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Jason Gibbs: Reciprocity gun debate heats up

Anthony Breznican opined in The Signal this past week how HR38 (Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017), co-sponsored by Representative Knight, counteracts the country’s misguided need for stricter gun “safety”

Gary Horton: Know and act yourself, fully

We humans are vulnerable creatures. We’re as likely to fall victim to our own foibles and errors as we are to outside influence and force. Our brains are like nitro-glycerin.

Brian Baker: Still more on concealed carry

The day after my last letter was published regarding Anthony Breznican’s hysterical assertions about reciprocal interstate recognition of CCWs (concealed gun carry licenses) The Signal posted a rebuttal written by

Maria Gutzeit: Happiness doesn’t come in a box

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” These classic

David Hegg

David Hegg: Longing for peace at Christmas

The year was 1847, and the parish priest of a small French village needed a new poem for the traditional Christmas Eve service. He approached Placide Cappeau, the town’s wine

Bryan Caforio: We cannot normalize hate

Since President Trump’s election there’s been a well-documented rise in the number and visibility of extremist groups. I don’t mean extremist in the way some people automatically refer to anyone

Remembering the St. Francis Dam disaster

Almost 90 years ago, on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam ruptured, sending a 180-foot-tall tower of water hurtling down San Francisquito Canyon in Saugus, Los Angeles County. The

SCV Voices: Guest Commentary

Gil Mertz: Post-Moore-election: The outcome

Now that the Alabama Senate race is mercifully over with a Democratic victory, I don’t expect to see conservatives destroying property, gnashing their teeth, screaming at the sky, weaving therapy

Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree: Year-end tax planning conundrums

In the more than 40 years I have been a tax professional, this is the strangest year-end tax-planning scenario that I have seen. This year is especially complicated because each