Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree | My Sojourn to Downtown Los Angeles

On Wednesday, June 11, I attended a not-for-profit board meeting downtown in a building on Alameda Street near Union. This is near where the Waymo autonomous vehicles were set on fire a few days earlier.  Normally, it takes me about an hour and 15 minutes to drive there, but on that morning, traffic was light and I made the journey

Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree | DOGE, IRS: Be Mindful to Secure Data

The Department of Government Efficiency has ordered the IRS to share what the Tax Law Center at NYU describes as an “unprecedented disclosure of confidential tax information.”  DOGE apparently says

David Hegg

David Hegg | Picking Your Team: Truth Matters

By David Hegg I wrote a column on the peril of forced unanimity a few weeks ago. The gist was that social pressure configured to ensure everyone subscribes to “groupthink”

David Hegg

David Hegg | Mr. Anonymous, Who Are You?

By David Hegg Why are we more prone to act poorly if we think we’re anonymous? Occasionally, we hear news reports of hurtful things speakers have said, thinking their mics

Richard Budman

Richard Budman | Doubling Down Against Name-Calling

In recent years, our nation and the Santa Clarita Valley have become increasingly divided.  Political disagreements have escalated into personal attacks, social media has amplified hostility, and community discussions within