Take a good look at the Signal masthead. That thing at the top of the paper with the fierce-looking Eagle. “Vigilance Forever,” the banner calls out. As long as I

This was to be an easy and lighthearted column to write. A rare but deserved praise to President Trump for aspects of his “China Trade War” policies. But then, the

A Signal columnist wrote a while back he could never get a good explanation of what liberalism is. I’m here to help with that today. The comment struck me as odd

Here’s some good news: It’s been over two weeks since America has experienced a truly horrific new mass-murder shooting, empowered by a grossly contorted interpretation of a Second Amendment intended

Last week, responding to the Gilroy mass-murder, I wrote: “We have become slaves to an anachronistic, tortured (Second Amendment), and as slaves, we’re passive bystanders to the slaughter of our

Some 228 years ago — it might have well been 1,000 years for all the “progress” that’s since been made in weapons — our nation’s founding leaders stuck a compromise

Remember hearing, “There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there’s the United States of America. “There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and

I ’m cheating in this column. Carrie and I are enjoying a quiet week’s vacation on a boat, mostly disconnected from the world. The calmness here reminds of something I

Remember the Imperial Walkers from Star Wars? Those giant terrifying mechanical nightmares that looked a whole lot like those giant cargo cranes at the Port of Los Angeles – but

Americans are aware that the U.S. has some pretty nasty skeletons in our closet. Locking up our Japanese citizens during WWII. The slaughter of millions of Native Americans and forcing

This is not America / Shala la la la A little piece of you / The little peace in me Will die  For this is not America Blossom fails to

It’s hard raising kids these days. There’s so much coming at Junior, from so many media sources. A constant bombardment of competing interests, allures, attitudes, temptations – and examples. Parents

It’s not just about the Thin Mint cookies, you know. “Girls Scouts” is about the meaningful lives and the accomplished women they build. From young girls just starting out, into

A few weeks back I wrote a column, “Anti-Environmentalism Is a Mountain of Trash.” The key point is that careful stewardship of our environment concerns us all and isn’t a

The past two years have seen a relative bloodbath of pedestrian and bicycle accidents in and around the Santa Clarita Valley. Tragic accidents, like high school athletes hit in crosswalks.

“So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!” So tweeted our

For the younger among us, this must have seemed a long, strange winter. By golly, it’s was cold from November to March, and rain levels haven’t hit this deep, hard,

Last week I received a letter from a long, long-time-ago next-door neighbor friend, Cyndee. Think a 50- to 60-year back kind of neighbor. The type you saw just about every

“Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” With these words etched in history, Joseph Welch, special counsel for the Army,

We’ve heard much in the media from Republican pundits and carbon energy promoters of the folly of environmentalism and the inability of man to intervene against pollution and its effects.