Columns

Healing Hands Way back in 1775, the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a nation. Pretty good outcome, don’t you...

War Drums Can you hear it? Is it motorcycles on Coast Highway? Or, is it emergency vehicles? Maybe, it’s tourists’ car alarms? No. No. No....

Mothering Matters It is a marvel how new mothers handle anxiety with the endless bombardment of information they receive about perfect parenting. Each stage of...

Charm House Transparency Village Laguna has been defending its Charm House tour against those of us speaking out about their lack of transparency for the...

Rachel Visits Laguna Inspired by Jim Nordstrom’s photo, “Edward Hopper goes to the Legion Laundromat,” I wondered what might have resulted if commentator Rachel Maddow...

Carter’s Little Liberal Pills “Fat dogs have more fleas”—the new California motto? With 12 percent of the nation’s population, California has the fifth largest economy in...

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,...