Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Kelly William Enos | Unanswered Questions

In reference to your article on Jan. 26 regarding the abrupt closing of the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry, there is cause for concern about the organizational practices of the

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Arthur Saginian | Deification of Trump?

Emmanuel Francois (letters, Nov. 7) has inspired me consider the possible canonization (or even deification) of President Donald Trump. No, seriously … I don’t know how many people have considered

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Rob Kerchner | Selective Admissions

Do the Minneapolis Pretti-Good proponents remember when an unarmed Ashli Babbitt was shot on Jan. 6?  She didn’t have a car or a loaded gun; she held nothing but a

David Hegg, "Ethically Speaking"

David Hegg | Cliches or Wisdom?

By David Hegg Sometimes things we hear all the time can slowly creep into our belief system as though they were true. But, as a general rule, most general rules

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Ron Perry | More Vendors?

Re: Article in Jan. 24 business section of The Signal.  Well here we go again! Instead of doing something worthwhile with $2.8 million, the county has decided to give it

Tim Whyte

Tim Whyte | Kids, Hockey and a Snowy Highway

I’ve been on those road trips. A snowy highway. A van packed full of kids, hockey gear and parents. Eagerly anticipating the games ahead, and yes, the road-trip highjinks in

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Larry Moore | Q and A for Midterms

Like it or not, campaigning for the 2026 mid-term elections has already started. Since the final election always comes down to a choice of one of two candidates, I would

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Philip Wasserman | A Thing About Pardons …

Nancy Fairbanks (letters, Jan. 20) argues that the prosecution of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández amounted to prosecutorial overreach because it carried foreign-policy consequences. But nearly every major international

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Jack Crawford | Red-Tainted Lenses

Here we go again. Another officer-involved shooting in which one or more federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse who served at a Minneapolis Veterans

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Rick Barker | Just Because

With all of the recent events occurring all over the country regarding interactions between law enforcement (federal, state, local) and the public, I believe a few observations and comments are

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Lois Eisenberg | The Other ‘L Word’

People have become supercharged about the word “liberal” not being a dirty word anymore.  One of the reasons is because the party in power has been chaotic, incompetent and cruel

Kathryn Jean Lopez commentary

Kathryn Jean Lopez | Life Will Keep Marching On

There’s a pro-abortion idea going around that the pro-life movement doesn’t care about babies after they are born. It’s a lie. Every January, the pro-life cause hosts a March for

Gary Horton

Gary Horton | Things We Can’t Forget

This last Saturday, we staged a long-overdue cleaning of Carrie’s closet.  We have lived in our home for nearly 38 years, and over time things accumulate. Almost nothing in that