From the Desk of George Gascón District Attorney, Los Angeles CountyDecember 17, 2022To: All Deputy District Attorneys and Staff Re: Another New Policy Directive Good morning and happy generic holidays to
The Dec. 10 edition of The Signal included an editorial, “COVID and the Freedom to Dissent.” Unfortunately, the editorial missed the point by conflating freedom of speech with adherence to
Well, Heavens. The Apocalypse Itself must be upon us. I actually got this yuletide missive MAILED before Christmas! What with COVID and the Antelope Valley’s hardscrabble life, it’s good to
Part 1 appeared Nov. 24. As visions of sugar plums dance in most people’s heads, we here at the Vast Right Wing ConspiracyTM (VRWC) have visions of clean campaigning where
It was reported recently that Donald Trump shared dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, who are anti-semites and Holocast deniers. Fuentes is a YouTuber who was banned from this
The following is a copy of a letter sent to Jonathan Kraut in response to his letter to the editor (“Democrats’ Policies Are Working,” Nov. 1). Your columns appear regularly
A study in contrasts: Right: In God we trust. Left: In climate/COVID models we trust. Right: Free and open debate. Left: Cancel culture and censorship. Right: E pluribus unum. Left:
Wow! Dec. 14. Only 10 more shopping days to go! This will be my 66th Christmas. About the 58th I can still remember anything about… and most of that, I
Long ago (Jan. 29) I called out amateurs who believe their own (faulty, incomplete, speculative) medical advice to be superior to professional consensus. Now another voice (Phil Neiman, Dec. 8)
When our founding fathers embarked on “the great American experiment,” the question was if a population could resist submitting to autocratic rule. At that time, with rare historical exceptions,
I am a proud Democrat. I vote Democrat, give money to the Democrats, walk precincts for Democrats. I also worked 17 years in Palmdale for a large aerospace firm (chew
I can remember back in 1994 when, for the first time, a family asked the question, “Will you be holding services on Christmas since it falls on a Sunday?” When I
Millions of otherwise sane people were vexed by Donald Trump enough to vote for a corrupt, creepy, incompetent alternative who, in just one month, asked to speak to a dead
So let me get this right. If I am a liberal, after this last election, I believe that people of all ages can’t make a decision whether to vape or
During the Roman Inquisition in the 1600s, Copernicus and then Galileo were found to be “foolish and absurd in philosophy” and “vehemently suspect of heresy,” respectively, for espousing theories that,
I didn’t know Mayleigh Beaver. But I think of her every time I drive to work. And every time I drive home. There’s a spot on that drive. It’s an
Dear me how time flies and I think it was eight years ago. My daughter and I spent a couple of Christmas weeks by ourselves at our friend’s tony beach
I want to vote. Which side should I vote for? When I sit to compare what Republicans and Democrats “seem” to stand for (aside from the power/control thing) I get
The Republican Party is assembling a team to conduct an “autopsy” of the 2022 election results, to determine how the party can win back voters who Donald Trump has lost.
I’ve mentioned in a previous column that I am the collections manager for a very large corporation and there was an “art to collecting,” which I take great pride in.