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The Kibitzer

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Are We Premature On Street Closures? I was watching the great architect Renzo Piano discuss his new Whitney museum on Charlie Rose recently, and was...

Musings on the Coast

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Surprises Behind Cuba’s Socialist Curtain When you enter most undeveloped countries, your bags are checked by rough guards armed with Uzi machine guns. When you...

Taking Stock

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The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer The stock market beat goes on. Rumors of Greece defaulting on government debt scare investors and stocks then...

Village Matters

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Miracle or not; the Dilemma of the Jacaranda Just lying here all weekend, it was a quiet Memorial Day, no sun, no beach-goers, lovely coolness....

Inside Out

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Pilgrim’s Progress Blocked at the Gate         Death. Mortality. Spring-like thoughts they are not. Spring is about new life, beginnings not endings. Why then such gloomy...

Guest Column: Poor Hunting

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Celia was delivering a baby when most of her community left. The hunting had decreased progressively, they had to leave or starve. Celia was...

Taking Stock

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Here Comes June, Here Comes The Economy The economy contracted during the first quarter. The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, which accurately predicted this disappointing first...

The Kibitzer

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Vacation Rentals Can Work in Laguna I love home share sites like AirBnB and VRBO. They have shrunken the world and democratized hospitality in a marvelous way. I stay...

Guest column

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Drought ‘Solutions’ Deserve Closer Scrutiny How do all us water wise Lagunatics feel now? We saved and saved water while our neighbors in Newporsche Beach...

Green Light

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Aliso Creek Back to the Future $1.6 million! That’s what was recently paid for William Wendt’s painting, “The Old Coast Road.” The amount was more than...

Pet Peeves

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My 15 Minutes The unthinkable happened on April 25. The Orange County Press Club notified me by email that Pet Peeves was a finalist in...

Taking Stock

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Readiness is All Slow growth continues. This is a generally favorable environment for stock investors as it discourages the booms and busts that accompany apparent...

Shore Scene

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Raptors Lured to New Habitat June 1972 is considered the date of the first important victory in the modern environmental movement. That is when DDTwas...

Pet Peeves

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Skating By I’ve morphed into that old guy my friends and I used to make fun of when we were kids. I tell today’s kids...

Guest Column

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Ah-ha Anniversaries 50 Years after My Fall; Ten Years Since the Landslide I have experienced several ah-ha moments over the course of my lifetime.  One included...