Columns

As August ends and September begins, my head is spinning with all that is clamoring for my attention. As a small example, my mother...

Stocks are going through a “correction,” normal behavior after a satisfying advance so far this year. Investors remain quite sensitive to company events and...

By Amy Capron The first Christmas you were no longer with us, our girls were all grown, the first grandbaby was born, and we celebrated...

What happens when goals are partly met and partly not? Everyone is a little disappointed—but at the same time pleased that some of what they...

Remembering Biscuit Bomber Bob Mosier Robert Mosier, a 96-year-old WWII hero, died recently after a short illness. He was active and lucid up until the...

Savoring a Trip Too Long Overlooked   It is hard to fathom that only weeks ago Eva’s Caribbean Kitchen in South Laguna was closed due to...

  Don’t drive a Tesla . . . unless you’re prepared to be utterly smitten by its features and performance and sticker-shocked at the $100,000...

Swell Time Down South By Dennis McTighe Things are beginning to wind down in the Central and North Pacific. Storms are becoming less frequent and not...

Slow Burn When Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano wrote in his recent headline, “O.C. let its history rot. And the Tustin hangar fire is still burning,”...

The Senior Scam I never realized the extent and ease with which people prey on the elderly until a recent trip to celebrate my dad’s...

A True Positive Change in Laguna? There’s a lot of talk these days about “positive change” for Laguna. We will definitely be changed after our...

Since Thanksgiving holidays highlight food as central, this quote captured my attention. "Eating is aggressive by nature and the implements required for it could...

1+1 I was never good at math. So, I’m probably the wrong guy to review the Indy’s “Math Teachers on Maternity See Paychecks Slashed to...

Billy, Good Bye I attended Pastor Don Sciortino’s service at the Woman’s Club last Sunday. His Net-Works Laguna Beach ministry serves the homeless, those Christ...

By Michele Hall Chris Quilter argues in his Sept. 28 column (Son of Susi Q, “Cavorting Season,” that it somehow is a negative development for...