
Brian Baker: Naked judicial activism and overreach
This week, for a second time, a federal district judge – this time in Hawaii – issued an injunction against President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from several specific countries.

This week, for a second time, a federal district judge – this time in Hawaii – issued an injunction against President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from several specific countries.

In the “Weekender” edition of The Signal published March 11 was a column by Jim de Bree entitled “Long road to fixing Obamacare.” Unfortunately, I think his column is very

On March 8 The Signal published a column by Gary Horton entitled “Deciding to decisively end homelessness.” It seems that Gary and I agree on this issue, and I’m sure

On Saturday, Feb. 25, The Signal published a guest column by Ron Bischoff entitled “Learning to evaluate the ‘fake news.’” In it he noted the calls from several people and

On March 7 we’re having an election in this county, and there’s only one thing on the ballot in the SCV: Measure H, a proposal to increase the sales tax

In Tuesday’s edition of The Signal, a column by Jonathan Kraut entitled “Grassroots rallies: a new unity” and discussing Trump’s presidency makes it pretty clear that neither he nor his

On Jan. 24 The Signal published a column by Jim De Bree entitled “Obamacare doomed from the outset.” While I certainly agree with the title and general thrust of the

On Jan. 18 The Signal published a column by Charles Vignola entitled “GOP’s Russian turnabout.” In that column, Vignola seemed a bit fact-challenged. “This anti-Russian zeal didn’t dissipate over time,

It’s official. The Electoral College has spoken. Donald Trump is about to become the President of these United States of America. Those last four words are important because they describe

In my last couple of columns I’ve been discussing how the American left has blown its collective mind over the election of Trump and its hair-on-fire antics in trying to

In my last column I discussed the hair-on-fire reaction of the American left to the electoral rejection of the pantsuit woman in favor of the guy with the world’s biggest

Internet “memes” are images or pictures that have some kind of ironic or caustic message in words printed over them. There’s a very funny one going around that shows an

Well, the election’s over and now we know who’s the clear and indisputable loser: Clinton. The country has dodged a major bullet. But I’m more interested in considering what dynamic

The Nov. 1 edition of The Signal published a column by Jonathan Kraut entitled “Choose truth over fear.” Being familiar with Kraut’s usual approach to politics – a hard-left ideologue

Three men are in a small boat far from shore. The boat is being circled by hungry sharks when it suddenly springs a leak. Two of the men start desperately
In his column entitled “I have a dream” published in the Sept. 29 Signal, Steve Lunetta discusses “the plight of the black segment of our population.” Unfortunately, I think he