From “A Study in Scarlet,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1877, a Sherlock Holmes mystery: “… that and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the government and advocating
It’s almost like the news media is trying to get us to hide under our beds in fear. From CNN to USA Today to Fox and beyond, all we hear
“They’ve all come to look for America …” — Paul Simon 1967 Back when I was in high school, one of my favorite music groups was Simon & Garfunkel. On
The assassination of Charlie Kirk was shocking and heartbreaking. No matter what you thought of him, he was on a stage, speaking his mind, when his life was taken. That
Great Britain has not had a single school shooting since 1996 due to their strict gun control program, but unfortunately during that period of time until the present the United
On May 16, 2023, the Des Moines, Iowa, school board hired Ian Roberts to be its new superintendent. Roberts, the first African American ever chosen to run the city’s schools,
Sept. 28, 2025 — Authorities say Thomas Jacob Sanford drove his truck into a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and killed four people and wounded eight … with a
Does liberalism run on empathy and compassion? Or fear and hate? You could argue that folks hated Hitler out of compassion for the innocent Jews he slaughtered. But it’s a
Last month the Lincoln Club hosted a meet-and-greet for Herb Morgan, who is running for California state controller. I had no idea who he was or what he stood for.
An article (Sept. 26) reporting a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sentenced a father to 15 years to life for killing his baby neither identified the judge nor had
The other night on CNN, there was a discussion about the troubling commonality between the people who are committing so many of the tragic shooting incidents over the last months.
Hi reader! What a whirlwind it has been these last few weeks, to say the least! There’s so much happening nationally that deserves attention, but with about 800 words at
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission was established in 2008 after voters passed Proposition 11 by a 50.8% to 41.2% vote. That measure set the duties of the commission to drawing
The Signal announced the City Council’s bold action to reel in a financial windfall from L.A County: namely, funds for low-income housing. The Riverview project will build 318 homes which,
After watching the spiritually uplifting and politically momentous memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sept. 21 in Phoenix, I suddenly realized something. I now know three great people who actually
By David Hegg There is an old saying that, being old, has been buried in the accumulated dust of a fast-paced, progressive society. It goes like this: Internal compliance is
Response to Gary Horton’s column, Sept. 24: Comparing President Donald Trump to Joseph McCarthy is beyond a stretch. President Trump and his family have been lied about for 10 years.
Just over a year ago, in August 2024, I wrote an article in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. In it, I said that “our nation
This week marks Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year — a celebration of creation and humanity itself. But you don’t need to be Jewish to appreciate the timeless message it
For those of you who are thinking Comrade Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, and others of their socialist/communist ilk are on to something, ask yourself two very