Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Betty Arenson | Immigration vs. Illegal Immigration

The commentary of Jan. 6, “Backtracking, Diseases and Immigration,” was excellent in setting forth facts and reality. The one word in the title that was missing is “Illegal” (Immigration). The

Letters to the Editor

Mary Smith | Back to Basics on 2016 Election

In the 2016 general election, the popular vote for Clinton was 65.8 million (48.2 percent); and for Trump: 62.9 million (46.1 percent). Clinton won by 2.8 million votes nationally. In

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Jim de Bree | We Need Streetlight Enlightenment

I was pleased to hear that, at its Jan. 8 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved cancellation of landscape and lighting district assessment proceedings. As I discussed in a previous

Maria Gutzeit | Governing by Temper Tantrum

The government shutdown, which is now the longest on record as of this writing, is ridiculous. It is sad that some cheer it on. This shutdown, like others, illustrates a

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Duane Mooring | A Fence Isn’t a Wall

Concerning Byron York’s column on Jan. 8: It’s hard to believe many people could agree with the viewpoint Byron York takes on the border wall in his column titled “When

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Richard La Motte | Hypocrisy and the Wall

Aahh, the Wall. By 1916, Mexican bandits/revolutionaries had raided border towns in Texas and New Mexico to rob and/or find sanctuary so often that the U.S. Army, under Gen. John

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Terri Lovell | Transgender Agenda: Must We Accept It?

In sports, academia, and Hollywood, transgenderism is transforming the natural reality of only two sexes, male and female, into a pathological culture of non-binary genders and bizarre pronouns. Heavy-handed mandates

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Duane Mooring | Suzanne Column Stokes Fear

Concerning Patricia Suzanne’s column on Jan. 5: There are many opinions out there in the world. Why would The Signal publish Patricia Suzanne’s column, “Backtracking, Diseases and Immigration”? Publishing varying