Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Gregory Whitney | Federal Holidays, Gone!

The following is satire, I hope…unless subsequent events make it prophecy. Racist statues…going, gone. What’s next? Racist, discriminatory federal holidays! List of 2020 federal holidays and their offenses: Wednesday, Jan.

David Hegg

David Hegg | Dealing with Our Differences

By David Hegg  Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock somewhere, you’re acutely aware we are becoming an increasingly touchy society. It seems the new national sport is overreaction to

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VaNile Risser | What About Law Enforcement?

What a great/pleasant headline! “Law enforcement support.” But why the lower case? It should have been UPPER case and ENLARGED letters! It is about time law enforcement received a positive

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Frank Arenson | Garcia Demonstrates Leadership

Our Rep. Mike Garcia campaigned on the slogan, “Constitution, Capitalism, Competition and Charity.” Thank you, Rep. Garcia, for demonstrating your beliefs and supporting your words with actions. In this case

Our View

Our View | Independence, Warts and All

By The Signal Editorial Board Today we celebrate our nation’s independence, our freedom and a 244-year-old declaration that all men are created equal. What that really means has evolved in

Tim Whyte

Tim Whyte | The Cardiac Fourth of July, 2020

“Fix your heart, man.” No disrespect to Joey Logano, but I never thought that particular NASCAR driver would say something that would stick with me like those words have. Logano

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Don Gately | An Irony About Defunding Police

Before the tragic shooting at Saugus High School, the country was worried about school shootings in Colorado, New Jersey, Florida and elsewhere. There was demand for police in all schools.

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Bob Comer | Let Herd Immunity Take Hold

It occurred to me that our country hasn’t experienced as much government interference as this since World War II. Why do they call it a pandemic when 98% of those

Gary Horton

Gary Horton | The Blind Faithful Can See Again

Early in his “presidential” career (presidential describing the office, not his behavior) Donald Trump boasted he could literally shoot a guy in Times Square and his supporters wouldn’t care… And

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Ted Aquaro | Are Mobs Germ-Proof?

I just passed the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and Magic Mountain Parkway, where I saw a mob on the southwest corner with signs and banners proclaiming the flavor of the

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Lois Eisenberg | Wear a Mask, Save a Life

I’m compelled to write this letter concerning wearing masks for everyone’s safety. I wrote a letter to the editor a couple of months ago entitled, “Wearing a mask or not