Regarding Thomas Oatway’s comment on Aug. 6 (“Theater of the Absurd”) on Donald Trump’s not winning the election: I would recommend he click onto FrankSpeech.com and watch Mike Lindell’s Cyber
By David Hegg It is rare when we think deeply anymore. In too many ways, and in too many instances, we are becoming a people who let others do our
As of June 12, 2020, the L.A. County homeless population was 66,433, a 12.7% increase from 2019. Measure H, the L.A. County homeless initiative, is estimated to generate $355 million
By Ken Striplin Santa Clarita City Manager When the brand-new Canyon Country Community Center on Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway opens its doors to the public later this year,
On Jan. 6, angry citizens busted into the U.S. Capitol. Many others were swept up in the commotion and followed behind into the halls of power. Those on the
Amid all the national talk about deleting oppressors’ names from places and things, Californios are carefully averting their eyes from the elephant in the room: Spanish oppression of native populations
Aristotle stated, “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” Just take a stroll through one of Santa Clarita’s open spaces, and I think you will find this statement
The shocking extreme weather of late, from record-shattering heat waves here in the West to flood-inducing rainfall in the East and Europe, comes as no surprise to scientists who warned
The right wing’s capacity for false equivalency was demonstrated again, this time by Bill Ryan’s letter Aug. 4 (“Putting the Shoe on the Other Foot”). Ryan was commenting on a
The column (July 31) from Betty Aronson had so many untruths that it will be impossible to refute them all, but I will revisit a few of the most absurd.
We seek perfection. Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast awarded a perfect “10.0” in the Olympics, and Bo Derek was “10” in a 1979 movie. We might not be Nadia
Gary Horton started off pretty good with his recent article (June 30) entreating us to be wise as well as smart. It was good until the end of the first
In this day of political correctness, wokeism and cancel culture, it never ceases to amaze me that statues of our founding fathers are defaced and torn down because some people
As polite society reminds us, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But people with functioning frontal lobes will also point out that while you may be entitled to your
Two weeks ago, I promised to direct my column to the five or six most universally pressing issues of our time, in California and the U.S. at large. COVID-19 and
Gary Horton’s “Ditch the Age of Stupid, Make Wisdom Great” (June 30) paints all Republicans with a single brush. His latest is, “That implied label of ‘stupid’ is one Republicans
Until recently, it has always been the basic premise of progressivism that people are generally good, that no matter our race, religion, or class, the average person simply wants to
Thanks for publishing “Sweet memories of my Grandpa Bill, 1900-1975”! (Senior page, July 28.) It was so refreshing to read such a wonderful and inspiring story! I’m hoping for more
The insurrection on Jan. 6 was not a “normal tourist visit,” a guided tour or a “loving” assembly. It was a deliberate attack of the U.S. capitol. It was a
Young Republicans must learn the old traditional GOP time-tested policy that wins elections. The formula, according to Thom Hartmann, is simple: • Increase inequality in the country until poverty and