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Corporate taxation is emerging as an important political issue. Although partisan talking points abound, unfortunately much of what is being said is hyperbole. In order to reach an informed point

We’re living in an odd time of widespread conservative distrust in science and professional competency. Increasingly, allegiance to flawed, discredited conspiracy theories and magical thinking upstages rational respect for science

In 2004, Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a rousing speech at the Republican National Convention. During his remarks, he made the controversial but hilarious comparison between conservatives, who he said believed in

I was deeply saddened to learn that my former neighbor and friend Joe Garcia passed away last week. Joe and his family were special people whose story is worth sharing. 

By David Hegg  There seems to be too much “either-or” thinking today. It happens in marriages, in friendships and in politics. “Either-or thinking” is what I call it when two

Day after day Democrat leaders and their cronies tell us we should cut carbon emissions, defund police, give up our legally obtained firearms, etc. They claim it’s dangerous to work

Monday, the William S. Hart Union High School District invited locals to speak at a Zoom meeting. Those who couldn’t participate or fit in the electron-sized boxes on their computer

I have been a tax practitioner for nearly 50 years. During my career, I have seen numerous tax law changes and patterns to those changes.   Two recurring unheralded patterns

I rue that day Kellyanne Conway coined the term, “alternative facts” – because those fake facts have taken on a mantle of credibility and “good as the real thing” for the

In every society, there is a battle between two powerful opposing forces of human nature. These notions are often mutually exclusive, as the favor of one usually creates the denial

L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy David William March, End Of Watch, April 29, 2002 Saugus native son David March would have just turned 52 and nearing retirement had he not been

By David Hegg  As virtues go, discipline has always been understood as necessary to success. In the sporting world, we often hear that those at the top work the hardest,

Smears and character assassinations have been priority techniques of the Democrats used to destroy the reputations of their conservative Republican opponents.  This began with Barry Goldwater when he ran against

Dear Alice: So’s. Thanks to you, I just got my 120th major journalism award recently. Appreciate it, Alice. Profoundly. You’ve no idea how much this will irritate one of my

Last year I wrote an article called: “A Simple Man’s Path of Addiction.”  Essentially it was about my younger brother and his struggle with drug addiction. In it I mentioned

Perhaps the most significant thing to celebrate this Earth Month is the fact that we have a president who not only acknowledges the existential nature of the climate crisis, but

Today’s Washington, D.C., has become the American version of China’s Ming Dynasty’s Forbidden City.  A series of new Forbidden Cities have appeared along the southern United States border. Mexican drug

Save for my morning health elixir of warm water, juice from an entire lemon and apple cider vinegar followed by stumbling around the kitchen making faces like Joe Cocker, I’ve

Приветствую вас, дорогие товарищи социализированного города Санта-Кларита.  “Greetings, dear comrades of the Socialist City of Santa Clarita.”  We have won a great and glorious victory over the crushing tyranny of

There are trolls lurking among us. Humanity’s ancient enemies — prejudice, greed, the authoritarian spirit, nihilism — have been resurrected in modern forms and threaten to tear our country apart.