Letters to the Editor

Jim de Bree | Editorial Conflated Issues

The Dec. 10 edition of The Signal included an editorial, “COVID and the Freedom to Dissent.” Unfortunately, the editorial missed the point by conflating freedom of speech with adherence to

‘Christmas Together’ at Grace Baptist Church

Grace Baptist Church hosted its annual “Christmas Together” concerts last weekend, featuring an orchestra, adult choir and youth choir, all comprised of members of the congregation, performing a variety of

Can California count its ballots faster?

By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal CalMatters Government Writers  For more than a week after the Nov. 8 election, control of the U.S. House of Representatives remained undetermined. All eyes had

Steve Lunetta | Campaign Ad Awards, Part 2

Part 1 appeared Nov. 24. As visions of sugar plums dance in most people’s heads, we here at the Vast Right Wing ConspiracyTM (VRWC) have visions of clean campaigning where

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Thomas Oatway | Is the End for the GOP?

It was reported recently that Donald Trump shared dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, who are anti-semites and Holocast deniers. Fuentes is a YouTuber who was banned from this

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Rob Kerchner | The Left vs. the Right

A study in contrasts: Right: In God we trust. Left: In climate/COVID models we trust. Right: Free and open debate. Left: Cancel culture and censorship.  Right: E pluribus unum. Left:

Jonathan Kraut

Jonathan Kraut | Examining 3 Ways to End a Democracy

When our founding fathers embarked on “the great American experiment,” the question was if a population could resist submitting to autocratic rule.   At that time, with rare historical exceptions,

David Hegg

David Hegg | It Matters How You Christmas

I can remember back in 1994 when, for the first time, a family asked the question, “Will you be holding services on Christmas since it falls on a Sunday?” When I

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Rob Kerchner | An Interesting Overlap

Millions of otherwise sane people were vexed by Donald Trump enough to vote for a corrupt, creepy, incompetent alternative who, in just one month, asked to speak to a dead

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Ronald Perry | If I Am a Liberal…

So let me get this right. If I am a liberal, after this last election, I believe that people of all ages can’t make a decision whether to vape or

Paul Butler: Going the Extra Mile

Paul Butler | What a Team!

Apparently about a billion people will watch the soccer World Cup final on Sunday, Dec. 18. All this talk about soccer teams got me thinking about work teams. Just like