There is the anecdote of the Far West that carries a wonderful lesson. It appears that a party of hunters, being called away from their camp, left the campfire unattended with
Third-term New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing a new reality: Those who wield power over others are not permitted to violate one’s personal space or to exhibit sexual innuendo.
Subject: The Board of Supervisors’ lack of commitment and responsibility and transparency. I sent this letter to the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 7. Madam supervisors, I want to express
Regarding Thomas Oatway’s comment on Aug. 6 (“Theater of the Absurd”) on Donald Trump’s not winning the election: I would recommend he click onto FrankSpeech.com and watch Mike Lindell’s Cyber
By David Hegg It is rare when we think deeply anymore. In too many ways, and in too many instances, we are becoming a people who let others do our
As of June 12, 2020, the L.A. County homeless population was 66,433, a 12.7% increase from 2019. Measure H, the L.A. County homeless initiative, is estimated to generate $355 million
By The Signal Editorial Board If you’re familiar with the concept of states’ rights — the idea that powers not constitutionally delegated to the federal government are yielded to the
On Jan. 6, angry citizens busted into the U.S. Capitol. Many others were swept up in the commotion and followed behind into the halls of power. Those on the
How ironic that those, who claimed under Donald Trump in 2020 to care most about things like migrant kids and COVID-19 numbers, supported Joe Biden. His 2021 migrant kid numbers
Amid all the national talk about deleting oppressors’ names from places and things, Californios are carefully averting their eyes from the elephant in the room: Spanish oppression of native populations
The office insurance is coming up for the World Corporate Headquarters of Scared o’ Bears Ranch & Publishing. When I moved into my expansive new digs a couple of years
The shocking extreme weather of late, from record-shattering heat waves here in the West to flood-inducing rainfall in the East and Europe, comes as no surprise to scientists who warned
The right wing’s capacity for false equivalency was demonstrated again, this time by Bill Ryan’s letter Aug. 4 (“Putting the Shoe on the Other Foot”). Ryan was commenting on a
The column (July 31) from Betty Aronson had so many untruths that it will be impossible to refute them all, but I will revisit a few of the most absurd.
We seek perfection. Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast awarded a perfect “10.0” in the Olympics, and Bo Derek was “10” in a 1979 movie. We might not be Nadia
Gary Horton started off pretty good with his recent article (June 30) entreating us to be wise as well as smart. It was good until the end of the first
In this day of political correctness, wokeism and cancel culture, it never ceases to amaze me that statues of our founding fathers are defaced and torn down because some people
As polite society reminds us, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But people with functioning frontal lobes will also point out that while you may be entitled to your
Two weeks ago, I promised to direct my column to the five or six most universally pressing issues of our time, in California and the U.S. at large. COVID-19 and
Gary Horton’s “Ditch the Age of Stupid, Make Wisdom Great” (June 30) paints all Republicans with a single brush. His latest is, “That implied label of ‘stupid’ is one Republicans