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Recently Thomas Oatway penned a rebuke (May 31) to a letter I submitted where I quoted Mr. Oatway and spoke about his typical overheated commentary. Mr. Oatway claims his original

Recently Thomas Oatway penned a rebuke (May 31) to a letter I submitted where I quoted Mr. Oatway and spoke about his typical overheated commentary. Mr. Oatway claims his original

Watch any documentary about the rise of the Nazis in Germany or the communists in Russia, and you’ll be astonished about how few people saw it coming. The average Russian

Editor’s note: This column has been removed due to false and/or exaggerated claims about the writer’s past employment experience.

There is a quote from an eastern philosopher dated around 500 years before Christ was born. The quote begins with “watch your thoughts, they become words …” and leads through

By David Hegg Recently, I was approached by a young executive and asked a simple question: “What do you look for in someone you would hire to play an important

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans were unaware of the 1918 pandemic that rampaged across the United States a century before. This involved a highly virulent H1N1 virus, and

I don’t consider myself especially religious — so, my objection to the honors being bestowed upon the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence by the L.A. Dodgers and the state Senate is not

Last month, I referenced the challenges California has with the growing fentanyl crisis and how bills designed to tackle the issue were stuck in committee. The below is a quote

Fortunately or unfortunately, like it or not, the city of Santa Clarita is going to be split up into “districts,” which will each have a City Council member representing them.

I swear hardly at all. One should save the SHIFT/Top Of The Keyboard for issues vital or recalcitrant. So. Here goes. For The Love Of Mike, Get Your ¡£!#ª∞%$›fi™ Butt

Re: Pride Month. Imagine, if you will, schools celebrating American patriotism enthusiastically. Or freedom. Or even local community pride. Nope. Those things are all racist, or something. It’s way more

Part 2 of 3. What is bike touring? And why would anyone want to ride a bike in Japan, with their whole family? My love of bike touring began as

Sports commentator Jason Whitlock reports that USA Today recently “published a column attacking ESPN broadcaster Samatha Ponder for a tweet that supported [former] University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines.” Whitlock,

I think the (March 9) letter by Rick Barker asking us to give newly elected Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo a chance to prove herself either way — good or bad —

“In 2022, Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares came within 522 votes of defeating her Democrat opponent despite running in what was by far the most Democrat-leaning seat of any contested race in

The following is a copy of a letter sent to all five members of the Santa Clarita City Council. I request that the Santa Clarita City Council renounce any association

The following letter was received before Congress and President Joe Biden approved an agreement to increase the debt ceiling. Janet Yellen advised that unless the debt limit is increased, the

If the HBO series “Succession” characters of Tom and Shiv were an actual couple, this would be my analysis of their situation as a family law attorney. I’ll assume you’ve

When I first ran for office, I said that I would hit the ground running starting on day one. I didn’t make that promise lightly. I knew it would be

How can you let Gary Horton publish such blatant lies? He wrote the following: “A white Christian nationalist shooter” (commentary, May 10). First, his name was Mauricio Garcia. His parents