Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Steve Petzold | Columnist Connected to COC

Gary Horton serves as first vice chair on the College of the Canyons Foundation board, and his opinions regarding COC are biased. The Advanced Technology Center and the affordable student

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Paige Weaver | FEMA in Maui

So Joe Biden generously allocates $700 for each family in Maui affected by the fire. Meanwhile he sends an army of Federal Emergency Management Agency drones who are put up

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Mihran Kalaydjian | Bridging the Connectivity Gap

In an era driven by technological advancements, access to reliable and affordable internet connectivity has become a fundamental necessity. It is imperative that every Californian, regardless of geographical location, has

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Jessica Grosh | Why Silence Their Stories?

Response to Diane Zimmerman, letters, Aug. 22, regarding the College of the Canyons board of trustees meeting:  In his 1926 poem “I, Too,” Langston Hughes declared his desire to be

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Arthur Saginian | How to Build Your Arsenal

I’m interested in purchasing some firearms, partly for home defense and partly for recreational use. I enjoy target practice and blasting clay pigeons to smithereens at the Oaktree Gun Club.

Gary Horton

Gary Horton | In Praise of Infrastructure

Red tape. Excessive review. Burdensome requirements. We hear it all the time about government review of building projects and developments. A little less so here in the Santa Clarita Valley;

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Rob Kerchner | Repeating the Cycle?

In my 20s, I learned that Germans had banned “Mein Kampf” for fear of Nazis, just as Nazis had banned books a few decades earlier for fear of other Germans.

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Max Morgan | Hillary Had a Big Lie of Her Own

In her latest Trump Derangement Syndrome missive (Aug. 18) Lois Eisenberg invokes the name of her heroine on the left, Hillary Clinton.  If there were ever a politician as caustic

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Diane Zimmerman | An Uphill Battle

The following is a copy of a letter sent to the College of the Canyons board of trustees. Re: Aug. 9 trustees meeting. I want to tell you how disappointed

David Hegg

David Hegg | Ethical Authenticity

By David Hegg A week ago I read an article about a gentleman who spent thousands to become a dog. That’s right. He decided his authentic self was a collie,

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Rob Kerchner | Try This Thought Experiment

Imagine for a second what our news media would have done if Donald Trump Jr. smoked crack, photographed his genitals, had sex with his dead brother’s wife, cheated on his

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Christopher Lucero | Put Your Money Where…

Recently, the topic of California’s deficit has been brought up as an inflammatory, allergic irritation to certain members of the local conservative cabal/tribal council (letters, Ron Perry, Aug. 10). Government