Letters to the Editor

Mr. Arthur Saginian (April 22, letters) rightly notes that the fall of the Roman Empire was far too complex to blame on immigration alone. But in making that argument, he

In response to Gary Horton’s pontification of the military industrial complex (May 20), let us understand that President Dwight Eisenhower had just witnessed 400,000 Americans and millions of world citizens

This is a response to a column from Mr. Jonathan Kraut (May 19). I thought I was reading a letter from our enemy. Yes, there certainly is a cost of

Regarding Lois Eisenberg’s letter (April 2), fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, you’re barking up the wrong tree. You might even be in the wrong forest.  SOTU’s

Eisenhower warned us this would happen.  A victorious post-World War II America, armed with the most powerful military in human history, would eventually normalize militarism into everyday life. War would

I’m old so I love old sayings and one of my favorites is one attributed to Mark Twain that says, “There are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.” His point was

This weekend, I made my third trip in the last 12 months to Death Row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Eleven men sentenced to die have been working

Jack Crawford’s letter, “Blessed Are the Peacemakers,” in the May 13 edition, makes several assumptions while presenting them as settled moral truth. As a Roman Catholic, I also take seriously

I often disagree with many of your opinion columnists, sometimes to the point of writing and sharing my disagreement. Sometimes I think you publish your columnists for their diverse viewpoints,

Until recently, the Democrat frontrunner in the California governor’s race was a guy who spent years insisting that Donald Trump was a Russian spy, while he himself was canoodling an

On my five-minute drive to the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center the other day, I encountered seven e-bikes on the sidewalks and bike lanes. Two were performing dangerous maneuvers, including

Santa Clarita has long taken pride in thoughtful, locally driven growth, a city shaped by planning, community input and a clear sense of identity. But that balance is shifting. Increasingly,

Using a machine to think for you is a “route to mental flabbiness.” People who believe in artificial intelligence don’t approve that AI is a “route to mental flabbiness.” Their

Both sides? We are most assuredly not the same. The evidence points to the fact that only one side thinks assassination is the answer to solve our political differences. Only

You just can’t address major safety issues by only saying: “parents need to parent.” As a dad to two young children I fully agree with that statement in general. However,

Jonathan Kraut, you write of President Donald Trump, Iran’s Islamic regime, and war with Iran, as if you know enough to speak with any sense of expertise or authority.  My

I am once again taken aback by Gary Horton’s ambivalence about our country’s history (commentary, May 6). It is becoming apparent that the longer you are involved in academia, the

I am your neighbor. Not a lawyer, not a lobbyist, not a policy expert. Just a Santa Clarita Medicare recipient who found herself entangled in a government reach for something

I was raised as and continue to be a member of the United Methodist Church, but I have always had great respect and admiration for the pope as the universal

The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Commissioner Wendy Shapero of the Santa Clarita Courthouse. I read the report about the bail conditions imposed on Jared Paul