Opinion

Brian Baker: Get used to it

In Tuesday’s edition of The Signal, a column by Jonathan Kraut entitled “Grassroots rallies: a new unity” and discussing Trump’s presidency makes it pretty clear that neither he nor his

Gary Horton: Hope dies, fear is reborn

As Carrie and I walked along the Santa Barbara marina waterfront nine years ago we encountered an anti-Iraq War II protest. Thousands of small white crosses had been placed into

Dennis Fuerst: Some consistency, Signal

As a Signal reader and subscriber for the past 42 years, I have seen many highs and lows as the paper has matured and occasionally changed ownership. It was disappointing

Casey McMichael: Closer look at pot shops

I applaud Mayor Smyth and his new position back with our city. Congratulations! I also want to say that his research on whether or not our city should embrace these

Casey McMichael: How stupidity works

Well, another “unsafe – do not do this at home” article. Tuesday’s “Surf’s up for Master’s University students” (A1) is unbelievable. To show the public and young people how stupidity

Scott Wilk: Mine requires 2nd look

An open-top tractor-trailer motors down the Highway 14 freeway. Gravel, piled high in back, ricochets off the pavement as the tractor bounces down the bumpy highway, losing bits of sand

Peggy Stabile: Why I marched

Last weekend I posted about an amazing experience: my marching with hundreds of thousands of like-minded folks in the L.A. Women’s March last Saturday. The organizers invited “anyone who stands

Cher Gilmore: Capital idea for polluted site

What a great idea Chad Kampbell proposed for the Whittaker-Bermite cleanup site “Seize this choice opportunity,” (Jan. 17 in The Signal)! It’s questionable whether, even after “cleanup,” the site will

Jim de Bree

Jim de Bree: Obamacare doomed from the outset

Was Obamacare designed to fail? The question asked in this article is one of the most politically charged questions of the health-care debate. Republicans frequently say the Affordable Care Act

David Veal: Vigilance, yes, but outrage, no

For decades our government and other governments have tried to influence, overthrow and/or interfere in elections overtly and covertly of other countries and regimes that we don’t agree with, and