Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Jim Blumel | A Cartoon Says a Thousand Words

Political cartoons sometimes say more than a thousand-word editorial column. Tuesday’s (Oct. 5) Signal had a cartoon by Dick Wright that sends a message with a profound warning for all

Letters to the Editor

Max Morgan | Was This a Fair Trade?

Oil just hit $80 today (Oct. 8), up 60% so far in 2021. Thank you Joe Biden for killing the domestic oil industry.  Shutting down the Keystone oil pipeline and

David Hegg

David Hegg | Clever Isn’t Always Useful

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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Arthur Saginian | Horton’s High Horse

Well, Gary Horton was back on his high horse (Aug. 18) preaching — pontificating, rather — truth and righteousness to all of the ignorant and selfish masses of the Santa

Our View

Our View | No, YOU Move

By The SignalEditorial Board On Thursday, Merrick Garland, attorney general of the United States, sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordering the agency to investigate moms going

Tim Whyte

Tim Whyte | Tales of a Fantasy Football Rookie

Back in a previous life as a rookie Signal reporter, I was introduced to something that, at the time, was called “rotisserie baseball.” It was named after La Rotisserie Francaise,

SCV Voices: Guest Commentary

Stephen Smith | Welcome to the New Fascist USA

I have been arguing that our leftist-led government, especially here in California and the Joe Biden administration, are incrementally taking away our civil rights, working to collapse small independent business

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Paul Butler | COVID-19 Apples to Apples

In response to Rob Kerchner’s comparison (letters, Oct. 5) between Sweden’s strategy during the pandemic and the United States, I just invested two minutes and checked the actual numbers of

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Alyssa Theodore | Garcia a True Leader

Congress passed Rep. Mike Garcia’s bipartisan bill, the Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act. His bill would give military spouses with valid professional licenses in one state, reciprocity in other states

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Saginian | Just a Self-Endorsement

The column (Aug. 26) by congressional candidate Christy Smith is more of an endorsement of herself than it is a call for safe drinking water standards. She speaks of the

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Guy Horanberg | Do ‘Speed Cushions’ Work?

Speed Cushions: The Santa Clarita traffic office is surveying views on “speed cushions” (euphemism for speed bumps) to be placed on Catala Avenue in Saugus. We actually get to vote

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Rob Kerchner | A COVID-19 Comparison

America: Lock down, mandatory mask, mandatory vaccine. Be afraid. Close schools, restrict kids. Everyone is equally at risk, and you protect others by your behavior. Together we can beat COVID-19.

David Hegg

David Hegg | Danger of Tearing Down Fences

By David Hegg G.K. Chesterton was one of the world’s greatest thinkers and writers. It is often said that he said something brilliant about almost everything in the first decades