
Jonathan Hatami | It’s More Than Parenting
You just can’t address major safety issues by only saying: “parents need to parent.” As a dad to two young children I fully agree with that statement in general. However,

You just can’t address major safety issues by only saying: “parents need to parent.” As a dad to two young children I fully agree with that statement in general. However,

Jonathan Kraut, you write of President Donald Trump, Iran’s Islamic regime, and war with Iran, as if you know enough to speak with any sense of expertise or authority. My

Since the turn of the century, California’s state budget has been plagued by a boom-and-bust syndrome rooted in its lopsided revenue system and a lack of political discipline. The budget

It’s safe to say that 99.99999999% of us who use a computer daily for our work are easily distracted. In the midst of the mind-melting tedium of employment, self or

I am once again taken aback by Gary Horton’s ambivalence about our country’s history (commentary, May 6). It is becoming apparent that the longer you are involved in academia, the

I am your neighbor. Not a lawyer, not a lobbyist, not a policy expert. Just a Santa Clarita Medicare recipient who found herself entangled in a government reach for something

I was raised as and continue to be a member of the United Methodist Church, but I have always had great respect and admiration for the pope as the universal

The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Commissioner Wendy Shapero of the Santa Clarita Courthouse. I read the report about the bail conditions imposed on Jared Paul

The state Assembly’s Democratic leadership published a remarkable bit of political fiction last week, a “budget road map” that essentially blames President Donald Trump for California’s multibillion-dollar deficits. The document

A new poll suggests that a sizable number of Democrats — more than 40% in some cases — believe the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life were fake. The poll,

There are pros and cons to Donald Trump. Both sides of his rise in American politics make serious arguments about his impact. That’s not the debate here. What concerns me

After reading the April 14 opinion pieces by Andrew Taban and Lois Eisenberg, you would think Americans are suddenly living in some kind of police state. Honestly, I am tired

To our neighbors and the broader Santa Clarita community, my family has lived in Placerita Canyon for about 50 years. We’ve watched this canyon grow from open land, where property

One of the great ironies of our time is that 60 years after the 1960s, the “love children” spent their final years consumed with hate. Rob Kerchner Santa Clarita

Well readers, here we are with a new month, a whirlwind of news, and somehow the same stupidity. It’s almost impressive how we manage to combine chaos with hypocrisy. This

I’m sick to death of seeing George Whitesides’ name in the paper, pandering to voters, by coming up with more taxpayer money for pork-barrel issues right before the election. Certainly

In re: Philip Wasserman, “Sending the Wrong Message,” letters, April 18. Mr. Wasserman, I would respectfully suggest that it is you, not me, who is sending the wrong message to

I read this morning’s column (March 25) by Gary Horton: “When Unthinkable Becomes Sayable.” He says he “didn’t flinch” when he found himself in a discussion that included the necessity

Over the past several decades there’s been a recurring debate in political, academic and media circles over the relatively poor levels of academic achievement among California’s public school students. In

By David Hegg This weekend, we all turn our thoughts and gifts to the mothers in our lives, both those who birthed us and those whose willingness to be mothers