
Rick Barker | Elected Officials
Elected officials freely chose to put themselves in the public eye and if they are worthy of the position they hold they are also intelligent enough to be very aware

Elected officials freely chose to put themselves in the public eye and if they are worthy of the position they hold they are also intelligent enough to be very aware

Over the past several months, when asked who I thought would win the election, my response was typically, “I don’t know, but here are my odds. Trump has a 45%

Nothing could have prepared me better for my career and life than playing team sports growing up. It’s hard to imagine someone now in their 70s pitching a fastball 100

Re: Letters, Christoper Lucero, “The Myth of Pure Capitalism,” June 29. I’m on the right. Why? Because I believe that the “right” stands for the individual, and the “left” stands

COVID-19 taught us a lot about our government, our elite culture and our media. In the midst of uncertainty and ignorance about the virus, even in the so-called expert circles,

The history of the U.S. flag as shared by Santa Clarita Elks Lodge 2379 officers at their annual Flag Day Ceremony on June 14 is very timely with Independence Day

I am writing to express my heartfelt appreciation for the recent article published on May 26, about the Memorial Day veteran flag placement at Eternal Valley. The article beautifully captured

The following is a summary of comments delivered during the June 25 Santa Clarita City Council meeting: I respect each one of you sitting on this council and I know

After reading the article on the front page of today’s Signal (June 26) regarding the cuts to the senior meal programs, I am angered and saddened. The state has billions

It seems some Democrats are giddy with delight and are celebrating the unanimous guilty verdicts against former President Donald Trump. It’s vulgar and tasteless, but such is the nature of

Quick poll: Has anyone you know personally apologized to you for their overreaction to COVID-19? Has anyone apologized to you for insisting that you follow those ridiculous rules? Test after

A recent “Right Here Right Now” column (Denise Lite, June 22) railed against socialism and praised capitalism — a reasonable proposition. It stated, “America is at the precipice of choosing

California became the first sanctuary state in the nation in 2017, which means our laws prevent local law enforcement from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport illegal immigrants.

One of the comments I heard concerning the events in the New York judicial system was made by constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University, that he

In re: Thomas Oatway, “Risky Medical Advice,” letters, June 21. Mr. Oatway ends his most recent rambling diatribe with: “My advice: Take medical advice from Mr. (Rob) Kerchner at your

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts by a jury of his “peers.” “Peers …” I find that a rather amusing characterization, but whatever. Sweeping

Pay attention, people. California Senate Bill 961: This may sound good at first but there are too many reasons why we should all be concerned — the first and foremost

Of all the insidious lies told about President Donald Trump, one of the worst ones was the “fine people on both sides” lie. I’m loath to cite Snopes because their

I’ve often marveled about how the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan saved my father’s life, along with the lives of a million of his fellow American soldiers, plus 10

Robin and I share a family bond. Both our fathers were wounded World War II veterans. Her father was on the water, taken to a British hospital unconscious after his