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I fondly remember standing at attention next to my grammar school desk, with right hand over my heart, and reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance,” along with my classmates each morning.  As

What are the differences between a protest and a riot? It depends on who’s describing the event and who are the “victims.” If the describer is the mainstream media, beware.

Last Wednesday, before the seditious Capitol assault had been stoked by Donald Trump, my column read:“Manipulated by the Sorest Loser in American history, ‘representatives of the people’ are turning the

Recently, I shared a very funny cartoon on Facebook. It showed a photo of a mother confronting her child in bed, saying “I don’t care about the drugs or the

By David Hegg  Recently, I spent some time with friends who have recently moved out of California. Like so many others who are fleeing our fair land because they can,

On Jan. 4, 2021, Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, offered the opening prayer before the House of Representatives. In an attempt to honor new rules of verbal inclusivity for the 117th Congress,

When my husband and I first moved to the beautiful Santa Clarita Valley, we were for all intents and purposes neophytes in the area of backyard planting. We bought our

While browsing social media this past week, I came across an eight-minute video, showing the arrest of three individuals in Valencia. It seems, when our local deputies were looking for

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,