I have not had much time to write columns recently because I unchecked the retirement box and went back to being a CPA who had quite a hectic tax season. I

On Jan. 21, the city Planning Commission approved a new construction project at the Westfield Valencia Town Center mall. In response, an organization called Santa Clarita Safe and Strong appealed

The March 3 ballot contains only one statewide initiative — Proposition 13. No it’s not that Proposition 13 (the one that was passed in 1978). This Proposition 13 seeks voter

“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” — Former UCLA football coach Red Sanders Although the preceding quote is frequently attributed to Vince Lombardi, Lombardi heard it from a UCLA

I have read with interest the discussion between Betty Arenson and Christopher Lucero on The Signal’s recent opinion pages concerning the situation in California. To be sure, both make valid points. 

In recent elections, health care has been an important issue. For 2020, the Democratic presidential candidates have offered several proposals and the Republicans have regurgitated their proposal to repeal Obamacare

If you are like me, every year at Thanksgiving you consider some things to be thankful for, but some years produce greater blessings than others.  This Thanksgiving, our family is

Back in 1973 when I studied at Cal State Northridge, I took a sociology class. As an accounting major, I wasn’t really interested in sociology. Rather, I was interested in

Now that Oct. 15 has passed and all of the extended tax returns have been filed, the 2018 tax return preparation cycle is complete. Most of the provisions in the

Since the night of the 2016 Presidential election, I have felt that we are inexorably headed toward impeachment. I remember telling friends in October 2016 that whoever was elected will

One of the most misunderstood provisions of the Affordable Care Act is the so-called “individual mandate,” which requires that most Americans choose between purchasing a certain level of health care

I am sure many readers can’t believe I am writing this, but Donald Trump is on the right side of an important issue by issuing an executive order requiring greater

One of the problems with following business news these days is that it is highly politicized. Increasingly, people’s view of the state of the economy is tainted by the political

My hobby is model railroading. Today, virtually all model railroad equipment is manufactured in China and is imported by American companies. Most model railroad products are produced in limited runs

Let’s take a break from politics and discuss what happened at the baseball trade deadline. If you are a Dodger fan, you are probably concerned about the Dodgers’ bullpen, which

In my last column, I wrote about the current crisis that many diabetics face with respect to getting their medical insurance to pay for their insulin. This column discusses an

Before the advent of modern technology, coal miners placed caged canaries in the mines. The canaries would easily succumb to poisonous gases in the mine and warn the miners of

President Trump claims the Chinese are paying for the tariffs imposed by his administration. Recently an administration official said the Chinese are already lowering their prices of goods that are

When I was a kid, we used to play football in the street. Because our game of football was not organized, the rules often were in a state of flux.

It is not often that a mundane section of the Internal Revenue Code becomes a pressing issue, but that is exactly what has happened to Section 6103(f). The purpose of