Columns

Whiteout Author’s Note: The following article was one of 45 entries in the inaugural Laguna Art-Inspired Writing Contest. Mine did not win. But hearty congratulations...

  My therapist says dwelling on mistakes made in the past serves no useful purpose. Learn from them and move on. But, I am a...

Hiding From Risk Stocks kept their course during a challenging quarter. After selling off in May and rallying in June, the market ended off three...

Heisler Park - Oh My! It's a warm and sunny day in Laguna Beach, and I find myself strolling along Heisler Park. The ocean breeze...

This is a message to the many people in Laguna Beach who knew and cared about Danita Crivello and who mourn her passing. In the...

I’ve always thought being an art, music, film or theater critic must be an awful gig. Who wants to be a crusher of dreams,...

The Love Connection   Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday this year so the excuse that your business schedule is grueling isn’t going to fly. Let’s do...

Three Steps And Rumble For the first time since November, the financial news was not dominated by national politics. The Federal Reserve took center stage,...

The CIF third-ranked Laguna Beach boys and seventh-ranked girls look poised to win their sixth Orange Coast League titles this season after winning the...

Intuitive Problem Solving One of my favorite consulting clients heads a large educational firm in New York. Every six months, Chuck comes here and we...

Friendly Monster at the Performing Arts Center   Instead of urging my girls into their baths and beds, last Tuesday I ushered them into the car....

By Annlia Hill Late in 1924, the Hills (Carrie, Merton and kids) drove south from town on a narrow two-lane oiled road (Coast Highway) and...

Fork in the Road I read Indy’s, “Pedestrian Plaza Moves Ahead” before my morning cup of coffee.  Big mistake. I was totally confused. I had...

Historic Ripoff 3.0 The fog of obfuscation and misdirection generated by the usual mind-numbing presentation quickly filled the chambers during last Saturday’s special City Council meeting...