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The Time Ranger | ​​​Cougars, Epic Feuds & Rich Town Grumps

September 30, 2023 2:06 am

Happy autumn to you, saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trail ride through Santa Clarita history ahead.  There’s meth labs and gunfights, moonshiners, hermits and range

John Boston

John Boston | Uncle Fester Sits in the U.S. Senate

September 29, 2023 1:41 am

One of my favorite eye-rolling statements from the wonderful folk at Fox News goes something like this: “The American people are too smart to stand

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | A Special Camel Parade Through the SCV

September 23, 2023 1:27 am

This is one of my most favorite times of the calendar — no matter what year — the beginning of autumn. Big, huge, giant sigh

John Boston

John Boston | The Unintended Consequence of Hobos in Mojave

September 22, 2023 3:13 am

There are things one can do as king that one cannot accomplish as congressman. Even with relatively absolute power, the intricacies of human nature appear

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | James Dean’s Last Meal — Here in Saugus

September 16, 2023 3:41 am

Editor’s note: Due to a periodic shift in the time-travel vortex, the following history feature appears in place of the Time Ranger column this week.

John Boston

John Boston | Who, the Holy Heck, Fixed My Index Finger?

September 15, 2023 2:57 am

Via a finger, I have a question. Is it more important that I have confidence in God? Or, is it more important that God has

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Special Perverts Thrown into Volcanoes Edition

September 9, 2023 1:33 am

We’ll be starting off today’s trail ride with a feud. With none less than Time Magazine. Just wanted to warn you up front so you’d

John Boston

John Boston | Well Shrink My Prostate & Call Me Tiffany …

September 8, 2023 7:50 am

So. Last week, I got the prostrate operation. I am showered in the blessings of having so many friends who all, coincidentally, share the mental

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Booze & Drugs: Sometimes, Crime Pays

September 2, 2023 1:17 am

Happy darn Santa Clarita Saturday to you, saddlepals. First weekend in September. It’s a grand morning for a trail ride to distant Santa Clarita Valley

John Boston

John Boston | The Best Moments of a Parent’s Life

September 1, 2023 6:37 am

Perhaps John Steinbeck is in Heaven, pounding away on yet another flawless masterpiece, pausing to glance down from a cloud and wondering who is swearing

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Andy Jauregui — They Broke the Cowboy Mold

August 26, 2023 1:35 am

Top of another hot August morn to you, dear saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trail ride through Santa Clarita history ahead. We’ve got  unlucky CHP

John Boston

John Boston | Job of the Future: The Food Taster

August 25, 2023 4:32 am

Looking back, I’ve been blessed more than most men. But, there is a yawning chasm of personal achievement in my life that haunts me.  

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Oil Balls: An Ancient Fashion Statement?

August 19, 2023 1:31 am

A most warm and Western howdy to you all, dear saddlepals. We’ve a most excellent adventure ahead. We’ll be oohing and aahing over 8-pound gold

John Boston

John Boston | Phasers: Kill, Stun or Erectile Dysfunction?

August 18, 2023 3:36 am

Small things disturb me. Like, Phasers. You know. “Phased Array Emitter?” Remember? From the old 1966 TV show, “Star Trek?” Bill Shatner. Captain Kirk. “Boldly

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Did the Spanish Bring the First HOA’s?

August 12, 2023 1:22 am

​​​Top of a summer Saturday in the riparian Santa Clarita to you, dear saddlepals and saddlepal-ettes.  We’ve a grand trail ride through local history ahead.

John Boston

John Boston | Your Baseball Cap Screams What You Are

August 11, 2023 1:37 am

I am probably the absolute last person to write an essay on dressing up. Except for a gorilla suit and my cherished Wilt Chamberlain No. 13

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | So. Do You Live in Saugus? Or in Surrey?

August 5, 2023 6:22 am

A pleasant and sultry first Saturday in August to you, saddlepals.  C’mon. Swish around a little of that designer mouthwash. Slide into your loafers. Get

John Boston

John Boston | On Hunter, the Book of Job & Grasshoppers

August 4, 2023 3:31 am

The other day, I was chatting with a dear friend who still lugged around one of those old-fashioned beasties upon his tightly wound shoulders we

The Timer Ranger

The Time Ranger | Killer Heat, Dead Deer & Steve Gallion’s No-Hitter

July 29, 2023 1:39 am

​​​A happy Late July/Hotter Than Hades morn to you, saddlepals. Best we climb out of those bunks and hop into our saddles (taking the all-important

John Boston

John Boston | Large Bosoms, Modems and High-Speed Internet

July 28, 2023 10:52 am

My mind is oft occupied by odd thoughts and that is why I’m not on the receiving end of The Big Bucks. Or, a heartfelt

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