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Based on research done by Adam Grant, one of the highest-rated professors at Wharton School of Business, about 35% of our business workforce is...

  The chance that I would go to see a movie about a guy who is addicted to pornography is slim to none. However, the...

Barbra Streisand’s lilting nostalgic song at the Oscars Sunday night brought back not only the first time I saw that movie “The Way We...

Up, Up And Away Stocks held their course through a choppy season of quarterly earnings reports. Many companies met or exceeded earnings estimates but often...

Quick Exit From Dramaland   Change is in the air. At least in my life. Everything from upgrading my computer to having  my web host decide...

Beach Environ Relived By Bill Sorrells The hot summer sun has baked the high tide line crispy, and it crunches as you stroll the sand, sensory...

By Mark D. Crantz   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in Paradise, but oh no, the Pope quit.  Holy Cow! As only the late Chicago Cubs...

Farm to Table I made a bet with my wife. The bet was I wouldn’t write a Pet Peeves column for one month to...

Take the Bait Will we go to the lake this year? I imagine. Will you take us fishing? Fishing! You hate fishing.   Too many bugs. Too hot. The juice isn’t cold. Salmon...

More Money, Honey   Another perfect day in Paradise, but then there is Wall Street.  Oh, no!  Even though Wall Street is 3,000 miles away or...

New ‘Old’ Friends? The Beautiful Wife abhors violence.  But she also loves a TV show full of murder and mayhem.  It’s called “Blue Bloods” and...

A Good Buzz at City Hall Public comments about prohibiting medical marijuana deliveries and commercial cultivation at this past Tuesday’s Council meeting was a marvelous...

The Nervous Bull Market Well over a year after making new highs, stocks finally broke through to new closing records on both the Dow Jones...

Unsolicited Campaign Advice The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. 
     –Jesse Helms   As an interested party (not to...

Laguna Moves on Climate Action Plan On Nov. 14, the front page of my Los Angeles Times ran a stark photo of a burned forest...