Cher Gilmore | How to Save Water and Money, Too
May 17, 2023
Our big rains are over for this year, most likely to be followed by several years of scant rainfall, and it’s not too soon to begin thinking about how to
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Steven H. Baron | City Should Rescind HMNH Pledge
May 17, 2023
According to the May 4 Signal article under the headline, “City budget projections tighten with May revision,” city revenue projections from February to May increased by $3 million from $139
Arthur Saginian | Vaccines and Wolves
May 17, 2023
In his March 11 letter, Thomas Oatway showed Charles Darwin’s theory is being proven correct. The funny part is, Mr. Oatway might not have considered just HOW Darwin’s theory is
Kipp Mueller | Let’s Normalize Mental Health Support Services
May 16, 2023
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. While the stigma around mental health treatment has reduced over the last several years, it still exists. Raising awareness about the importance of
Gary Curtis | ‘There Are Only Two Genders’
May 16, 2023
Middle School student Liam Morrison was recently pulled out of gym class in Middleborough, Massachusetts, and told to remove a T-shirt he was wearing that said “There are only two
Bob Comer | A Double Standard?
May 16, 2023
Re: Letters to the editor, Lois Eisenberg, “Thomas Not So Supreme,” May 4. Why didn’t Lois mention Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan as well as Justice Clarence Thomas? Breyer
David Hegg | Pain Becomes Privilege
May 14, 2023
By David Hegg In logic there is a fallacy known as non sequitur. This Latin phrase simply means “does not follow” and describes a situation where a supposed “effect” actually
Brian Richards | Left’s Double Standard
May 14, 2023
Lois Eisenberg authored a letter (May 4) decrying the alleged corruption of Clarence Thomas. Typically, she provides no proof of her assertions. In fact, none of the leftists who submit
Our View | ‘Housing Bubble II,’ the Sequel
May 13, 2023
By The Signal Editorial Board One of the core questions of governance is, should good behavior be rewarded? We would posit that, in the vast majority of instances — as
Neil Fitzgerald | Title 42 and the Dangers of Open Borders
May 13, 2023
This week, President Joe Biden and the Democrats will make one of the most far-reaching and consequential decisions for our nation. A decision that will, in my mind prove a
Maria Gutzeit | On the Evolving Role of Moms
May 13, 2023
Like so many other social issues, the expectations and the reality of motherhood are changing. What I’d like for Mother’s Day is not flowers, but sanity. I recently heard an
John Boston | At My Age, Paying $17 a Month for an $18 Policy
May 12, 2023
As the celestial clock keeps insistently ticking, I can’t help but notice more than a few subtle changes in my life. I made the mistake the other day of wearing
Diane Zimmerman | Racial Gerrymandering in SCV
May 12, 2023
If you pay any attention at all to news other than the mainstream news and out-of-town radio stations, you are no doubt aware of the mounting tension over the City
Christopher Lucero | A Charade of Brinkmanship
May 11, 2023
So, I guess we are destined to witness the brinkmanship and Kabuki theater that goes along with debt limit negotiations, again. The great enterprise called USA Inc. will be figuring
Gary Horton | Only Sanity Will Stop Gun Slaughter
May 10, 2023
Another week, another mass shooting; or three or four, in America. Mass shootings are so regular you can almost set your clock by them. You know for sure every weekend
Larry Moore | The Border: Thinking Outside the Box
May 10, 2023
Poor Joshua Heath. His article “I’m a Democrat and I Support Trump’s Wall” (May 2) is so insane that it begs a thoughtful response. Where do I start? Like so
Thomas Oatway | Campaigning from a Jail Cell?
May 10, 2023
It is interesting to see that polls suggest that 57% of Americans say an indictment of a former president should disqualify that person from holding the office again. Yet 75%
Pilar Schiavo | Standing Up to Big Oil in Sacramento
May 9, 2023
Six months ago, I was talking with one of my friends when they picked up their son from my house after a playdate. For so long, while their family relied
Rob Kerchner | Hunter’s Laptop Eclipses Watergate
May 9, 2023
The suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop is emerging as an enormous news story. It meets or exceeds Watergate — the classic measuring stick of American scandal — in every
Rick Barker | What’s Missing?
May 9, 2023
In re: Signal article “Parents speak out: Kindergarten bullying not being addressed,” March 29. Read this article and then tell me what is glaringly missing! If you said the part