Opinion

Last week, our Republican Rep. Mike Garcia joined with Democrats and (sadly) 46 other Republicans to approve the deceptively called Respect for Marriage Act. It now goes to the Senate.

Rick Barker is again cheerleading the Mike Garcia election campaign (letters, July 17). I pointed out that Garcia was one of 147 congressmen and senators who voted to decertify the

Recently Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas led the way for other states to condemn the Joe Biden Administration for not protecting Americans from foreign invasion. An invasion is an unwelcome

I think I need to take a moment and find a way to be more patient. Each new day is busier than the previous one, and I seem to want to

I once sat in contemplation of what constitutes a miracle. I tried to define the thing to myself, and as a result I concluded that a miracle, to me, was

Assault weapons are killing too many innocent Americans. They are the weapon of choice for mass murderers who are killing children in schools. We need to do everything reasonable to

Medical decision-making is not easy. A patient’s quality of life, including career and family, may hang in the balance. I have practiced medicine over 40 years, making medical decisions in

I cannot express strongly enough my agreement with the statements Cher Gilmore made in her letter (July 15) regarding climate change. If you, too, are concerned that climate change is

Uvalde cops using hand sanitizer instead of saving kids is the perfect illustration of COVID’s bureaucratic era. “Thanks for keeping us safe!” Rob Kerchner  Santa Clarita

Assuming you are a voter, either side of the aisle, I am pleading with you to not be fooled again by a ballot measure in November. The headline in the

If Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court succeeded in eliminating interracial marriage, wouldn’t Justice Thomas have a problem at home? (Isn’t Mrs. Thomas white?) Bob Comer Valencia

In re: Gary Morrison, “Let’s Make it More Difficult to Kill,” letters, July 13. I respect Mr. Morrison’s passionate and well-meaning views on this topic and don’t totally disagree with

Of the limitless amount of things regressives blame on President Donald Trump, the construct of the current Supreme Court tops the list in many cases. They claim that since Trump

Where is the respect anymore? To look at the military as some joke is very unsettling. To poke fun at someone who is serving or has served in the military

Rebuttal to Gary Morrison’s rebuttal to my letter, June 26: Gary, Gary, Gary! Where to begin? First off, I was kind of honored that you said my name three times