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Recently, the New York Times published an article and podcast titled, “The most empty downtown in America.” It outlined the story of San Francisco’s rise as a tech hub, with

Oh, I tire of culture wars. Two sides, forever manipulating their base through exaggeration of emotional cultural issues, rather than fixing real problems and in truth, making America great.  Florida

By David Hegg The fact is, everything stands or falls on leadership. Leaders understand the importance of bringing people together to accomplish more than any could do alone. The best

Next week we celebrate Presidents Day and recognize both Washington and Lincoln, but for many of us, February is also when we reflect on the life of President Ronal Reagan,

I dreamed of death the other night. Mine. Nothing dramatic. A mob in the tens of thousands, faces distorted, angry, screaming, shaking fists and farm implements, was intent on killing me.

One of my biggest principles is the following: In order to make progress, you have to love the hell out of people, not judge them.   A cursory glance at

By David Hegg Yes, I watched the video. Isn’t that the question everyone has been asking? Yes, I watched as more than a handful of uniformed law enforcement officers brutally

It was sometime in the mid-1970s when I fell in love with stock car racing. I don’t remember the exact year — I was in elementary school — but I

Californians can’t go a day without hearing about tragic crime in their community. From the Drug Enforcement Agency seizing a record one million fentanyl pills in Inglewood, to the L.A.

In a move to make the government-ordered transition from gas stoves and heating to solar, the state of California’s newly formed M.U.M. Commission (Make Us Miserable) announced they’ll be hosting

Why does this mess have to happen whenever there’s a Republican House and a Democratic president? Nearly every time, these so-called “conservatives” threaten to drive us off worldwide economic cliffs

By David Hegg In a recent article at wng.org, university professor Thaddeus Williams chronicled the history of the West as moving from the Age of Faith, through the Age of

When residents and visitors walk into City Hall, they are greeted by some constants: The California state flag and the United States flag, the seal of the city, and four

AT&T is seeking a permit for a 75- to 95-foot cell tower in the middle of Stevenson Ranch, by homes and Stevenson Ranch Elementary School. The hearing is Tuesday. Hundreds

Just this week, I stumbled upon Mary Eberstadt for the first time. Mary’s an essayist, novelist, lecturer, research fellow-ette at the Hoover Institute and, damn her eyes, a woman conservative

Our national debt has increased exponentially over the past quarter-century. Many in Congress, particularly Republicans, claim to be deficit hawks who stress the importance of controlling the budget and reducing

Again, the entire nation of (thinking) Americans are forced to shrug shoulders and do little else.   Again, the United States of America has proven itself to be a total

In March 2022, Alina Habba, attorney for former President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit in federal court.   This lawsuit claims Hilary Clinton, Democratic Party leaders, former head of the

By David Hegg A few weeks ago I was honored to attend two important civic events. First, I joined a few hundred invested Santa Clarita Valley citizens at a Town Hall

California parents know something that the state of California is afraid to admit: One-party rule is failing our students.  Take our shrinking enrollment numbers and horrific test scores as case