Columns

Early Morning Riser “Early Morning Riser” was a song recorded in 1972 by the group Pure Prairie League. Sweet and soulful, with Craig Fuller singing...

  Greek philosopher Plato said of his Athens community: “This city is what it is because our citizens are what they are.”  If true, what...

It was not a dark and stormy night, but it was night and I was here on my sofa with my laptop in May...

Truth and Reconciliation Honor Dilley’s Legacy “No legacy is so rich as honesty” - Shakespeare, “All’s Well That Ends Well” Upholding a high standard of journalistic...

The Bigfoot Bar   Every year, friends and family suggest that I get out of town during the summer months to avoid the choking traffic and...

By Victoria Kertz Hey, Laguna! It's your thrifty cousin next door, Aliso Viejo!  Just popping into your local paper to wish you a happy and healthy...

Gold-plated Endorsement The scrum of serious City Council candidates was thick at this Labor Day pancake breakfast in Heisler Park. For the past two decades you’d...

Hints of the truth By Ann Christoph My cousin Kristie Hemenway wrote me a surprise email this week, “the quarantine has given me a little extra...

By Liz Zuercher   My adult son called me a bitch last Christmas, but I wasn’t insulted. It’s all about my famous almond roca, which inspires obsession,...

Charge It The holiday season is always a good time for turkeys, stuffing and gravy. Not the kind on the holiday table—the kind in city...

In Need of a Silent Night I make the same mistake every year, shopping for Christmas at the mall or almost anywhere for that matter....

As I perambulate about the community, I often am asked what I do, as in, who are you? My kids are not certain, since...

Market Rallies Are Not Sell Signals Some investors remind me of animals that have been abused and now resist offers of kindness. A majority of...

Sen. Klobuchar the One to Watch in 2020   Having left the comfort of Orange County to help produce a televised presidential debate from Des Moines...

Since I posted my “Here Comes the Stampede” column about the elitist, anti-tourism movement here in town, some of the usual trolls have come...