Columnists

Gary Horton: SVC skin in the homeless game

The homeless playing field has suddenly changed. Nine days ago, the deepest most of us got involved with homelessness was the occasional shock and bother of a ragged individual interrupting

Chad Kampbell: Diversity pledge matters

The Santa Clarita City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution affirming Santa Clarita’s commitment to diversity at its Feb. 14 meeting. The vote came after the resolution was first

Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree: Voodoo economics of HSAs

One of the ideas touted by the Republicans to fix Obamacare is the expansion of Health Savings Accounts, commonly referred to as “HSAs.” In case you have not heard of

Gwendolyn Sims: CPAC, winning and wariness

Last week I made the annual trek to Washington, D.C., to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). For those unfamiliar with it, CPAC is the largest yearly meeting of

Steve Lunetta: Trump and the Oscars

And the Oscar goes to …” Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway for “The Biggest Flub in Awards Show History.” Wait a minute. I read the card wrong. It really goes

Edy Munoz: Honor the SCV war slain

My name is Edy and I’m a student of College of the Canyons. I came across the topic of our SCV Fallen Warriors Monument in my English class. I’m currently

David Hegg

David Hegg: What happened to tolerance?

If we listed the cardinal virtues, one of them would be patience. It also goes under the names of “longsuffering” and “tolerance.” It is in this last guise – tolerance

Kathy Pisaro: Be heard at landfill hearing

On Jan. 10 The Signal printed an open letter from John Paladin outlining the problems with expansion of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill and requesting a hearing for the project. I