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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

One day in the Old West, a three-legged dog hobbled into a saloon. He hopped up onto a barstool and said, “I’m lookin’ for the man who shot my paw.”

It has been over three months since President Joe Biden gave an authentic press conference at the White House.  That would be a press conference where the president speaks, then

For you hepcat daddy-o’s and daddy-o-ettes, “Sticky Fingers” was the 11th Rolling Stones album, cut back in 1971. In rare cases, it’s also a condition where your fingers are —

The 65th United States secretary of state, Colin Powell died this week.   Son of Jamaican immigrants, Colin Powell was, during his tenure, the highest-ranking Black American in federal executive

By David Hegg How’s this for a bold opening: Life usually comes down to response. Most of life flows out of how you respond to circumstances, opportunities, situations, people, problems,

You’re a Little League team. Playing against the New York Yankees.  Without a bat. That’s how one deputy district attorney described the plight of prosecutors in the era of District

During 2020 with COVID-19 infections reportedly at their peak and with major shutdowns of businesses wrecking lives and America’s economy, consumers were still getting goods, and transportation was pretty much

Confession? Here goes. Sometimes, I watch “Scared Straight” reruns. Originally, SS was a 1978 Oscar-winning documentary, narrated by Peter Falk. Since then, it’s metastasized into various cheesy and terribly satisfying

We have been lately warned that instead of finding Christmas gifts for sale we will instead find empty shelves. New cars and electronics are in short supply as electronic chip

By David Hegg Sometimes things we hear all the time can slowly creep into our belief system as though they were true. But, as a general rule, most general rules

Back in a previous life as a rookie Signal reporter, I was introduced to something that, at the time, was called “rotisserie baseball.” It was named after La Rotisserie Francaise,

I have been arguing that our leftist-led government, especially here in California and the Joe Biden administration, are incrementally taking away our civil rights, working to collapse small independent business

Years ago, a good pal married poorly. Like, AYFKM poorly. A highly successful Beverly Hills attorney and agent, he was a bucket of mischief, loyal, funny, well-off and smarter than

We live in a busy world. Sometimes we miss the signs or symbols that bring us comfort. I appreciate the fact that when I’m out and about, I am always

Carrie and I returned home from Seattle on Monday night during what turned out to be the Famous Lightning Storm of 2021. While lightning was setting palm trees on fire

Now that the recall election is behind us, perhaps more attention will be focused on the City Council election process, a local political issue whose prominence seems to ebb and