John Boston

John Boston | Ilhan Omar & a New Kind of Brotherly Love

So the perky Somali pirate — I mean, Santa Clarita Valley’s sister district congresswoman from Minnesota — is in hot water. Again. The North Star State’s angry cover concubine, Ilhan Omar, had her D.C. home raided and searched recently by the FBI. The feds are putting together a freight train of charges, possibly including violating The Infield Fly Rule, which,

Letters to the Editor

Rick Barker | Acting vs. Reacting

Simple fact: Smart people and true leaders “act”and ignorant people “react.”  You can’t educate some people out of their reactionary ignorance, and politicians and advocacy groups are very aware of

Letters to the Editor

Ron Perry | What’s So Wrong With That? 

Will a liberal please explain to me why Proposition 39 is bad? Why shouldn’t we have to prove our citizenship before voting? Please, I am serious! Ron Perry Canyon Country

Letters to the Editor

Bruce Tracy | We Reap What We Sow

I met a condemned man earlier this year. I looked him the eyes and shook his hand. We studied scripture together, and we prayed. We even took a group picture

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Saginian | The Lesser Flawed Party

To Jack Teoli (Letters, Aug. 1), I’m not saying that Republicans don’t have their faults, as they certainly do. What I’m saying is that Democrats have many, many more, and

Letters to the Editor

Richard Post | It’s a Long Way Around 

Regarding the Valencia vs. Hart football game at College of the Canyons, being a disabled person of 80 I find it absurd that as a Valencia fan we were forced

Letters to the Editor

Gerald Staack | Atonement Needed

Imagine being a Black person, walking around a public park, seeing a statue of Jefferson Davis, and someone proudly saying, “My great-great-great-grandfather was a slave owner, and we should respect

Letters to the Editor

Rick Barker | Despite …

Despite what many on the left would like us to believe, police and fire departments are not examples of socialism. They are essential government services that can be found in

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | The Turf War of California Colleges

California being what it is — an infinitely complex socioeconomic matrix — even the seemingly simplest political issues can become a whirlpool of competing special interests. So it was in

David Hegg, "Ethically Speaking"

David Hegg | Everyone a Columnist

By David Hegg If my count is correct, I’m closing in on my 840th column for The Signal. From time to time I’m asked what it’s like to put my

Letters to the Editor

Barbara Coulter | Why Pick on the Students?

In Rick Barker’s letter on Oct. 27, he states that “public school kids across the country are graduating from high school not being able to read their diploma or even

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Saginian | More Than Good Intentions

To Steve LePore (Letters, July 24), perhaps the great and wealthy Christian churches of America could instead spend from their monetary abundance to hire immigration attorneys to get these fear-stricken

Our View

Our View | Dirty Politics Besmirching Santa Clarita

It shouldn’t be like this in Santa Clarita. The 2026 election cycle has brought upon our fair community multiple instances of dirty politics, potentially libelous campaign advertisements, anonymous hit pieces,