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It’s abundantly clear that some strange, inexplicable, rhetoric swirls around the chaos of what to do about our immigration system. The negative consequences of uncontrolled illegal immigration are obvious and

A few months back, the heavens opened and Santa Clarita got a proper Old Testament drenching. I was driving West on Soledad Canyon Road. To my right, a parade of

By attending Patty Robinson’s latest civic engagement workshop at COC last week, I learned a lot about academic research on Generation Z. I also learned I was born in the

By now, everyone has probably heard that the Mueller investigation regarding Trump White House collusion with the Russians in the 2016 election is now over.  In a summary to the

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

One of the common arguments in defense of President Trump is to point to the legality of his actions. Whether one is discussing the Muslim Ban, the recent government shutdown,

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Remember the “Thank You, Buck?” banners? They went up on more than a dozen bridges and overpasses around town, thanking then-Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa

By David Hegg I have always been very intrigued by politics, and especially the discourse between opposing parties. Argument — done well — is both fun and intriguing to me

Earlier this week, local leaders and community advocates journeyed to Sacramento to partake in discussions with policy advisors and elected officials on a wide range of state and local issues.

I was 8 the first time my dad and I hiked Placerita Canyon. It had rested there a few hundred million years, but, as a park, Placerita was just two

The Democrats are promoting new taxes. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has suggested that individual income exceeding $10 million annually should be taxed at a 70 percent rate. Sen. Elizabeth Warren suggested

“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,

I keep telling my daughter she needs to invent a transporter (a la “Star Trek”) so we can get to our destinations on time. I am absolutely not kidding. I

By David Hegg For most of human history, philosophy and ethics were based on what is known as the “axial” view of human existence. The axial position holds that this

Women’s History Month can be traced back to International Women’s Day in 1911. The Census Bureau takes it back to March 8, 1857, when female New York factory workers protested

Dear Congresswoman Katie Hill, How times flies! Do you realize if re-elected, according to your Dem Congress pal Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, you only have six more terms until the end

Captain Marvel got in the middle of an intergalactic battle once again, scoring some points for women with courage. The female superhero this time is our own Brie Larson, originally

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.

Typically, each January, with a scattering of criminal sentence reductions bills and often authorizations for some higher taxes and hidden and fees, our state Legislature enacts a slew of mindless

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  One of my habits is that I like to stop at my neighborhood Circle K every morning and get a 44-ounce iced beverage to get