When I think of Sam, I see his hands most of all. They’re large, weathered hands, the kind of hands that have seen plenty of hard work, that have paid

You’ve heard it said, “When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go.” Well, it’s time for Steve Knight to go. California has been putting up a lot with Washington

Trump’s presidency didn’t have to turn as such a tragic and dangerous farce. While always a divisive character, Trump didn’t have to end up righteously disliked or ever hated, by

It may come as a shock to some that the city of Santa Clarita provides one of the very best public health care systems in the whole world — for

The sun and the breeze were refreshing and beautiful, flowing through the palms, dancing on the water – all passing by his windshield on a picture-perfect Autumn day on the

I don’t know how single parents get it all done. Even more, single moms, who often have more tenuous jobs at lesser pay than their peer single dads. And let’s

Richard Russell may go down as perhaps the most innovative, eccentric, captivating and thought-provoking suicide of our time. Russell, a 3.5-year employee of Alaska Air, stole a 76-passenger Bombardier Q400

A couple of years back, our Starbucks friend Herman invited Carrie and me to attend a Holocaust memorial service at SCV’s Congregation Beth Shalom. This special event was shared in

“Why can’t we all just get along?” Uttering these simple yet seemingly unattainable words, none other than Rodney King went down in public memory as a fatally flawed yet nascent

Did you know there’s such a thing as a “Wayback Machine” that can take you back in time? Not quite take you back personally, but it can take your web

This past July 7, Signal columnist Gwendolyn Sims penned a column titled, “Democrats Don’t Really Care About Kids.” Let that sink in for a moment. You mean, all those 30-odd

It’s the Fourth of July. Independence Day. Americans’ most favorite patriotic holiday of the year. Hot dogs and cookouts and beer and brats and burgers — and in our locale,

This past Saturday, Carrie and I attended a gala fundraiser for the Gary Sinise Foundation. The star-studded event was held at the posh and over-the-top home of one of the

Carrie and I just celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary. We’re getting into rarified air as far as marriage spans go. It’s been a good run, with all the highs and

Nearly 43 years ago I was a “greenie” – a brand spanking newly minted Mormon Missionary in Finland. I’d turned 19 just months before; had completed an intensive two-month deep

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed….” to all sorts of follies. Just this past week Signal Columnist Pastor Hegg commented that people, especially young people, seemingly have little