Arthur Saginian | Overreacting to the Virus
July 19, 2020
An additional death from COVID-19 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. Forgive me for sounding cold-hearted and callous, but OMG, you’d think it was the end of the world. Any word
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Don Gately | Extremists Attacking Kellar
July 19, 2020
Bob Kellar has served our city longer and more diligently than any other City Council member. We should be honoring him rather than pillaging him for remarks made a decade
Our View | Keeping Politics Out of Schools
July 18, 2020
By The Signal Editorial Board The William S. Hart Union High School District board voted unanimously Wednesday to have students, teachers and staff work online for this fall, at least
Tim Whyte | Does the ‘K’ Stand for ‘Ketchup’?
July 18, 2020
The restaurants took great care to create a sense of ambience, which is a challenge when you’re setting up shop not in your usual space, but on the sidewalk and
Gwendolyn Sims | For Suburban Women, November Choice Is Clear
July 18, 2020
During elections, suburban women like me get quite a bit of attention from the political pundits. In suburban Santa Clarita, women make up about 50% of the population, which means
Bill Miranda | A Statement on Racism in Santa Clarita
July 17, 2020
I want to state unequivocally, and as a City Council member, that I am against all forms of bullying and racism. I am against all supremacist groups, hate groups and
John Boston | Losing Things Dear, a Single Point at a Time
July 17, 2020
Years ago, a brilliant friend offered an observation I’ve never been able to shake: “We learn through science or we learn through suffering.” Lessons come through traditional sources: books, art,
Alan Ferdman | Institutional Racism Coming to Cali?
July 17, 2020
I do not know about you, but until very recently, I thought our country had progressed beyond a time when our citizens overtly discriminated by race. Gone are racially segregated
Nancy Oliver Flores | Our Big, Fragile Meat Problem
July 17, 2020
Experts agree our colossal domestic and foreign wildlife markets put humans at risk of pandemics. Yet exotic wildlife is not the only concern. Industrialized animal operations have spread foodborne pandemics
Gil Mertz | Read This or I Will Be Offended
July 16, 2020
Have you noticed our crybaby culture where no one misses an opportunity to be offended? America just celebrated Independence Day, which should be a time to pull us together as
Eric Goldin | Intellectual Honesty and Mistakes
July 16, 2020
We should revere science because most scientists have very high ethical standards and are not afraid to recognize and amend errors in their research. The scientific method is the best
Jim Blumel | Horton Wrong on Motto
July 16, 2020
Gary Horton’s column on July 8 lists all the many things he thinks is wrong with America. I disagree with every bit of it, but there’s one misstatement of his
Gary Horton | Resiliency Required for the Unknown Ahead
July 15, 2020
My father was 18 months old in 1918 when his 32-year-old dad died from the Spanish Flu Pandemic. Grandfather William Horton’s untimely death left our family impoverished and set us
Ronald Nathan | Thoughts from a Centrist
July 15, 2020
Civil rights, social justice, racism, police brutality, the anti-war movement, distrust of government, feminism, sexual liberation, sexism, gay rights, legalizing marijuana, rights for the handicapped and disabled, tobacco smoking in
Gregory Whitney | Taliban Kills Without Bounties
July 15, 2020
Why would the Russians pay the Taliban to kill U.S. or other allied forces when the Taliban will gleefully kill any “foreign invader” for free? Remember when the Taliban gleefully
Maria Gutzeit | In Touch with Nature: What Do You Remember?
July 14, 2020
What do you remember? I remember the wind. As a child, I would fall asleep to the wind in the leaves outside my bedroom window on warm summer nights. In
Randi Kay | A Few Mask Tips and Reminders
July 14, 2020
This is just an update and a few suggestions regarding mask wearing. It is great to see the majority of residents of our community wearing masks. While cloth and surgical
Richard Myers | Is a Safe Return to School Possible?
July 14, 2020
As a retired teacher I have been wondering how schools will be opening in the fall. The recent interest and call by the White House and the president for the
Bob Messina | Society, Race and Opportunity
July 14, 2020
I have given thought to what has been going on the past few weeks in wake of George Floyd’s death and the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. Some of you
David Hegg | Leadership vs. Potty Training
July 12, 2020
By David Hegg It happened last week. All around me I saw camels with broken backs. They had borne the weight of incremental governmental sticks but it was finally too