Chris Anderson | Selfishness Prevails
March 19, 2020
I’m writing this at about 1:10 pm on Saturday afternoon. What I’m speaking about happened at 12:30 p.m. and, while perhaps not newsworthy, it speaks (screams?) loudly to the complete
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Steve Lunetta | It’s Trump’s Fault! It Really Is! Swear!
March 19, 2020
No it isn’t. Not any more than it’s Pelosi’s fault or Obama’s fault, or anyone else’s fault. It’s just something that happens. As far as we know right now, this
Brian Richards | Giving Credit Where It’s Due
March 18, 2020
When Donald Trump was running for president, he warned us of many things that were having a deleterious impact on our nation. The president warned us against unchecked illegal immigration.
Gary Horton | Community Mindedness Is Everything Now
March 18, 2020
The scenes would have been laughable if they weren’t so pathetic, illogical and disappointing. Lines and more lines around Costco’s, supermarkets, and just about any place else to buy stuff.
Nicole Cho | Frank Talk Needed on Shootings
March 17, 2020
In Santa Clarita, there was a school shooting incident on Nov. 14 around 7:38 a.m. A student named Nathaniel Berhow shot himself at Saugus High School along with several schoolmates.
Cher Gilmore | Reflections from a Poll Worker in the 2020 Primary
March 17, 2020
Working the polls this year was decidedly different from working them in previous years. The main reason was the new computerized voting system that premiered in the primary election just
Richard Myers | An Arbitrary Number
March 15, 2020
I have recently repeatedly heard about various localities banning large groups during this crisis, but in the same sentence saying that no groups larger than 250 will be permitted. Good
Karla H. Edwards | Don’t Read and Drive
March 15, 2020
Interesting that people are worried about being around others for fear of the virus, but they don’t seem to worry at all about driving the streets of Santa Clarita. With
Tim Whyte | Big Wednesday and the Dominoes that Followed
March 15, 2020
By Tim Whyte Signal Editor Wednesday just felt like THE day. I’m not trying to take credit for any special newsman’s instinct. But it was palpable. As Wednesday progressed, you
David Hegg | Understanding and Living with Our Expectations
March 15, 2020
By David Hegg Over my years counseling families, and especially married couples, I have found that most problems can be traced back to the area of expectations. And I’ve boiled
Our View | Striking a Balance in Paranoia vs. Foolishness
March 15, 2020
By The Signal Editorial Board There’s paranoia. There’s panic. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, there’s foolhardiness. NBA player Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz was fulfilling his
Betty Arenson | Failed Rollout of Obamacare Duplicated
March 14, 2020
Too many L.A. County voters found the new voting system calamitous. The machines failed and poll workers were either uninformed or just flat lied to the voters. All in all
Lois Eisenberg | Afghanistan War a Defeat
March 14, 2020
After 18 years in Afghanistan and the loss of (approximately 2,300) American soldiers with a pending agreement that lacks substance, Americans are not dancing in the streets. The U.S. has
Don Gately | Extreme Left Goes Overboard
March 14, 2020
Patricia Suzanne’s opinion column “The New Way Forward” (March 6) ought to be required reading. I used to consider myself “middle of the road.” I thought Deferred Action for Childhood
Ken Dean | Stop ‘Talking’ About Homelessness
March 13, 2020
We are witness to a humanitarian and historic homelessness crisis that has, after years of laying dormant, surfaced because political leaders have had blinders on to what has been in
John Boston | It’s National Blame Someone Else Day. Don’t Look at Us.
March 13, 2020
Ah, the index finger. The most dangerous of digits, more so than the provocative second from the thumb? Key to your sister’s chastity belt? Grandmama’s IQ? That’s Why You Have
Steve Petzold | A Watershed Election for Taxpayers
March 12, 2020
On the morning of March 3, I was very confident that the Sulphur Springs Union School District’s Measure US would fail to gain the 55% supermajority required for passage. While
Bob Comer | Letter Writer’s Tax Plan Won’t Work
March 12, 2020
Re: Alex Sokolow letter, March 7. Double the tax on the top 20%? That won’t work. The way to cut the deficit is to reduce the runaway federal spending. The
Gil Mertz | Gearing up for Eight More Years of Obama?
March 12, 2020
It appears the Democrats have resigned to their fate of Joe Biden after their massive, anti-Sanders campaign on Super Tuesday. Please don’t tell Joe, who thinks they were voting FOR
Josh Heath | My Ancestry Impacts My Politics
March 12, 2020
Though I’ve been blessed to come from a family where money was never an issue, I proudly have peasant blood running through my veins. My mother’s side is Polish Jewish