By David Hegg This column is all about this premise: It is more ethical, and more beneficial, to seek the truth and tell the truth than to drift along with

By David Hegg In the West we are preoccupied with doing, with attaining, with accomplishment. We work longer hours to meet the demands of longer lists while not so secretly

By David Hegg I write today as a son, a father, and a grandfather, and never in my life have I sensed the need for father power in our country.

By David Hegg I have come to believe if you say something outrageous loud enough and often enough people come to believe it. Over time even the most illogical, nonsensical

By David Hegg Growing up in the eastern side of Washington state, summer always started with the month of June. And even though we SoCal folks don’t have well-marked seasons,

By David Hegg Years ago I suffered a through a bout of vertigo as a result of an inner ear dysfunction. Fortunately, my symptoms were moderate and of short duration.

By David Hegg On Mother’s Day last weekend my wife and I were treated to a performance of “Les Miserables” at the Pantages. What a wonderful venue in which to

By David Hegg Today across the nation, millions of moms are getting candy, flowers, cards and more from those who love and appreciate the monumental influence they have had in

By David Hegg There is a growing tendency in our society to engage eagerly in conversations with others so long as we get to be the subject of the discourse.

By David Hegg Ever notice how no one in our society is ever wrong? I’m not talking about missing a test question or predicting the final score of a ball

By David Hegg For nearly 2,000 years Christians have celebrated the emptiness of a tomb outside the old city of Jerusalem. Whether it is known as Easter, or Resurrection Sunday,

By David Hegg In our society the words “knowledge” and “wisdom” often are taken as synonyms. But it wasn’t always so. In the ancient world “wisdom” was much more than

By David Hegg I have always been very intrigued by politics, and especially the discourse between opposing parties. Argument — done well — is both fun and intriguing to me

By David Hegg For most of human history, philosophy and ethics were based on what is known as the “axial” view of human existence. The axial position holds that this

By David Hegg It is well known that the illusion of secrecy tends to strengthen the will to do evil. That is, we are more likely to do what we

By David Hegg Recently, I finished a great book recounting the exploits of Dog Company, the group of Army Rangers that led the assault up the cliffs on D-Day and

By David Hegg It is popular today to suggest our country is experiencing a lack of leadership. In the current political discussions I hear it all the time. “We are

By David Hegg Back in 1973, the renowned populist philosopher Dirty Harry gave the western world one of the all-time great principles of life: A man’s got to know his

By David Hegg We’ve all heard it: There are none so blind as those who will not see. Although this cogent statement rises out of Jeremiah 5:21 in the Bible’s