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Joshua Heath’s May 21 column tells that he, like some other writers, has alluded to the New Deal as being the answer to the end of our Great Depression. That’s

As you read these words a small percentage of the world’s Jewish community is celebrating, or has just finished celebrating the holiday of Shavuot. Translated as Pentecost, Shavuot, in Hebrew

Recently, in the Garden of Stupidity sometimes referred to as this newspaper’s Letters to the Editor section, a rare and beautiful flower blossomed. Randi Kay penned a thought piece that

When a political party becomes so partisan that its knee-jerk reaction is to oppose everything the other side supports without thinking, it forces them to defend some very awkward positions

Armchair quarterback. A person who is not a quarterback but offers opinions and criticisms on the performance or decisions of those who are. This is what I see when it

Ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things: We have an obligation and duty to remember them! It was a gorgeous spring day. The smell of bacon, biscuits and coffee were in the

Let’s get this much straight, right at the top: I hate wearing these darn masks. Hate ’em. I wear glasses and they fog up. They make breathing hard when doing

The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corp. is a public-private partnership focused on growing jobs in the Santa Clarita Valley. Economic development will be more important than ever going forward,

My name is Blaine Ephrem. Last year, I had written about the Saugus High School shooting, which took the precious lives of Gracie Ann Muhlberger and Dominic Blackwell on Nov.

By David Hegg  In the world of social science, ethics is the discipline concerned with right and wrong. Technically, we all have an ethical system, a set of beliefs that

Tensions between Americans themselves and the animosity of citizens with government officials over COVID-19 and the shutdown have notably increased since my last column on this topic two weeks ago. 

If there’s one question we’ve heard the most since our victory last week in California’s 25th Congressional District, it is: How’d you do it? How is it possible a political

I wonder if the likes of Van Gogh, Michelangelo, da Vinci and Rembrandt all early-on in their lives asked the question: “Mom. How do you draw a nose?” Kandinsky, Munch, Dali

When in panic or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout…  — Children’s ditty Social distancing. Masks. Shelter in place. “Essential” businesses. Terms and concepts that have become all

For too many in the conservative movement, the meaning of citizenship essentially comes down to “I owe nothing to anyone but myself, for that’s what it means to live in

For weeks now, our economy, our community and our world have been tested and stressed to levels seemingly unimaginable by an invisible enemy. Back in March, Gov. Gavin Newsom provided

The May 5 edition of The Signal included an interesting column written by Gil Mertz entitled “COVID-19 and the Greater Good for All Americans.” The column discussed the difficult decisions

We understand that dealing with the spread of the coronavirus is going to be a prolonged process. The economy is beginning to gradually open up. Not because it is our

By David Hegg  I get it. This season is unique but at times morphs into an unwanted normal. Sometimes I don’t know what day it is. Weekends seem like weekdays,

There was a time in my life when I thought, “Hey, maybe when this whole journalism thing is all done, I’ll take a stab at politics, and run for local