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Letters to the Editor

Philip Germain: Choosing the future

I was proud to give a local Democratic response to the State of the Union the other night, though Tomi Lahren seems to have an issue with political redheads now.

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Brendie Heter: Is that your emergency?

Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: This piece may not be popular with everyone, but it’s about an issue that needs to be discussed. I implore

Martha Michael: With women controlling the volume

It wasn’t the DACA speech by singer-songwriter Camila Cabello at the Grammy Awards Sunday night that perfectly illustrated the power behind the current wave of the women’s movement. It was

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Our View: Making those hard decisions

The Santa Clarita City Council’s discussion of climate change at its most recent meeting was both interesting and frustrating. At Councilman Cameron Smyth’s urging, council members had before them a

SCV Voices: Guest Commentary

Betty Arenson: Correcting some things

Josh Heath’s “Dems didn’t get us here” (01/16/2018) has a lot to correct and here’s a few. It’s foolish to say one party alone got us here but Dems have

Gary Horton: Thank you to community of caregivers

Can tragedy turn to opportunity? An unexpected loss into new life insights? To tighter family bonding? Pain into lightness? Suffering, into release? Our family has just been through a gut-wrenching

Brian Baker: The ‘courage’ of the mob

Shortly after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, I wrote a column that was published in The Signal on Oct. 30 under the title “Casting couch probably has not seen its