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The greatest threat we face in America today is not “climate change.” It is not pollution. It is not Russian expansion in Europe. It is not systemic racism. It is

The greatest threat we face in America today is not “climate change.” It is not pollution. It is not Russian expansion in Europe. It is not systemic racism. It is

After the recent shooting in Sacramento, we’ve been inundated with leftists and their usual cry for “common sense gun control.” Although it is my belief that the left lacks common

As I read the letters on this “pandemic,” whatever, it becomes clear to me that those who are not concerned tend to be conservative and those who are concerned, often

The left has gone from, “I am woman hear me roar,” to “What’s a woman?” in just 50 years. Rob Kerchner Valencia

Despite flirting with the life agrarian, I’ve never been a morning person. Pre-10 a.m.? I need a spatula to get out of bed. If someone asked, and, they have, what

Whenever I am asked for my opinion on the greatest danger to this country, most people would be expecting the answer to be one of the oft-stated regulars: the Russians,

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was brilliant at her hearing in becoming a Supreme Court judge. Judge Jackson deserved better from the disgraceful GOP senators when they were questioning her about

In the (Feb. 8) opinion section The Signal had Joshua Heath’s pleading, “Democratic Voice” dueling with Rob Kerchner’s scorn for lemmings masquerading as liberals. Incidentally, the story about the unwitting

It seems like some people do not really think things through. Protesters against the ongoing Camp Scott/Scudder initiative hold dissonant feelings about the “gang bangers…people who have raped and molested.”

“Truth is the first casualty in war.” This oft-quoted truism attributes back to 1915 England. The news and views coming from the past five weeks of the Russian “Special Military

Re: Diane Zimmerman and Ron Perry, March 29. Alright Diane, I admit that I don’t know the difference between a “poll observer” and a “poll watcher,” nor am I aware

Recently the Florida attorney general and others alerted the public to a new street drug 20 to 100 times stronger than fentanyl. Street name “ISO,” the synthetic opioid isotonitazene is

Sequel to Capitol building break-in Jan. 6, 2021, part 6 of 6. (Part 5 was published April 1.) No one was killed by Donald Trump supporters. Two people had heart

I am a blinded U.S. military veteran (U.S. Air Force medic, Vietnam War) but I see clearly what is happening to America under the Joe Biden Administration. Recently, I sent

Yesterday (March 28) a federal judge ruled that John Eastman, a Donald Trump legal adviser, must release email communications to the Jan. 6 Select Committee. The judge also ruled that

According to the Centers for Disease Control, fentanyl overdose is now the leading killer for people aged 18 to 45, taking more lives since 2020 than COVID-19, car accidents and

After reading Gary Horton’s latest attempt (Feb. 2) to convince the remaining holdouts to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by “exposing irrationality as a weapon against cult and illogical thinking,” it

There is a story told about Abraham Lincoln who asked his audience, “How many legs does a dog have if you consider the tail to be a leg?” As you

In re: Jonathan Kraut, “A Fourth Branch of Government?” March 29. I have always enjoyed reading Mr. Kraut’s submissions and while he and I don’t share many views on most

I have one question concerning Camp Scott: Since when have 18- to 25-year-olds been considered as youths? Glenn MooreCanyon Country Editor’s note: Fair question. The violent criminals who would be