Columns

by Chris Quilter   I was going to walk to the recent Planning Commission subcommittee meeting on personal transportation options other than cars. Such as feet....

By Roger Bütow Charlene Thomas’ well-intentioned “Tips for the sewer repair crew” letter to the editor in the Dec. 29, 2023 edition of the Independent offered suggestions...

Euphoria Warning Investors now seem almost obsessed on when the Dow Jones Industrial Average will pass through 13,000. That’s an interesting tidbit for those in...

Christmas Tree Caper I didn’t get the message. I showed up the Sunday after Thanksgiving with grandkids in tow for the tree lighting ceremony at...

Editor, Twenty-four years ago a letter ran in the LA Times protesting an ad the Irvine Company ran promoting The Laguna Laurel housing development. Ironically, the...

Laguna Checkout There was a knock on the door. “Candy-gram.” No response from inside. Then another knock followed by a second “Candy-gram” greeting. The hotel...

Another Laguna Good Samaritan  Haven’t you wondered about that New Testament story, “The Good Samaritan?” I get the message that compassion towards people who are different,...

Miracle or not; the Dilemma of the Jacaranda Just lying here all weekend, it was a quiet Memorial Day, no sun, no beach-goers, lovely coolness....

Our three sons were all traveling with their wives last week. One was in Ukraine, delivering more donated ambulances. The next was in Italy...

  Timely and Timeless   “Fate carries its own clock,” Pearl Bailey, “The Raw Pearl” (1968)    The first few weeks of the New Year have most of...

Treasury Bonds Or Tesla Stock? Stocks sold off as the summer began, giving back the gains they achieved in May. Investors seemed unusually spooked by...

Graduation Daze I enjoyed reading the Indy article “Class of 2016 Displays an Enterprising Bent.” 116 undergraduates received diplomas from Laguna College of Art and...

Walking A Tightrope Stocks continue to walk a tightrope above the perils of some country fleeing the Euro Zone or of this country falling off...

Catch and Release America’s got talent. Laguna’s got no talent left. So says an Indy article “Turn Over at City Hall.” I take umbrage. Hello,...

Last Minute Tricks Laguna Beach has had its share of last minute political dirty tricks. Perpetrators know that even when they are found to have...