Columns

The Village Character We won’t be seeing any new columns or hear any more humorous but biting speeches from our elder statesman, Arnold Hano (1922-2021),...

  Waiting for GoDOT   I read the Indy story, “Riders Overwhelm South-Route Trolley,” as I waited for a south route trolley at the corner of Diamond...

Swiss Days in Midway “Are you going to clean up those horse droppings?” You have to be on your toes when the Beautiful Wife asks...

Hiking On The Edge Of The Cliff The headlines are alive with the sound of media flacks warning that the “fiscal cliff” will soon plunge...

By Roger Butow The dark, historical record and residential abuse about this project weren’t mentioned in an Aug. 13 news story in the Independent. Many...

Re-Opening Laguna By Jennifer Welsh Zeiter President Donald Trump’s guidelines for opening up America are worth reading, containing very useful information, and calls for re-opening America...

Fade to Yellow Of course it is old school. Of course it informs. Of course it is dependable, factual and reflects the human condition. And...

Still Number One “Don’t worry, my government will pay for the damage.” The Defense Department always included this essential phrase in its foreign language phrase...

Twins The Laguna twins were born on February 17, 1978. They were identical twins, except in one minor way. One boy couldn’t see green. One...

There’s a hidden treasure in Laguna. No, it’s not a chest of gold bullion at the bottom of the sea, or a cache of...

By Gene Felder The City Council squanders money paying consultants money usually to tell us the obvious or something that doesn’t fit Laguna Beach in...

Money For Nothing Did the Laguna Beach Taxpayers Association die and somebody forgot to print the obituary? I only ask because lately the antics at...

Diversity I’d like to start our first column by thanking the Indy for giving a voice to “the other side.” My wife, Michèle, and I...

Reportedly, on average 3 million gallons of pollutants empty into Aliso Beach daily--rain or no rain.  Motor oil, fertilizers, animal dung, and more contaminate...

Global Bargains Stocks pushed through the prevailing anxieties to end July with a 2% gain. That put them ahead 10% for the year so far....