Sunday, Sept. 24, was Gold Star Mother’s Day in the United States, during which mothers of fallen soldiers are honored for their sacrifice. As grieving mothers all over America proudly
Uncle Earl and I were working on my irrigation system the other day. Now that the drought is broken and the local water companies have merged, I can be expecting
A recent editorial claiming the NRA and gun lobby are pushing guns into classrooms caught my attention this past weekend. Ms. Eisenberg seemed convinced that by allowing teachers or others
Most everyone in the Santa Clarita Valley is aware of the huge Newhall Ranch project. It is a massive proposal located along the Santa Clara River, Los Angeles County’s last
Yes, the newly-nicknamed dotard made it a movement. Incredulity, travesty, shock, and recklessness in the White House moves so quickly these days it’s hard to remember at week’s end what
Senator John McCain, who is free of any constraints caused by re-election concerns, continues to serve his country by objectively looking at health care legislation. I spent eight hours in
I adore the young activist, marching downtown, across her campus, down the highway and through the mall; writing elegant op-eds, blog posts and term papers on poverty; arguing with the
Certain recent events at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration remind those who have been in the Santa Clarita Valley long enough just how alienating things were before residents rose
There are many opinions on DACA these days – some good, some bad – but few that I have read really strike at the core issue: Who really is to
Deception is both prevalent and pernicious in our society. Liars lie, and we sense it all around us – in lofty arenas like politics and advertising all the way down
It’s a massive sprawl development that would increase traffic, add to our region’s air pollution burden and destroy some of California’s last remaining native grassland. Dubbed “Centennial” by developer Tejon
Kindergarten moms. The only thing more emotional and clingy are Kindergarten dads. Even weeks after the start of school, you can still see them lingering at the schoolyard gate. It’s
Many of my former business partners moved to Florida when they retired. The most popular community for those partners is Naples. When Hurricane Irma devastated Florida in general last week,
I was born in Wurzburg, Germany. My birth certificate(s) are a mish mash of documents in German and English and include a “souvenir” birth certificate courtesy of the U.S. Army,
We just got our first grandson, Mathew (with only one “t”), back in June. His folks live in Las Vegas so we may not get to see him very often.
Like a politically incorrect hurricane, Donald Trump has decimated the conventional expectations of how a “real” president ought to conduct himself. Language and behavior from the chief executive that would’ve
Few things anger us like promises unmet because the making and keeping of promises is one of the planks in the foundation of any healthy society. Everything from commerce and
In his Sept. 7 column “Heeding Robert E. Lee’s advice,” Jim de Bree told us of how, as a youth, he was “obsessed” – his word – with Civil War-era
Were you as shocked as I was to recently watch Democratic senators on the Judicial Committee question judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s religion as a modern litmus test for their
About twenty-five years ago, one of my clients was going public. They were the first real estate investment trust to have operations solely in southern California that sought to go