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My daughter and I are not mall people. Or Disneyland people. We like music, but not noise. It was about 10 years ago when we were at the Northridge Mall,

I’ve enjoyed my Wednesday spot on The Signal’s opinion page for 18 years now. And, being on Wednesdays, the day after Election Day for every election cycle, I get to

By David Hegg The past decade has been littered with changing views on patriotism. For some, it remains a devotion to love, support, and defend America, its people, and its

What on Earth is this thing I’ve done? Dare I say — “Again?”   All this time, energy that has mysteriously disappeared, the specter that this project will be yet

The next president may face the most challenging term of office since the Civil War. Societal changes, economic challenges, geopolitical forces and technology will converge, requiring difficult, but perhaps unpopular,

It’s not often one attends a community meeting guarded by 20-25 peace officers. But this was exactly the setting at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill community input meeting this past Monday,

A hot-button issue for our local government, when thinking of the “homeless” crisis, and discussed by both primary presidential candidates, is the increasing cost of housing. Even after the November

By David Hegg In his 11-volume, “The Story of Civilization,” philosopher and historian Will Durant offered the simple yet profound observation that “nations are born stoic and die epicurean.”  

So I’m thinking about creating a new high-tech start-up and already I’m faced with debilitating roadblocks. First, there’s the fact that when it comes to things science, I’m dumber than

Most Santa Clarita Valley folks have a hunch that something’s going wrong “over there, off the 126.” And people living “over there” by the Chiquita Canyon Landfill absolutely know something

I recently presented several non-partisan discussions explaining the propositions on the November ballot. Until those presentations were completed, I did not want to disclose how I voted. Now that the presentations

By David Hegg I continue to be stunned at how rapidly moral fractures occur in our precious democracy. In the past few years, we have seen wholesale redefinitions of marriage, sexuality,

Here I am, so close to middle age. I so could have used this expression in school, at work, in relationships, when pulled over far too many times by the

The photo in question is of President Joe Biden wearing a Donald Trump hat on this year’s anniversary of 9/11. The White House later stated that Biden did so as

I attended Dr. Dianne Van Hook’s career tribute this past Sunday afternoon. Much has been written about Van Hook’s departure from College of the Canyons, but that’s not this column’s

By David Hegg With just over three weeks until the election in November, it’s time to talk about voting choices. No, I won’t be endorsing candidates, issues, or parties. What

Next month you have a choice in which you, not the politicians, not the media, get to decide the future of America. It is clear that we have one party,

I’ve been meaning to cancel Netflix for the longest time. Finally did this week. There was a jumbo $28 popcorn tub of reasons. First, top of the Blame List goes

It is customary at this time of year to offer each other the warm and hopeful greeting, “Shanah Tovah,” wishing everyone a good and sweet new year.  But this year

The first week of October saw a brief, but consequential, strike by East Coast dockworkers that was seemingly settled after a few days. However, if we look below the surface,