An aggravated cognitive numbness is drifting across America. We wake up clicking through new scandals, new insults and new eruptions that dominate our screens, but very few of them make
Elaine Smith poses a perplexing question (letters, Oct. 8). She’s retired, in good health, has no extra money, but wants to help get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and
Re: “County signs off on 1,500 more homes for west side,” news, Nov 19. On Dec. 14, 1963, I watched from our rooftop as the Baldwin Hills Dam ruptured, releasing
California’s public school system, which purports to educate nearly 6 million students ranging from 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten to near-adults preparing to graduate from high school, is in a world
As we close out 2025, I want to take a second to reflect on the past year – my first one as your congressman. When I took office, I made
Re: Gary Horton commentary, “Here Is the Worst Investment America Keeps Making,” Dec. 3. The “worst investment” The Signal “keeps making” is to print Gary Horton’s continuing blithering nonsense. It
Unfortunately McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers to higher prices. According to a corporate fact sheet, from 2019 to 2024, the average cost of a McDonald’s menu item rose 40%.
Within my immediate family, the Trump Derangement Syndrome team outnumbers the MAGAs by an 8-1 ratio. Some on the TDS squad resemble retiring U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi in their passionate
By David Hegg Even if you are not a sports fan, there is much to learn from the ethics on display during competition. In fact, it is during the most
Recently, I was at the grocery store listening to a heated conversation about whether the U.S.-Argentina agreement is a “bailout.” That word makes it sound like the U.S. handed over
Every year around this time, I return to Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” But this year, the story hit differently. Maybe it’s because California feels like it’s standing at its
In re: “Community reflects on Saugus shooting – and what comes next – at remembrance event” (Nov. 15). Grief is a very powerful emotion and far be it from me
I disagreed with President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden. Still, I understood why a parent would want to protect their child from a prison sentence and the
The old legacy media has not just become irrelevant. It doesn’t inform us anymore. It disinforms. Two fresh examples of the mainstream media’s permanent get-Trump bias came this past week,
One of my dear, childhood friends is Curtis Stone and the heavens haven’t molded a kinder guy. You know? Me, too. I’m a kinder guy. We’re both kind guys. Even-tempered.
Some terms have undeserved negative connotations like conservative Christian, gun owner, gas-powered vehicles, and NIMBY (not in my back yard). I would like to address the last term as it
I don’t know if he has any interest at all, but somebody should be asking! He was an assemblyman for California representing Santa Clarita. He was the mayor of Santa
The California Legislature has a bad habit of writing new law in the moment and paying little or no attention to its potential consequences. While legislative history contains many examples,
In today’s (Dec. 2) Democratic Voices, Jonathan Kraut exposes a disguised variant of Trump Derangement Syndrome. He continues the disruptive, deceitful deception of the Democratic video that encourages our soldiers
Last week, I saw the movie “Nuremberg,” which is a psychological thriller about the war crime trial of Hermann Göring. After the Nazi surrender in May 1945, Nazi leaders were