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By David Hegg If you’ve been playing with an open mind and open ears, you’ve been astounded at the way identity has become the only thing that matters in debate

One of the consequences of the C0VID-19 mandated shutdown of public schools and forcing remote learning via the internet was awakening parents, who are now monitoring their child’s use of

Especially during these harsh political climes, I shouldn’t mention this in public, aloud. But, one of my best friends is a banjo player. Rodger’s a decent chap and doesn’t deserve

In its Oct. 27 edition, The Signal published a front-page article about the status of potentially pending litigation against the city of Santa Clarita that seeks to force the city

There are about 19 million living veterans in our country, about 6% of our population. Over one-and-a-half million live in California, the state with the largest veteran population.  There are

Most have heard the (true) story of the World War I “Christmas Truce” of Dec. 24-25, 1914. Well before the worst of the horrors of WWI, but after months of

This is a story that begins with a brick. There are many bricks that adorn the Veterans Historical Plaza here in our beautiful Santa Clarita Valley. Most of us will

One of the more interesting occasions in my college experience took place as I was waiting in line for a campus lecture. The announced speaker was Milo Yiannoupulous, a right-wing

By David Hegg I have often thought, in moments of great frustration, that the world would be a whole lot better if God went ahead and made everyone just like

When you hear the word “cuckoo,” do you think of a cute little bird that pops out of a Swiss wall clock? Well, the real birds – greyish-brown medium sized

On my Top Whatever Number Favorite Books List is Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” Someone dear and close gave me a collector’s edition years ago. I

Many would argue that all Democrats are in favor of funding the poor by extracting taxes from the rich. While this often appears to be the case, I for one

By David Hegg While much attention is focused on America’s rising financial deficit, there may be an even more troubling social trend on the rise. According to a recent AP-GfK

America is in a state of mounting peril that should capture everyone’s attention. It’s difficult to prioritize the topic in need of the most urgent attention, but we can start

Recently, in some grand periodical the name of which escapes me, a left-wing paragraphist demanded that vaccinations for the Chinese Flu be — mandatory. Not womandatory, mind you. But MANdatory. 

Let’s be Frank…. Award winning documentary filmmaker, Director Thomas Morgan, and Executive Producer Jeffrey Thompson (a 20-year Santa Clarita Valley resident) gifted Santa Clarita with a worldwide film premiere at

Today I write about my grandmother Irja. She passed away in 2004. She was my mom’s birth mother, and she lived to be 91. My mom only lived to be

This past week I had the joyful experience of sharing lunch with Stephanie English, our senior field deputy for Supervisor Kathryn Barger representing our L.A. County 5th District.   Now,

Earlier this year, the Treasury Department proposed requiring banks to report certain information to the IRS. The proposal has become a highly charged political issue, and consequently, media and politicians

By David Hegg Years ago, I listened as a world-champion bicycle rider was being interviewed following one of the Tour de France stages. When asked his strategy, he explained, “I