In December 1995, as a graduate student studying communication-studies I was forced to remove the word “Christmas” from my holiday-decorated office at the college I was attending. Soon after, I
There’s nothing like a clear election victory to clear away a constitutional crisis. Or to set one in motion.The result: Jan. 6, 2025, will be a bore. But Jan. 20,
Joe Biden has 40 more days to serve as president. But anyone watching events in Paris over the weekend would think President-elect Donald Trump has already taken office. The president-elect
I am thoroughly confused by President Joe Biden’s pardon policy. In addition to pardoning his son Hunter, Biden is considering pardoning people who he claims have not committed any crimes,
As we try to bring light to issues in our communities, schools, businesses, or even the world, it’s almost always silenced by a higher power — particularly the people that
The following letter is a written version of public comments delivered at the Dec. 3 Santa Clarita Planning Commission meeting. The approval of the lithium battery storage facility in Canyon
Pundits and academics who have parsed the data of Donald Trump’s presidential victory differ on the fine points but generally agree it reflected voters’ widespread unhappiness with the status quo,
I turned 63 on Dec. 4. Unlike many women of my vintage, birthdays are a very public celebration in my house. It’s always been that way. From the time I
I am Collin Park from Troop 777, doing the Communication Merit Badge. I wanted to share the fact that an increasing number of students are getting access to e-bikes (electric
Nearly 60,000 people are estimated to die from cancer this year in California. As an advocate working to fight this disease, this is a number I cannot ignore, and neither
Have you ever done an article about Santa Clarita planning and code enforcement, and how our civil liberties are slowing being taken away? Our right to privacy and growing our
The Public Policy Institute of California, a think tank that conducts vigorous and objective research into vital state issues, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of retrospective reports.
There have been some interesting discussions about birthright citizenship, intensified by Donald Trump’s election a few weeks ago. A number of people who are angry at the chaos at the
By David Hegg So … here we go again! With Thanksgiving and Black Friday behind us, there are no more excuses. The Christmas season is upon us, and we’re already
Every time I read a letter to the editor by a left-wing diehard, I ask myself, “Do all of these liberals take the same kind of drug that destroys their
The holiday season is upon us! Hopefully everyone has finally accepted the November election results, found yourselves among friends and family imbibing delicious Thanksgiving delectables and warm conversations, and are
Believing that 34 legitimate accounting entries by a staffer Donald Trump doesn’t know amount to meaningful “felonies” is about as reasonable as believing that Jan. 6 was the worst thing
J.R.R. Tolkien’s first book, “The Silmarillion,” starts out very much like the Old Testament’s Book of Genesis, and continues on after the “creation story” into other early tales of men
The next four years are going to be especially tough for MSNBC’s Joy Reid. The always-angry host of “The ReidOut” has spent the past four years ranting about Donald Trump
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The