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Village Matters

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Campaign Promises Some campaign promises are best left unkept. Candidates get a lot of predictable questions and for the most part they give predictable answers. Except for...

The Kibitzer

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Desert Pot Springs I recently attended a cannabis trade show in Desert Hot Springs to see how the recreational industry is faring (for a friend,...

Opinion: Wisdom Workout

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By the Light of the Moon  Vice is always in the active, virtue often in the passive.  ~ Frances Willard, 1876 When creating on my computer, I keep...

Wisdom Workout

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Tend and Befriend Are you a person who values commitment or are you an involvement person? If commitment is your strong suit, you score high...

Opinion: The Great Weiss Way

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

A tribute to Indy columnist Skip Hellewell

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By Rob Hellewell With great sadness, we announce the passing of Skip Hellewell. For the past six years, Skip has written the “Finding Meaning” column...

Opinion: Finding Meaning 

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“The best is yet to be...”  The Beautiful Wife and I are back in picturesque Midway, Utah, nestled in the ancestral home. It’s autumn. The...

The Kibitzer

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Congestion Suggestion Last week my friend and colleague David Hanson of that cross-town paper quoted me saying I was down on the City Council because...
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Opinion: Village Matters

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Endorsement tales and shenanigans It all looks so official when candidates cite their endorsements from supposedly impressive organizations. Behind the scenes, though, there are plenty...

Pet Peeves

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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....

Just for Laughs

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Read the Personals DID YOU SAVE MY LIFE? Yesterday, I woke up in the hospital, but don’t know how I got there. All I remember was being...

Guest Opinion: Good Slogans, Bad Policy

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By Laguna Beach Mayor Sue Kempf and Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Whalen The proponents of Measure Q certainly have catchy slogans—stop overdevelopment and put Laguna residents...

Taking Stock

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An Apple a Day Keeps the Down Market Away Apple (AAPL-$445) crushed Wall Street analysts’ earnings estimates. It did this the old fashioned way, not...

Pet Peeves

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Burnout I wasn’t around to read Indy’s “District Vows to Improve Attendance.” I took the day off to rest my eyes. And no, I didn’t...

Village Matters

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Stuck in the Middle “Clowns to left of me. Jokers to the right. Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.” This phrase from the...