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In a week in which we have seen a former president and a leading candidate for the GOP nomination for the presidency in 2024 arrested and charged, I could write

Inept in math as I am, I like to point out I’m approaching middle age. Ergo, it was probably a good idea last week that I show up for my

A few weeks back our company held a corporate retreat at downtown LA Live. As part of the program, we attended the L.A. Clippers game at the nowadays dubiously named,

My favorite part of running for office is meeting people in our community. Throughout my recent campaign for Assembly, I had the opportunity to speak with thousands of people to

By David Hegg As an ethics column writer I find no lack of subjects to discuss. But none is more startling than the fact that too many Americans are willingly,

Gov. Gavin Newsom made news this week by signing yet another bill that will increase the price of gas and negatively impacts everyone’s cost of living. At the same time,

Heavens. I’m just sneaking under the wire with this one. It’s March 31 and the last day of Women’s History Month. I just wanted to salute those forgotten ladies who

At a local business meeting a few weeks back a pro-growth participant made a lighthearted quip about our local “so-called river with its so-called stickleback fish.” I jumped in, quipping

Even an avid Fox viewer would know that Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News for defamation with malicious intent.    Fox hosts pounded away hour

By David Hegg I stood in line at my favorite coffee shop and realized something frightening. Just like the four folks ahead of me, I had taken out my phone just

You’ve heard it from our governor before: Big bad oil and gas companies are out to rip off Californians by gouging prices and making a tank of gas unaffordable for

One of the 20th century’s most delightful gifts was the mythicist, Joseph Campbell. He may have been all of history’s most enlightened scholars of comparative religions and after you peel

Ah, tax season is upon us once again. I hoped to be a bit more prepared this year because last year we were hit with a few surprises and owed

Depending on your partisan affiliation, former President Ronald Reagan was many things. Brilliant economist. Bold leader against the Soviets. Worst man to ever occupy the White House.  But what’s undeniable

By David Hegg Throughout human history character not only mattered, but also it mattered so much that whole societies were determined to define, teach and applaud virtue. And this drive

Aside from high-speed rail, which future generations will see as just a few mysterious Stonehenge-like ruins in the Central Valley, the state’s homelessness crisis is the most visible example of

I have a few friends my age who are simply not wired to sit through a movie. We’ll be in the theater, chomping down popcorn. Bristling with impatience, they’ve gotten up

Our company just completed an annual retreat for 180 of our leaders, office staff and field leadership. Interestingly, most of our time wasn’t spent on goals or profits or plans

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”  — Winston Churchill A few years ago, I ran to represent Santa Clarita in the state Senate. I