious Branahougan fruit cakes are selling 2 for $35 and packed in a beautiful...
Pet Peeves
Pinch of Salt
It was with wondering eyes that I read the Indy’s “Local Chefs Celebrate Loved Ones with Holiday Traditions.” Six area chefs reminisced...
Does the Wet Suit You
Aspiring Heights
Laguna Beach has always been an aspirational place to live. Folks live here because they want to. It isn’t like their car broke...
Musings on the Coast
An Economic Primer for the New Year
If you are worried about our economy, you have a lot of company. The stock and housing markets...
Finding Meaning
The Century Rule
The search for meaning lies at the heart our life journey. One may err along the way, but we usually deal with...
Wisdom Workout
A Sanity Assessment
Happy New Year 2019! Many of us have given up on the tradition of New Year's resolutions because of the all-too-common experience...
Heart Talk
Taste Buds in a Monastery
“How much do you weigh and how tall are you?” asked the good doctor at the Hoag Clinic on Ocean...
The Kibitzer
Sex Offenders to Sell Ice Cream in Laguna
Calling all grifters, scammers, minstrels, buskers, barkers, carnies, conjurers, shylocks, scalpers, rapscallions and confidence men. Its open...
Guest Column
Tree Removal, Replanting Done for Public Safety
The City takes great pride in maintaining its urban forest and appreciates the benefits of trees (there are...
Does the Wet Suit You
Activated Charcoal
Did you have a Merry Christmas with Santa bringing you everything you wanted? Santa was pretty busy here at Wet Suit World Headquarters....
Finding Meaning
Divine Resolutions
The best argument for a divine origin of us humans? New Year’s resolutions. Plain and simple. It defies mortal reckoning, the way we...
Musings on the Coast
The Attack on Young Families
Youngish families are leaving California. The stats are depressing. People aged 26 to 44, in prime family-forming age, no longer...