
Rob Kerchner | Bucking Irrational Mandates
Is it good and proper to unquestioningly obey an irrational authority? For most of America’s history, the resounding answer would have been “No!” Rugged individualism and suspicion of authority was

Is it good and proper to unquestioningly obey an irrational authority? For most of America’s history, the resounding answer would have been “No!” Rugged individualism and suspicion of authority was

On Sept. 25 Richard Myers opines in his letter that we should call on nations of the world to share the burden of Haitian immigrants by accepting substantial numbers of

I’ve had a lot of vaccines in the past. Tetanus, measles, polio, tuberculosis, flu, etc., and none of these ever required me to wear a face mask, stay away from

It’s certainly nothing new, this concept of rape, loot, lies and pillage. I’d rather not go back to it. Year in, year out, my request for a Christmas or birthday

Well, another disappointment. One of our friendly and local mom-and-pop-type eateries failed to open recently. Sign on the front door, “Closed – staff shortage – unable to hire necessary staff

Re: “A Cry for Help,” Larry Moore, letters, Sept. 22. I totally agree with Larry and wanted to add my 2 cents. I drive down Interstate 5 through Burbank fairly

There has to be a ton of money to be made by selling “common sense for dummies” books to Americans. These books would be especially useful for some letters to

I just finished reading Christine Flowers’ column on the tragedy of Afghanistan (Aug. 17), and it is indeed a tragedy, a tragedy that Americans ever set foot in that country

It’s a funny thing that yesterday’s Signal opinion page featured a column discussing the differences and similarities between the US and Canada – and how neither country will be returning

Don’t know why I am still surprised that The Signal publishes letters from the local (conservatives), i.e. Rick Baker or Rob Kerchner, so often. Sometimes we get a more sane

It has been a couple of weeks now since the Republican-driven recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom ended in a complete shellacking of the “Yes” campaign. So it’s time to ask,

By David Hegg With all the news available to us today it is impossible to escape the overwhelming sense that those in positions to tell us what is happening around

I am so sick and tired of listening to anyone and everyone who continues to hurl “accusations” and “allegations” of voter fraud as the reason Donald Trump lost the 2020

Remember those old “Maytag Repairman” commercials? For those too young to remember, the premise of the commercials was that Maytag appliances — washing machines and the like — were SO

It’s a sad state of affairs when failed leadership causes so many problems that it destroys the entity it was supposed to be in charge of. We have seen what a

As terrible and shameful as the events in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6 were, I literally shake my head in disbelief when people on the left compare it to

The Haitian invasion of our border seems impossible to resolve without some rethinking on our part. Of course, we cannot just welcome everyone, and on the other hand we should

In the checkered career of alleged Lifeguard Joe Biden, he’s earned kudos for major accomplishments. Hair-sniffer. Pervert. Crook. Bully. Liar. Groper. Plagiarist. Surrender monkey. Dumber than underwear left in a

Longtime subscriber, enjoy the paper. It’s time for Gary Horton to go. Seems every other letter to the editor complains about his inane columns, and rightfully so. He jumped the

The following is a copy of a letter sent to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency: I was in attendance at Saturday’s River Rally. It was a well-attended event with