Extreme partisan gerrymandering has left the vast rationale of the middle with ever-decreasing representation. Matched to a national primary system catering to activist party elements, too often we send party
Time and time again, the media and even politicians, including our own Gov. Gavin Newsom, refer to the United States as a democracy. However, the reality is that we are
In re: Thomas Oatway, “Switching Party Affiliation,” letters, Feb. 28. I was wondering if Mr. Oatway could explain to we peons exactly how he or anyone else re-registering from independent
My grandfather hardly ever spoke about his service during World War II. He left his studies at Boston University for the Marine Corps, joining their aviation arm and flying B-25s
Just some meanderings of my muddled mind: 1: Who owns Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital? 2: Why don’t drivers stop for red lights and sirens, especially on McBean Parkway? 3: Does
On March 16, Rep. Mike Garcia posted that he had introduced a bill to make the murder of a law enforcement officer punishable by life in prison or the death
I would like to end my months-long debate with Hilmar Rosenast, et al, in a sense of agreement. Yes, Mr. Rosenast, God failed, and I will use that thing called
By David Hegg Sometimes we use words so often and in such far-ranging contexts that we actually forget what they really mean. Of interest to me today is the word
A wonderful positive from all the rain we’ve had: Elizabeth Lake in Lake Hughes, dry since 2013, is no longer a dry lake. Wahoo! Phyllis Fitzsimons Valencia
Congratulations to The Signal for printing “New study links nose temperature and immune response” by Drs. Elizabeth Ko and Eve Glazier (health page, March 21), providing a public service announcement
In a week in which we have seen a former president and a leading candidate for the GOP nomination for the presidency in 2024 arrested and charged, I could write
Good grief. Tap, tap, tap. Week after week Thomas Oatway likes to bang on his drum on the evils of MAGA Republicans, Donald Trump and Fox news. The Signal is
Inept in math as I am, I like to point out I’m approaching middle age. Ergo, it was probably a good idea last week that I show up for my
“So I am not a former porn star nor did I receive ‘hush money.’ I was just a Senate staffer for Joe Biden when he sexually assaulted me in 1993.
Can you remember when freedom was an unassailable American value? And autocracy was something that only affected Russians and Chinese communists? Remember when Ronald Reagan shouted “tear down that wall”
College of the Canyons is having a former affiliate of the Black Panther Party and dedicated Marxist — Angela Davis — speak at a forum it is hosting. In case
Gerald Staack (letters, Jan. 20), please meet Gary Horton, Jonathan Kraut, Lois Eisenberg, and all of the other socialist “solvers of humanity’s problems.” So, an American union, fashioned after the
A few weeks back our company held a corporate retreat at downtown LA Live. As part of the program, we attended the L.A. Clippers game at the nowadays dubiously named,
Hardly a day goes by where we are not presented with people’s opinions and speculations that are unashamedly and boldly presented as unquestionable FACTS by the speaker/author. A law enforcement
Being that Passover is upon us, I’m compelled to write about how anti-semitism has risen its ugly head in the United States by 36% to the tune of 3,697 incidents