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All signs point to our emergence from the worst of the pandemic. Death numbers are down, case numbers are down. Many Americans now recognize that an asymptomatic positive test is

DEAR KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN CO-CEOS SABIR SAMI & COL. HARLAND DAVID SANDERS — Revered gentlemen, I take digits to keyboards to complain. Guess what. It’s about chicken. Actually, I’m embarrassed

I’ve mentioned in previous columns that I am always searching to improve my spiritual self. I have been on that journey for most of my life, beginning at age 11

I’ve become a gray hair. Granted, a 65 and fit gray hair, still those 65 years have been rolled up into my 65-year-old opinions on everything.  And a primary opinion

Many years ago, I was a nationally ranked bike racer. Nowhere near the top of those rankings… but on the list. I traveled, mostly on my own dime, to bike

I’m old enough to remember the great song by the Who conveniently titled “Who Are You?” That’s a great question, and sadly, today it is being answered in a way

On Oct. 30, 2008, predicting a presidential election win, Barack Hussein Obama declared, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” His cheering supporters were

“For years, nay, sneaking up on decades, I’ve been lobbying to get Thornton Doelle on Newhall’s Walk of Western Stars.” That lead sentence? I wrote that on March 5, 2017,

I’m an optimist, a “hope springs eternal” type of person. But California’s brand is crisis and it simply doesn’t have to be like this. The ideas and solutions are right

I have had a few nice and interesting things happen over the past few weeks. The first was a chance meeting with a man who happened to be getting his

It seems like just a few weeks ago but 20 years have passed since Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff David March was murdered in Irwindale April 29, 2002.  The Saugus

Ukraine has reschooled Americans on what real patriotism looks like. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy himself has rekindled respect for how real leadership acts. It’s a shame it’s taken a tragic

As one of Santa Clarita’s most eligible bachelors, according to my mother, I have extensive experience on our local dating scene. Since I am such a generous, saintly person, I

It is well known that the illusion of secrecy tends to strengthen the will to do evil. That is, we are more likely to do what we know we shouldn’t

Of all the things that are Santa Clarita, the Walk of Western Stars just might be the Santa Clarita-est.  Similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Old Town Newhall

As radical Democratic Party operatives gain more control over the country, the effects are being felt all across America, especially in our armed forces. This week, a new MAC Store

Throwing money at trouble seems to be the American way. Often, officials spend taxpayer money in a way that does not fix the issue, and only temporarily addresses a symptom.

Sometimes we use words so often and in such far-ranging contexts that we actually forget what they really mean. Of interest to me today is the word hope. We hear

Like most, I have a serious Love/Hate relationship with Facebook. I haven’t figured out how to completely wash its smarmy germs off my skin, but, I also haven’t been on

I went to see Foghat at The Canyon recently and wow what a concert. The lead singer commanded the audience with such showmanship, and the band was incredible. It was crowded,