Columns

Sunrises Gone Missing Temperatures continue to run five to 10 degrees below normal across much of the West Coast as they have all summer with...

Insecurity Amid a Cataclysm   Amidst the massive TV coverage of the tragedy in Orlando, we are all affected by accounts of the horror and helplessness...

Higher Altitudes The stock market is flirting with new highs on the S&P 500-stock index. As I wrote two weeks, ago momentum seemed destined to...

Good Bye, 2015; You’re Flat Time is running out for the stock market to put any exciting numbers on the scoreboard. With only one trading...

by Chris Quilter   An overeducated friend emailed me to announce that I’m a fifth columnist, at least for these past two weeks. I was sure...

Family Traditions Honor Easter  Traditions reflect the culture of a family. The Beautiful Wife is our tradition guru; though physically petite, she's our spiritual giant...

Learning from Hilary Last weekend, friends in distant places called the Beautiful Wife to see if we were okay. Meteorologists across the nation, it turned...

A Treat for Your Heart February is heart health awareness month and heart disease remains the top killer of men and women in this country....

Show Me My Money My first house was a tract house.  The phase my home was in had been completed and the builder was in...

By Mark Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in paradise, but now it's time to make New Year resolutions. Oh no!  And this year I'm...

Stocks For Going Steady Once again, stocks slumped for several days, prompting the media to sound storm warnings. Led by tech and biotechs, stocks then...

Election Coming; What’s Next? Stocks continue on track for their best August in 20 years. No major developments have taken place recently in the problems...

A Will to Change Hi Grampa. Hi Sweetie. Grampa? Yes Olivia. I love your house. You do? Do you know what I like the best about it? What do you like the...

New Highs, Old Principles Stocks powered to new highs on both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500. Only a week ago, I...

Addict Nation We have become a nation of addicts. And you can see it all over Laguna Beach. It comes in three forms: illegal drugs...