Arnold Mann | Don’t Be Fooled on Antifa
July 11, 2020
In order to logically determine the real issue with Antifa nowadays, one has to first understand what fascism is. As defined in The American Heritage and Webster’s New World dictionaries
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John Boston | That Time I Played Bill Hart on a Miniseries
July 10, 2020
Last weekend’s Fourth of July was spent quietly, inspecting fences and sprinkler lines, water tanks and bird baths. Didn’t see a single looter, firecracker or mouth breather. Wasn’t tarred. Wasn’t
Mike Garcia | Don’t Defund Police; Invest in Them
July 10, 2020
Growing up, my mom, my brother and I watched my stepdad leave for work every day not knowing whether he would make it home. As a member of the Los
Jay DelDotto | Choosing the Police Officer
July 10, 2020
Three people are interested in renting the house next door. Two of the three have extensive arrest records. The first individual has three major misdemeanor arrests and five major felony
Dennis Nobile | Brains the Size of Bugs
July 10, 2020
Seventy-five years ago, six Marines raised the American flag on a mountain during the battle of Iwo Jima. Three of the six were killed on the island and more Marines
Gil Mertz | The NFL Fumbles on Racism, Again
July 9, 2020
After surviving the debacle of players kneeling during the national anthem before games a few years ago, the NFL has decided to wade back into those troubled waters. They lost
Richard Myers | Correct vs. Politically Correct
July 9, 2020
I know that I’m going out on a limb and I’m sure some of your readers will find pleasure in sawing it off behind me, but I’d like to point
Gary Horton | The Long Fight for Liberty for All
July 8, 2020
Why won’t things just quiet down? Why so much ruckus? What on earth is everyone marching for, protesting for, sitting in for? Why the bitterness? Why the division? “When will
Betty Arenson | Misinformation in McDougald Letter
July 8, 2020
Lisa McDougald’s June 30 letter to the editor imparts a vast amount of misinformation that needs to be corrected with the real facts. Ms. McDougald erroneously presented that Rep. Mike
Paul Raggio | Wishful Thinking Isn’t Enough
July 8, 2020
There sure is a lot of wishful and hopeful thinking going on! I wish this pandemic would go away and hope things would return to normal. I hope my spouse
Jonathan Kraut | Poncho, One of the Many Whose Lives Mattered
July 7, 2020
Poncho turned 21 a few days before. He was anxious to be permitted to enter the local Mexican dance club a few blocks from home for the first time. Poncho
Gregory Whitney | Federal Holidays, Gone!
July 7, 2020
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 | Dealing with Our Differences
July 5, 2020
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
VaNile Risser | What About Law Enforcement?
July 5, 2020
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
Frank Arenson | Garcia Demonstrates Leadership
July 5, 2020
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 | Independence, Warts and All
July 4, 2020
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 | The Cardiac Fourth of July, 2020
July 4, 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
C. Norman Allen | Why Are Our Leaders Watching America Burn?
July 4, 2020
With the unbelievable and totally bizarre events that have taken up our American landscape for much of the past month of rampant violence, looting, burning, destruction and killing, we have
John Boston | The Code of The Cowboy on The 4th of July
July 3, 2020
For years, I would dress up in my finest Sunday-Go-To-Meeting cowboy regalia, climb atop a fine tall horse and lead our annual Fourth of July parade. I’d offer my two
Laurisa Reyes | Fireworks? No. Think of Saugus Kids
July 3, 2020
Independence Day is upon us, and we all enjoy celebrating with fireworks. Despite laws prohibiting private fireworks, many Santa Clarita Valley citizens light them anyway. But this year, I ask