Continuing a theme that imagines life through the lens of videogame design, there are current topical conditions to illustrate further how a hypothetical game can model our predicament. In early
There have been a number of letters to the editor lately that, shall we say, are not well thought out — see Ms. Betty Aronson’s recent reply to one such
If you are in a conversation to mask or not to mask: Shut up, ask yourself a question. What’s the right thing to do? Then put on your mask. Your
An additional death from COVID-19 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. Forgive me for sounding cold-hearted and callous, but OMG, you’d think it was the end of the world. Any word
Bob Kellar has served our city longer and more diligently than any other City Council member. We should be honoring him rather than pillaging him for remarks made a decade
I want to state unequivocally, and as a City Council member, that I am against all forms of bullying and racism. I am against all supremacist groups, hate groups and
Experts agree our colossal domestic and foreign wildlife markets put humans at risk of pandemics. Yet exotic wildlife is not the only concern. Industrialized animal operations have spread foodborne pandemics
Gary Horton’s column on July 8 lists all the many things he thinks is wrong with America. I disagree with every bit of it, but there’s one misstatement of his
Civil rights, social justice, racism, police brutality, the anti-war movement, distrust of government, feminism, sexual liberation, sexism, gay rights, legalizing marijuana, rights for the handicapped and disabled, tobacco smoking in
Why would the Russians pay the Taliban to kill U.S. or other allied forces when the Taliban will gleefully kill any “foreign invader” for free? Remember when the Taliban gleefully
This is just an update and a few suggestions regarding mask wearing. It is great to see the majority of residents of our community wearing masks. While cloth and surgical
As a retired teacher I have been wondering how schools will be opening in the fall. The recent interest and call by the White House and the president for the
I have given thought to what has been going on the past few weeks in wake of George Floyd’s death and the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. Some of you
Ignorance is a powerful drug. Ignorance of anything allows the individual the latitude to indulge in flights of fancy and shout to the rooftops things that are believed but are
In order to logically determine the real issue with Antifa nowadays, one has to first understand what fascism is. As defined in The American Heritage and Webster’s New World dictionaries
Three people are interested in renting the house next door. Two of the three have extensive arrest records. The first individual has three major misdemeanor arrests and five major felony
Seventy-five years ago, six Marines raised the American flag on a mountain during the battle of Iwo Jima. Three of the six were killed on the island and more Marines
I know that I’m going out on a limb and I’m sure some of your readers will find pleasure in sawing it off behind me, but I’d like to point
Lisa McDougald’s June 30 letter to the editor imparts a vast amount of misinformation that needs to be corrected with the real facts. Ms. McDougald erroneously presented that Rep. Mike
The following is satire, I hope…unless subsequent events make it prophecy. Racist statues…going, gone. What’s next? Racist, discriminatory federal holidays! List of 2020 federal holidays and their offenses: Wednesday, Jan.