A bricklayer uses a plumb line to gauge whether the wall he builds is vertically straight. Does the presidential office exhibit a moral plumb line that measures how upright its occupant is? What does ...

A friend recently made reference to a “plumb line” in a conversation we were having about Costa Mesa, which inspired me to do some research. She mentioned she attended a local church service that ...

Editor’s note: This article is a reprint from Feb. 10, 2013. We do not like to talk with any degree of seriousness about consequences, especially if those consequences involve penalty and punishment ...