Last year, after Texas Republicans reconfigured their congressional districts to grab five more seats, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and its Legislature countered with a gerrymander to shift five seats
So the perky Somali pirate — I mean, Santa Clarita Valley’s sister district congresswoman from Minnesota — is in hot water. Again. The North Star State’s angry cover concubine, Ilhan
My takeaway on the 2026 midterm election is that this was a major repudiation and rejection of the status quo in general, as well as being specifically directed at the
To Gerald Staack (Letters, Aug. 11) and Michael Jones (Aug. 18) on the definition of “Freedom,” you’re both wrong. Janis Joplin defined “freedom” in her 1971 hit “Me and Bobby
Veteran suicide remains a serious national problem, but recently released data show expanded access to care is helping save lives. According to the September National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report,
No, no, no. Selecting Laurene Weste as No. 1 of 51 most influential people for 2026 was wrong, wrong. Ms. Weste has gotten herself entrenched on the City Council and
Keri Russell deserves an Emmy for her portrayal of Kate Wyler, the American ambassador to the Court of St. James’, and the whole cast of Netflix’s “The Diplomat” deserves one
Simple fact: Smart people and true leaders “act”and ignorant people “react.” You can’t educate some people out of their reactionary ignorance, and politicians and advocacy groups are very aware of
Is former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s unsuccessful nominee in 2024, running for president again? There are conflicting reports. But here is one historically based, confident prediction: Harris
The most fundamental — and arguably most important — duty of a California governor is managing the state budget. Xavier Becerra, the former attorney general who won the governorship Tuesday,
Blue wave? Red wall? No wave? By tonight (Tuesday), somebody on television will be standing in front of a map, poking at a county in Pennsylvania and explaining what it
Will a liberal please explain to me why Proposition 39 is bad? Why shouldn’t we have to prove our citizenship before voting? Please, I am serious! Ron Perry Canyon Country
I met a condemned man earlier this year. I looked him the eyes and shook his hand. We studied scripture together, and we prayed. We even took a group picture
To Jack Teoli (Letters, Aug. 1), I’m not saying that Republicans don’t have their faults, as they certainly do. What I’m saying is that Democrats have many, many more, and
Gray Davis became governor in 1999 and one of his first acts was to decree that there would be no major changes in water policy for eight years, which he
When you think of visiting Paris, you probably imagine the Eifel Tower, the Louvre Museum, and the Cathedral at Notre Dame. When planning a trip to Cairo, your priorities would
Regarding the Valencia vs. Hart football game at College of the Canyons, being a disabled person of 80 I find it absurd that as a Valencia fan we were forced
Imagine being a Black person, walking around a public park, seeing a statue of Jefferson Davis, and someone proudly saying, “My great-great-great-grandfather was a slave owner, and we should respect
Despite what many on the left would like us to believe, police and fire departments are not examples of socialism. They are essential government services that can be found in
California being what it is — an infinitely complex socioeconomic matrix — even the seemingly simplest political issues can become a whirlpool of competing special interests. So it was in