Columns

Are You an Over-Talker or an Over-Listener? Talking and listening were fraternal twins separated at birth. Their parents were young and immature and so adoption...

Mother was very strict when it came to table manners. Rule #1—No elbows on the table. Rule #2—No shirt, no shoes, no service. And...

Okay Corral Marshall Dillon, Miss Kitty, Doc, and Festus can’t vote in Dodge City, Kansas. Not because they are dead, though that could also be...

Goodbye Good Ann Ann Richardson, who quietly served our community for over 20 years as a doer and organizer, has moved on. She fought a...

Read the Personals TALL, DARK, illegally-handsome guy of 40 – going into the witness-protection program (Midwest, I think). Seeking a gorgeous female pen pal with late-model fast...

Trump Can’t Abolish 14th Amendment Last week, Donald Trump publicly floated the notion of abolishing the 14th Amendment (i.e., birthright citizenship) via executive order. Forget for...

This column was going to be a reprise of an old election tradition, “Fast JJ’s Picks”. That’s where the city council race is depicted as...

In last week’s column, I promised to tell the story of Laguna’s first official schoolhouse where four churches also got their start. To set...

Put Your Pencils Down The test results of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, referred to by students as “Copy Off the Smart...

The Season of Angry Invective After this savage election season concludes, I call for a new PAC: Loosen Laguna’s Sphincter. The air has become toxic,...

Laguna’s Rouda Is Right for the CA-48 Voters in the CA-48 have a major choice to make in the approaching mid-term elections: either we vote...

Thank You for Your Unsolicited Opinion (Said Nobody Ever) Nextdoor is billed as a forum where neighbors can share pertinent information about where to find...

Wait a Second I’m worried. The sixth annual Art & Nature series brought to us by the Laguna Art Museum is coming up, Nov. 1-4....

They Are Not Just ‘Pets’ We all have lost people we love. We deal with it in our own separate ways with varying degrees of...

Mr. President, Democrats aren’t Violent or Evil Back in August, President Trump called Democrats violent people. Last week he characterized them as evil. Hasn't he ever...