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My niece-like substance, the beautiful and fetching Stefanie, took it upon herself to start a new tradition during this, Our Yuppie Plague. There’s enough family members to fill an Indian

For as long as I have been of voting age, I often wondered why a person never has to show identification to vote in a United States election. Just a

Over the past couple of years, I have become increasingly fascinated with social media and its impact on society. Social media has the capability to facilitate and amplify communication, but

Americans are most fortunate that this middle-of-the-road, non-threatening, quiet and thoughtful, traditional family man, is just the right man for the presidency at this momentous and critical time in America.

Regime change in the U.S. is upon us. As we expected, President Donald Trump is not going down without a tantrum and instigating more chaos.  Fortunately for us, since the

By David Hegg  Forgive me for being intentionally redundant as I know I’ve mentioned this sentiment previously. You don’t need 20/20 sociological vision to see how complaining has become one

I’m no constitutional scholar. But I am a pretty avid practitioner of the First Amendment. So, I have those five freedoms committed to memory, the five that the founding fathers

In the category of “you can’t make this stuff up,” Gavin Newsom’s California is a jaw dropper. Over the last few months, we have seen strip clubs deemed “essential” and

Well, we’re all effectively shut down for the holidays. May as well spend a little time looking at the family income tax picture before the year 2020 comes struggling to

I’m in the midst of an interesting life, filled with luck and adventures, triumphs and a few tragedies, the latter all curiously survivable. I’ve yet to master the fortune thing,

I am sure several of you remember weekly TV editions of, “The Wide World of Sports.” Plus, if you are one of the many who played sports themselves, I am also

How often do we think of taking a hard-lined view of a situation and allow our ego to be a part of the mix? I’ve learned in life it is

Who are we now? What government shall we inherit or support? We’re living in the curse of “interesting times.” Our own President Donald J. Trump, Leader of the Free World

Editor’s note: The following column has been revised to remove factual errors about the distinction between the coronavirus and the flu. Further, it bears noting that Mr. Baker’s commentary omits

Before the presidential election, Democrats were crowing about the inevitable landslide that was to come. A blue wave was building that would sweep away Donald Trump and the Republican Senate,

By David Hegg  I’ve always loved this particular weekend in November. We’ve just come off our Thanksgiving celebration and reminded ourselves that, even in this most unsettled year, we are

Ah, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. That day when the anticipation finally starts to pay off, the food-drink-football-shopping hangover from Turkey Day and Black Friday has started to lift, and you

The vast majority of us have done our part in giving up several months of living life. Many of us are far beyond responsible, yet we‘re rewarded with being used

Ah, late November. Winter’s in the air. Families morph into strange creatures, part flesh and blood. Part Zoom. It’s Thanksgiving Weekend and people — alone — will celebrate by sleeping

January brought with it a new Virus, COVID-19, presumably born in China. At first, experts were thinking this new strain would behave like current flu viruses, with the effects being