Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Gary Davidson | Racist? Who’s Racist?

The word racist seems to be used a lot lately. It might be best to start with a real definition. According to my dictionary, racism means: 1) belief in or

Gary Horton

Gary Horton | End Dithering on Chiquita

I’ve been a member of Kathryn Barger’s Chiquita Canyon oversight committee for nearly two years. And over these two years things at the landfill have gone from calm and predictable

Letters to the Editor

Heidi Howser | How About the Local Talent?

Our family went to the western music festival at Vasquez Rocks this past Sunday. It was wonderful! It reminded me of how the old Cowboy Poetry and Music festival once

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Steve Petzold | Haste Making Waste in SUSD

Editor’s note: The following letter was written before the Aug. 1 Saugus Union School District board meeting but was not received in time to be published before the meeting, in

Commentary

Dan Walters | Data Contradicts Newsom’s Boasts

Gov. Gavin Newsom tirelessly touts the size and strength of California’s economy, often contrasting it with those of other states. When, for example, the monthly employment report was issued in

David Hegg

David Hegg | A Winning Life Takes Grit

By David Hegg With the Major League Baseball season heating up and the political season in full swing, our nation is again all about winning and losing. We are, after

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Jan Maseda | In Memory of a Sparring Partner

My name is Jan Maseda, my husband’s name is Stephen Maseda. Steve wrote, and you published, many letters to the editor over a couple of years, especially when his favorite

Letters to the Editor

Michael Molacek | Similar Outcomes Unlikely

Re: Arthur Saginian’s letter, “Marxism in the White House,” Aug. 4. Agree with your facts about President Barack Obama and his follower Joe Biden. They really want America to be

Letters to the Editor

Thomas Oatway | Cease and Desist, Redux

Larry Moore (July 21) submitted a letter to the editor that inferred that all of the “far-left liberal” letter submitters were secretly wishing that the bullet that narrowly missed Donald

Commentary

Danny Tyree | Where Were You When Nixon Resigned?

“Sock it to meee?” That awkward query by presidential candidate Richard Milhous Nixon (on the Sept. 16, 1968, episode of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”) was probably haunting my mind on