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Polls continue to reflect that Donald Trump generally holds about a 36% favorable rating from a segment of voting Americans. These are the same 36% that favor anything Trump and

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  I’ll never forget that Zonta roast in 1997. The Signal was the roast-ee for the big annual fundraiser, and Zonta’s roasters took full aim at

By David Hegg As a young boy my dad taught me to be careful not to choose the easy path in life. He was a firm believer that anything worth

After watching the second round of the Democrats’ presidential candidate debates, I have a foreboding thought that every agenda the candidates try and expound on to “benefit” our lives would

When I was 7, we had the strangest holiday. It was called Christmas. It was January 1958. I so clearly remember returning from Christmas vacation, hunched over a wooden desk.

One of the problems with following business news these days is that it is highly politicized. Increasingly, people’s view of the state of the economy is tainted by the political

Quentin Tarantino’s latest “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is a masterful depiction of 1960s America, when one era was fading and a new, darker one came to life. The

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  It was move-in day at Washington State University, and my daughter’s dorm room looked like a crime scene.  Blood, spattered on the wall. In the

By David Hegg For several years between my graduate studies and my first ministry position, I was in the corporate world. Providing for my family while serving as a lay

The sincerity of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declarations that California is THE place to do business is a big mystery. He bristled recently when yet another governor spoke of luring California

Some may point a bony, quivering finger and warn that dire things approach. Fistfights nationwide erupt over open borders, the proper amount of melanin in our epidermal levels, gun control,

I was cleaning out an old file cabinet last week and ran across a eulogy written about my father by one of his colleagues, a fellow physician. Next week marks

My hobby is model railroading. Today, virtually all model railroad equipment is manufactured in China and is imported by American companies. Most model railroad products are produced in limited runs

We all know that a warming climate will affect our water supply. Some areas of the country are predicted to see increased flooding from hurricanes and other storms, while climate

As I write this, I unfortunately wonder where our next mass shooting will be. I wonder how many more kids and parents, journalists, police and coworkers will die in our

By David Hegg Sometimes it turns out that famous clichés are just plain wrong, or at least wrong in enough important situations to make them suspect. One with which I

By Katie Hill Congresswoman On Nov. 7, I found out that you elected me to be your member of Congress. Our team planned to go line dancing at Borderline Bar

Remember the “good old days”? It was 1998, when we had to start explaining forms of sex to our middle-schoolers because of verified White House events involving cigars and a

Let’s take a break from politics and discuss what happened at the baseball trade deadline. If you are a Dodger fan, you are probably concerned about the Dodgers’ bullpen, which