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By David Hegg  As virtues go, discipline has always been understood as necessary to success. In the sporting world, we often hear that those at the top work the hardest,

Smears and character assassinations have been priority techniques of the Democrats used to destroy the reputations of their conservative Republican opponents.  This began with Barry Goldwater when he ran against

Dear Alice: So’s. Thanks to you, I just got my 120th major journalism award recently. Appreciate it, Alice. Profoundly. You’ve no idea how much this will irritate one of my

Last year I wrote an article called: “A Simple Man’s Path of Addiction.”  Essentially it was about my younger brother and his struggle with drug addiction. In it I mentioned

Perhaps the most significant thing to celebrate this Earth Month is the fact that we have a president who not only acknowledges the existential nature of the climate crisis, but

Today’s Washington, D.C., has become the American version of China’s Ming Dynasty’s Forbidden City.  A series of new Forbidden Cities have appeared along the southern United States border. Mexican drug

Save for my morning health elixir of warm water, juice from an entire lemon and apple cider vinegar followed by stumbling around the kitchen making faces like Joe Cocker, I’ve

Приветствую вас, дорогие товарищи социализированного города Санта-Кларита.  “Greetings, dear comrades of the Socialist City of Santa Clarita.”  We have won a great and glorious victory over the crushing tyranny of

There are trolls lurking among us. Humanity’s ancient enemies — prejudice, greed, the authoritarian spirit, nihilism — have been resurrected in modern forms and threaten to tear our country apart. 

By David Hegg  No one knows for sure who said it first but we all need to understand it. While your reputation is what people think you are, character is

During a recent town hall phone call (with our Rep. Mike Garcia), I was very encouraged to hear his clear support for fully opening our schools NOW in the 25th

When I was a boy, and all through my life, no matter what the world’s insanity screamed, there was always the sanctuary of sports. Playing it. Watching it. Lines on

The recent March Stevenson Ranch homeowners association meeting was very predictable. The HOA board president started the session on the defensive with an attempt to refute my assertions that the

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently refused to throw out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers opening day due to Major League Baseball’s removal of the all-star game from

Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart may be the two most iconic movie stars of all time, but the greatest and most influential actor who ever lived was Marlon Brando.  Before

Spring 2021 has arrived! A year of the lockdown due to the virus, and over a year since I’ve been to a live concert, something that I truly miss and

By David Hegg  Several years ago I officiated a wedding for two young people entering into marriage for the first time. It was a big deal, with a proper venue,

As you’re subjected to the day-to-day news of escalating federal power grabs, what is your response? Do you wring your hands, yell at the TV screen, complain to your friends

This is rather embarrassing, but I’ve never actually been in a militia. I played Army Guys during the formative age demographic of 4-41. This was long before the days of

Have you noticed anything different about the last couple of rainstorms? My housemate and I noticed after the rain that some of the succulents we keep on our patio were