
Gary Horton | Goodbye to America’s Sorest Loser
The ability to lose and concede graciously is woefully on public trial in America today. Led by a president whose deficiencies in decency disallow a gracious defeat, our entire nation
The ability to lose and concede graciously is woefully on public trial in America today. Led by a president whose deficiencies in decency disallow a gracious defeat, our entire nation
By David Hegg Many years ago when my son was playing at the highest level of the club soccer, he helped his team win a very prestigious national soccer tournament
UPDATED Sunday, Jan. 3, to include omissions and recent developments: “Hi Tim, this is Allan Cameron.” It was an unmistakable baritone voice, and he drew out and emphasized the last
It happened over seven years ago but it got little play until 2018 when multiple media outlets started addressing the topic. Sen. Diane Feinstein’s “office director”/“gofer”/personal driver of 20 years,
Dear Kevin Payne — I’m writing this column a week early. By candlelight. Shadows dance eerily on dark walls and I’m composing this missive the old-fashioned way — via pencil.
Hopefully, all Santa Clarita residents experienced a joyful New Year’s Eve, by celebrating in a responsible manner, thereby eliminating the possibility of becoming an overnight guest in the Santa Clarita
COVID-19 is getting very up front and personal. No longer some “make-believe virus that someone you never heard of got,” COVID-19 is hammering Southern California – and especially L.A. County.
While there is great chaos and emotional uncertainty regarding a president who still insists on not leaving office, a greater and possibly more immediate threat to our safety and well-being
By David Hegg There are so many things we’ve been learning this year about the COVID-19 virus and the wide range of effects it has had, is having, and will
Let’s flash back a year. Remember the end of 2019? People couldn’t wait for 2019 to be over. The consensus was, it was an awful year, especially locally. We had
By Richard Budman Here we are on Christmas Day 2020. What a year this has been. For most of us, this Christmas will not be the same. We will not
It’s Christmas Day in Newhall. Elsewheres, I hear as well. I’ve been in homes, sometimes not mine, for 70 years now. I think the first three or four December 25ths,
It might seem odd, a Jewish boy from Brooklyn celebrating Christmas Spirit, but believe me, getting to this point has been a lifelong journey. It was not until after I
After an incredibly tight race in California’s 25th Congressional District — with only 333 votes (out of 338,943 cast) separating winner Republican Mike Garcia from second-place finisher Democrat Christy Smith
Christmas arrives in just two days. And COVID-19 is seemingly blocking all the joys and events and fun you’ve come to know and love… and sometimes dread. Public service announcements
I am a proud Democrat. I believe the principles of my party — social justice, humanitarianism, protecting the working man from the bosses — are what power the soul of
By David Hegg While the season of Christmas is enjoyed by many, I also recognize that in our pluralistic society, not all celebrate the birth of Christ. The honorable co-existence
Woody (answers phone): Cheers! Yes, ma’am, right away. (Turns to Carla.) There’s some lady screaming her head off. Carla: What’s she want? Woody: I don’t know. All I could make
What good are tax dollars if our elected leaders don’t use them to provide citizens with basic and necessary government services? California is about to learn the hard way that
Seems forever since I’ve dashed off one of these poor excuses for a Christmas present. So much to share about the family up here in the vast high desert wasteland
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