Jennifer Danny | Always Remember to Look Up
October 29, 2020
“A remarkable thing about this Ark that Noah built — there was only one window in it… The only window was up under the rook high as it could be
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Rick Turski | Another Layer of Bureaucracy
October 29, 2020
The COVID pandemic has helped make 2020 a national nightmare. In addition to deaths and illness caused by this virus, lockdowns have contributed to lost businesses, jobs, domestic violence, substance
Jim de Bree | Pandemics Have Changed History’s Course
October 28, 2020
About five years ago, I became interested in genealogy and started studying my family’s history. My ancestors were Dutch, and fortunately, the Netherlands has maintained extensive records going back many
Alexander Duncan | Police Stripped of a Safe Option
October 28, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of Assembly Bill 1196 effectively stripped law enforcement of one of its most effective and safest use-of-force options available. AB 1196 is the Assembly bill that
Jonathan Kraut | On Allegiance and Variations of the Stars and Stripes
October 27, 2020
Conservatives and Republicans, which may or may not represent the same crowd, seem to have adopted their own flag around which to rally and proclaim allegiance. The Thin Blue Line
Arthur Saginian | Tired of Obama Pontificating
October 27, 2020
I am so sick and tired of listening to former President Barack Obama pontificate from his numerous pulpits. And he is indeed pontificating because he is annoyingly pompous and dogmatic
David Hegg | Reflecting on Why We Disagree
October 25, 2020
By David Hegg Only those playing with a closed mind and a closed history book have trouble understanding why Americans are sharply divided over moral issues. At the risk of
Richard Myers | Air Quality Info Source?
October 25, 2020
I am writing in hopes that you or one of your readers can help me, and perhaps others who find themselves with the problem I’ve been having. I’m writing about
Arthur Saginian | A COVID Business Solution
October 25, 2020
Due to the way our elected officials have responded/reacted to COVID-19, many businesses are closed. So, how can they pay their rent, insurance and utilities if they have no income?
Our View | Here’s What Trump Accomplished
October 24, 2020
By The Signal Editorial Board When trying to decide who to vote for in the next election, ask yourself what has President Donald Trump accomplished in office during his first
Gwendolyn Sims | It Is Time for Reasoned Freedom, Not Reflexive Fear
October 24, 2020
Due to a death in the family, I recently traveled to, and stayed for several weeks, in the American Midwest and the South or what I call, Real America. It
Rob Kerchner | Precious Leftist Ironies
October 24, 2020
I recently heard Sting’s song “Russians” for the first time since the mid-1980s. As I recall, it debuted around the time of “The Day After” miniseries (complete with its sober
John Boston | Is it Right to Inquire in Poker, ‘Got any 8’s’?
October 23, 2020
I’ve played more poker than I’ve attended church. Both, done right, are good for the soul. Played in a run-down mobile home on an Indian reservation once. It was at
Alan Ferdman | More to Communication than Words
October 23, 2020
Every now and then, I see a movie that appears to contain a metaphor describing a life-shaping event. Today, I am thinking of “Gran Torino” and the scene where Clint
Jim Horton | The Climate Change Boogeyman
October 23, 2020
Climate change is the boogeyman that causes everything. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently declared climate change is the cause of all the fires we are having. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said
Our View | Death of Democracy as We Know It
October 22, 2020
By The Signal Editorial Board We are witnessing the death of our First Amendment and democracy as we know it. Is that an overstatement? Regrettably, it may not be. We
Rob Kerchner | We Were Sold a Bill of COVID Goods
October 22, 2020
The model on which our nation panicked into lockdown predicted 2.2 million dead. We haven’t hit a tenth of that, meaning we were all sold a bill of goods. But
Steve Lunetta | The Coming Storm Is Why We Must Open
October 22, 2020
In our house, we’ve been trying to turn things around a bit. We’ve been eating far too much junk food and it shows. Oh man, does it show. So, we
Lore Bertuch | Beware of the Scam
October 22, 2020
I thought I was pretty sharp and able to spot a scam immediately. Not this time. On several occasions I have received phone calls from DirecTV/AT&T my cable provider for
Bob Messina | Another One Leaving California
October 21, 2020
Re: Commentary, Patricia Suzanne, Oct. 3: Come mid-November my wife, her mother and I will “vote” with our feet, leaving Santa Clarita for Brigham City, Utah. It’s a F&F, family