Surf: In the Lineup
From Film Fests to Book Signings, Here’s What’s Cooking Around South County By Jake Howard Summer may be well in ...
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Historical Happenings: Sometimes a House Is Not Just a Home
By Tom Marshall Tom Marshall On Dec. 5 at 6 p.m., the San Clemente Historical Society will host a free ...
Wavelengths: Let’s Talk Turkey
From dancing to bowling, from negotiations to nerds, the bird is the word By Jim Kempton Wavelengths By Jim Kempton ...
Wavelengths: Weighting for the Holidays
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton After the holidays, there is always a surge of dieting. It’s inevitable, I guess—we ...
Wavelengths: Affliction of Affluence: Do We Struggle with Too Much More than Too Little?
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton For most of human existence, societies have struggled with a consistent set of challenges: ...
‘First We Surf Then We Eat’: Local Jim Kempton Shares Love of Traveling, Surfing and Eating in New Book
By Daniel Ritz In a foreword to Jim Kempton’s new book, First We Surf Then We Eat, famed surfer/chef ...
Wavelengths: Lifesaving Makaha-Style: Sometimes You Learn the Most from Your Fears
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton Rich Chew was a lifeguard for 35 years. Much of his career was spent ...
Wavelengths: Kids Are Making Some Big Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton Was it really 50 years ago that one million people filled the streets ...
Wavelengths: Whistle While You Work: What Is a Labor of Love?
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton Work is what we have to do, and leisure is the stuff no ...
Wavelengths: The Will and the Way: WWII is Proof America can Overcome Obstacles
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton The Greatest Generation had many achievements, but among the most impressive was how decisively ...
Wavelengths: As Tiny Tim Says, ‘God Bless Us, Everyone’
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton When my wife and I were first married and had just bought our dream ...
Wavelengths: Leaders of Today: More Scrutiny Needed of People in Power
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton The crises facing our town are in some ways a microcosm of the nation, ...
Wavelengths: Nuking it Out: In a Fight against Storing Radioactive Waste, We Are in the Dark
WavelengthsBy Jim Kempton By Jim Kempton Out of an inescapable curiosity, I attended a forum about the current state ...
Wavelenghts: The Freedom of the Press is our Cardinal Liberty
By Jim Kempton “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers ...
Letter: Wavelengths Columns Appreciated
Nonie Fickling, San Clemente My husband and I have been enjoying Jim Kempton’s well written opinion articles for quite some ...
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