Vote on this week’s poll question
March 31, 2018
Do you think the city of Santa Clarita should become an anti-sanctuary city, defying the California Values Act as some cities in Orange County have done? [socialpoll id=”2495478″]
Opinion
Opinion
Joshua Heath: A Word On Civility
March 31, 2018
This letter is regarding the online behavior of folks on The Signal’s website, as well as social media more broadly. Politics is a passionate business, I know, but far too
Noelle De Vita: Standing up for students
March 31, 2018
This letter is regarding Anthony Breznican’s column, “Stop Saying that Parkland students are fakes, actors.” Mr. Breznican, thank you for standing up for not only the Parkland students—eloquently articulating their
David W. Hegg: Entrusting our lives to an ethical, just God
March 30, 2018
The field of ethics is all about right and wrong. Ethicists work to these polar opposites, and determine standards and actions for preferring right in every situation. It only stands
Sanctuary request needs research
March 30, 2018
The Santa Clarita City Council needs to step back and do some research on the request by Councilman Bob Kellar for the city to declare itself a non-sanctuary city. Step
Lois Eisenberg: Frightened by Bolton
March 30, 2018
We are now in the throes of being frightened to death by another warmonger who is known to be the epitome of warmongers, John Bolton. Bolton is extremely hawkish in
Thomas Oatway: Students not manipulated
March 30, 2018
Ron Bischof lost the credibility of his arguments on how to implement school safety when he attacked the students of Parkland, Florida as being “orchestrated by media producers and other
Martha Michael: Running the bases
March 30, 2018
While many Americans have their attention fixed on Opening Day (yesterday for the Dodgers, next week for my favorite—the Lancaster JetHawks), there are other players stepping up to the plate,
Kevin Eliason: Old school weather terminology
March 28, 2018
I think I more than qualify as, “old school,” and in keeping with that honor I would like to ask one simple question. What TV weather person came up with
Richard Myers: No fear of guns
March 28, 2018
I just read Brian Baker’s March 15 piece, “The Second Amendment and the Militia,” and I’d like him to know that I am getting mighty tired of him and his
Anthony Breznican: Stop saying that Parkland students are fakes, actors
March 28, 2018
In a March 23 column, “Talking about school safety,” writer Ron Bischof suggests a conspiracy theory: “Ask yourself: what’s the probability that teenage survivors, understandably distraught and traumatized, would be
Dick and Alice Ramirez: Invite #MeToo
March 27, 2018
A few years back, a group of responsible, dedicated young kids just a few years older than the students protesting now, changed the world by protesting our involvement in
Brian Baker: Still need a driver
March 27, 2018
I enjoyed reading Maria Gutzeit’s March 20 column entitled, “Eagerly awaiting the on-demand, futuristic life,” but in discussing self-driving cars she quoted Mark Schniepp, PhD, as saying that “…the current
Jim de Bree: Algorithms continue to change baseball
March 27, 2018
In 1961, I attended my first Dodger game at the Coliseum. As Vin Scully would say, the game was a dandy. The Dodgers played the Giants. Koufax faced Marichal. Both
Robert W. Burton: Reading vs. writing
March 26, 2018
Too much emphasis, these days, at all levels of educational instruction, is placed on reading, but not on writing. Many people read well, but only a select few write well.
Betty Arenson: Watching Sacramento
March 26, 2018
There are positives occurring in the California legislature that somehow elude the general public. Yes, agenda items intended to help the citizenry, yet these same issues get rejected, buried or
Joshua Heath: Gov. Brown will leave a mysterious legacy
March 26, 2018
Jerry Brown, the only four-term governor in California history, is set to leave public life next January, when his likely Democratic successor will take his place in the governor’s mansion.
Jennifer O’Shea: A professor’s perspective on Saturday’s March for our Lives in Santa Clarita
March 25, 2018
By Jennifer O’Shea For The Signal Three doors separated me and my 35 students from the outside. Three doors separated us from fresh air, sunshine and possible bullet spray. In
Vote on this week’s poll question
March 24, 2018
Should college admissions be based more on improving diversity than on merit? [socialpoll id=”2494462″]
David W. Hegg: The ‘cult of victimhood,’ and minority rule
March 23, 2018
In a previous column, I made mention of the “cult of victimhood.” For many months I have thought about writing a column on the rise of this cult, and the