
Arthur Saginian | Lies, Damn Lies and Crime Stats
Rick Barker’s letter (May 20) on felonies, misdemeanors and statistics reminded me of the time I came up with an idea to completely eliminate reportable crime. It’s simple: Toss the

Rick Barker’s letter (May 20) on felonies, misdemeanors and statistics reminded me of the time I came up with an idea to completely eliminate reportable crime. It’s simple: Toss the

Gavin Newsom and his family have had a long and complicated relationship with the oil industry. The latest chapter in the saga, a legal and political dispute over state aid

By David Hegg When Charles Darwin penned his final draft of “On the Origin of Species” in 1876, he gave the world a game-changing worldview. Until then, it was generally

I participated in our 250th Independence Day parade and experienced the increased enthusiasm and energy of the crowd. There were numerous spontaneous chants of “USA! USA!” and singing “Happy Birthday,

It is the 20th anniversary of Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth.” None of its frightening predictions has come true. And yet none of the people who believed, and regurgitated,

Two hundred and 50 years ago, this country made a promise to the world: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Not for the privileged few, but for every American

Dear Leftists: Please check out all the hundreds and thousands of videos from foreigners touting how great this country is. From the landscape to the food to the friendliness of

The gods of football (soccer for us Americans) are having a good time, but not all the fans We bought our tickets late for the game we wanted to see,

Regarding Lois Eisenberg, “Pope Leo vs. President Trump” (letters, May 7) I must advise Ms. Eisenberg to dump the pope and read the the Bible. The Old Testament (most notably

I feel a bit like the proverbial frog in boiling water. You know the fable. You plop a toad in a pot and he doesn’t notice the temperature rising as

It was sad to hear that the recent heat wave in France resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 citizens, with over 85% being older adults. It could happen

Wake up, America! It is almost too late, unless we open our eyes now! Maybe if we look to our history we might, just might, wake up in time! Listen

For two decades, beginning in the late 1970s, the most powerful issue in California politics was crime. Sensational crimes such as the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas

It has been suggested that those who oppose the use of illegal fireworks should consider the facts that we loved fireworks when we were children, and we did not consider

OK, Gary Horton (commentary, June 24), let’s agree that Antifa is a fairly generalized term with very little real meaning. If you replace Antifa with Liberal Lunatic, it will all

Like all successful businesses, sports franchises continually work to increase customer count. Events like some recent MLB Pride Nights are part of their overall marketing strategy. Many teams offer similar

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s self-described socialist mayor, could not resist using the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration to trash the very country he and his parents voluntarily sought out. As is

Older readers will remember one of the most embarrassing moments ever endured by an American president. On Jan. 8, 1992, George H. W. Bush was in Tokyo on a 12-day

Saugus Union School District is at an important turning point, and I am excited to announce my candidacy for reelection to the Saugus Union School District governing board, Trustee Area

When California voters in 1978 passed Proposition 13, the iconic property tax limitation, they simultaneously rejected Proposition 8, which had been placed on the ballot by the Legislature as an