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Next week is Thanksgiving. During this time, I like to reflect on the year we’ve had and all of the things that make me so incredibly grateful. And this year,

By David Hegg Let me state up front that what you are reading is an opinion column. In the news business, this is often called an “op-ed,” short for “opinion

The election is over. Let me repeat, the election is over.  We live in a deeply divided world, nation and community.  Our election results prove it.  We have a Republican

Unlucky and woeful me. I never got the memo. That was four years ago when Joe Biden, the absolute moron sandwich-eating worst leader since Vlad the Impaler, was unanimously elected

By David Hegg As I write this I am thinking back on a flight from Dallas back home to Los Angeles. And, due to the obnoxious fellow sitting beside me,

November is not only election month; it is also the month when we salute our veterans and thank them for their service, and the month of Thanksgiving when Americans come

My daughter and I are not mall people. Or Disneyland people. We like music, but not noise. It was about 10 years ago when we were at the Northridge Mall,

I’ve enjoyed my Wednesday spot on The Signal’s opinion page for 18 years now. And, being on Wednesdays, the day after Election Day for every election cycle, I get to

By David Hegg The past decade has been littered with changing views on patriotism. For some, it remains a devotion to love, support, and defend America, its people, and its

What on Earth is this thing I’ve done? Dare I say — “Again?”   All this time, energy that has mysteriously disappeared, the specter that this project will be yet

The next president may face the most challenging term of office since the Civil War. Societal changes, economic challenges, geopolitical forces and technology will converge, requiring difficult, but perhaps unpopular,

It’s not often one attends a community meeting guarded by 20-25 peace officers. But this was exactly the setting at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill community input meeting this past Monday,

A hot-button issue for our local government, when thinking of the “homeless” crisis, and discussed by both primary presidential candidates, is the increasing cost of housing. Even after the November

By David Hegg In his 11-volume, “The Story of Civilization,” philosopher and historian Will Durant offered the simple yet profound observation that “nations are born stoic and die epicurean.”  

So I’m thinking about creating a new high-tech start-up and already I’m faced with debilitating roadblocks. First, there’s the fact that when it comes to things science, I’m dumber than

Most Santa Clarita Valley folks have a hunch that something’s going wrong “over there, off the 126.” And people living “over there” by the Chiquita Canyon Landfill absolutely know something

I recently presented several non-partisan discussions explaining the propositions on the November ballot. Until those presentations were completed, I did not want to disclose how I voted. Now that the presentations

By David Hegg I continue to be stunned at how rapidly moral fractures occur in our precious democracy. In the past few years, we have seen wholesale redefinitions of marriage, sexuality,

Here I am, so close to middle age. I so could have used this expression in school, at work, in relationships, when pulled over far too many times by the

The photo in question is of President Joe Biden wearing a Donald Trump hat on this year’s anniversary of 9/11. The White House later stated that Biden did so as