Columns

Another Laguna Good Samaritan  Haven’t you wondered about that New Testament story, “The Good Samaritan?” I get the message that compassion towards people who are different,...

How Lucky Can You Get? By Chris Quilter  Back when I had the mind of a small child because I was a small child, I remember...

By Jonathan Anzaldi Movement is the ultimate medicine that our bodies crave and require. As a personal trainer, my favorite part about my job is...

It’s Time to Ease Up Many suffer from a malady that is widespread but seldom mentioned. It is particularly prevalent among successful, accomplished professionals, both...

Happiness is Found in the Ordinary By Melissa Harris  Many years ago, I was the victim of a violent crime. In the moments that I was...

By Annlia Hill  Originally, mail was not delivered to homes but to post offices. Although free home delivery in the U.S. began in 1863 in...

Councilman George Weiss began his PR campaign last week to defend himself over claims that he created a hostile workplace that left our city...

Coastkeeper: Our Environmental Coast Guard By Tom Osborne Recently, my wife Ginger and I attended the Orange County chapter meeting of the Sierra Club to hear...

Is Old Laguna Going or Gone? “The body is willing, but the mind is weak.” That’s what the plaque at Cliff’s gym says. Somehow, I...

In Defense of Heretics  A heretic is someone who holds an opinion at odds with what is widely accepted. That said, I confess to the...

The Big Prank: Laguna’s Hilarious Approach to Parking In a move that can only be described as a stroke of comedic genius, the city of...

By Annlia Hill  The US Postal Service traces its roots to 1775 when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General. Local postmasters were commonly...

By Jim Grossberg In his Sept. 15 Guest Opinion, Michael Ray plays the same disingenuous game as other Shohreh Dupuis acolytes (a remarkable percentage of...

By Melissa Harris If this were the first day of the college semester and you had registered for my Positive Psychology class, I would ask...

Ancestral Ties Do you remember Pan Am, the airline that brought us the golden age of international travel? Back in the day, Pan Am’s lovely...