Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Gary Curtis | Presidential Potty Mouths

It seems we are living in a world where rude, crude, and even lewd language is used as common vernacular — by men and women. Even presidential and vice presidential

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Eileen Mann | Pro-GOP Bias at the Parade

Two announcers for the Fourth of July parade were clearly biased toward Republicans!  They spoke very enthusiastically about Rep. Mike Garcia, talking about how “amazing” being able to take off

Commentary

Byron York | Who Enabled Biden? A Case Study

On June 4, the Wall Street Journal published a story headlined, “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping.” Based on 45 interviews, the article reported that associates described President

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Steve Petzold | The Corruption of Power

Lord Acton is oft quoted, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Such is the case with Chancellor Dianne G Van Hook. At long last, the many documented instances of

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Glenda Yakel | From Crumbs to Lights

In a recent exhibition of “economic wisdom,” our beloved “fiscally conservative” City Council, led by financial guru City Manager Ken Striplin, demonstrated its commitment to the art of financial juggling.

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Tony Maldonado | A Strategy for Change

In a revealing article from June 19, The Signal highlighted a concerning statistic: nearly one-fifth of College of the Canyons employees feel unwelcome at their institution. This story, titled “Survey:

David Hegg

David Hegg | Dependent Independence

By David Hegg Once again, Independence Day has brought summer into reality. In my growing-up years near Canada, July 4 always seemed to be the first day it was hot

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Rob Kerchner | Overlooking the Evils of Marxism

For their crimes Nazis are routinely — and appropriately — denounced by everyone, including leftists, who eagerly ignore the even worse crimes of Marxists.  But it’s not just leftists who

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Ron Perry | The Guts to Speak Up

Re: Cindy Josten, “Too Much Made of Pride,” letters, July 2. Finally, someone with the guts to speak up! Thank you Cindy Josten, for a wonderfully worded, non-hateful, yet much-needed

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Thomas Oatway | Is This Lawfare, Too?

Are we supposed to believe that the delays of other Donald Trump trials by the Supreme Court and a judge appointed by Trump are not examples of “lawfare”?  Thomas Oatway

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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

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Jim de Bree | Debate Proves Concerns

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%

Commentary

Dan Walters | After 248 Years, Is This Our Best?

Business mogul Mark Cuban conducted an interesting experiment during last week’s debate between President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump. He fed a transcript of the debate into ChatGPT,