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Wow! Dec. 14. Only 10 more shopping days to go!  This will be my 66th Christmas. About the 58th I can still remember anything about… and most of that, I

When our founding fathers embarked on “the great American experiment,” the question was if a population could resist submitting to autocratic rule.   At that time, with rare historical exceptions,

I can remember back in 1994 when, for the first time, a family asked the question, “Will you be holding services on Christmas since it falls on a Sunday?” When I

I didn’t know Mayleigh Beaver. But I think of her every time I drive to work. And every time I drive home. There’s a spot on that drive. It’s an

Dear me how time flies and I think it was eight years ago. My daughter and I spent a couple of Christmas weeks by ourselves at our friend’s tony beach

I’ve mentioned in a previous column that I am the collections manager for a very large corporation and there was an “art to collecting,” which I take great pride in.

We have family friends living in Irpin, Ukraine. Irpin was one of the towns hardest hit by the initial Russian invasion. You’ve seen the horrifying pictures. The mom, Juliya, shares

I know we’ve entered the Christmas season and really need the joy, hope, and relationships with friends and family we all desperately need right now. But before we box up the

In 2018, during the Rye Fire, some residents of Stevenson Ranch were unable to communicate with loved ones due to poor cell phone reception. That fire came dangerously close to

“Hollywood North” is coming to life with the Santa Clarita International Film Festival  Another impactful event is coming to Santa Clarita and the timing couldn’t be better. The recent holiday

So. If I were filling out one of the endless federal government We’re Annoying You For Your Own Good forms, I’d have to check the escape-clause box known as: “OTHER.”

Across the room from me is an electrical wall outlet — an original with the house, which has, with time, turned a dull yellow. Our 110-volt outlets are the old

In 1991, when Jamie S. was 13 years old, she was kidnapped, raped and sodomized by Danny Brown while walking to her junior high school. In 1991, Jamie S. and

Sadly, just as the rest of us are getting giddy about Christmas and all the joys it brings, some will inevitably attempt to pick a fight over Christmas and its

When I found out my baby girl was going to be alone on Thanksgiving, at first my heart sank. There she was, over a thousand miles away, in a cold,

Over the years, I’ve returned from prettier places. There’s that familiar sickening and Pavlovian reaction, when the air wing brakes lower, and your jet lurches into descent, slowing down over

As Thanksgiving is upon us, I was thinking about the pilgrims and the events that occurred during the first Thanksgiving. What it must have been like for two entirely different

We here at the Vast Right Wing ConspiracyTM (VRWC) closely watch all elections but especially campaign literature. Why? Because we are very nerdy and ran out of episodes of the

I want to first congratulate those who just won political office in our local races. While a vigorous debate and policy disagreement are vital parts of any democracy, the people

For the past month I’ve been going around asking people a simple question: Do you think there is more good or evil in the world? I’ve asked my fellow pastors,