Our lives are filled with absurdities. People thrive on them and refuse to let them go once they find a juicy one like a dog given a nice steak. The latest absurdity is the reflecting pool. I have no idea if it was faulty construction or if it was vandals or if it was the quality of water, which is
Today, June 4, I heard that the primary vote for governor of California is only 58% completed. For comparison, Florida has all their votes counted two hours after the polls
This is to praise the Rev. David Hegg for what I consider one of his best, if not one of The Signal’s best, columns I have read since I started
California’s population exploded during and immediately after World War II, from 6.9 million in 1940 to 19.9 million in 1970, thanks to waves of migrants from other states drawn to
The memory banks are starting to fog like the yellow headlights from my old 1953 Ford F-100. The first person I ever voted for was Martin Van Buren and that
Jack Crawford’s letter to the editor printed May 30 regarding voter fraud is a bit puzzling to me. He quotes Factually, an artificial intelligence-powered fact-checking website, that convictions for voter
Once again I am taking issue with Mr. Gary Horton and today’s column (June 3) “Where Does the Commons End?” For the majority of his article, I agree with him
The primary election has come and gone. Votes are still being counted and the eventual results in close contests might not be known for weeks. However, it’s back to work
In Re: “The Minuscule Voter Fraud Problem,” Jack Crawford, letters, May 30. While I mostly agree with Mr. Crawford’s premise, I believe it is also very relevant to point out
When it comes to Iran, Gary Horton has demonstrated that he is a conflicted man. On March 25, Mr. Horton wrote of a conversation regarding nuking Iran, concluding with the
There were 61 candidates for governor on this week’s primary election ballot, one of whom will be inaugurated in January. Given the vast array of unresolved issues Gov. Gavin Newsom
Conservative graduation speakers still give better advice than speakers on the left. In 2015, after reviewing two commencement-speech anthologies featuring 18 liberal speeches and 30 conservative speeches, New York Times
Last week was a good week to be reminded of what kind of place Santa Clarita has become. The city celebrated the expansion of David March Park in Plum Canyon.
Rick Barker is a good friend of mine, a fellow Marine, and a hero wounded in action in Vietnam. No one I know works harder and puts in more hours
With every turn of an ignition key, every push of a gas pedal, we aren’t just starting a car — we are actively accelerating toward a global climate tipping point.
Can Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, survive his sexting scandal? The first thing to know is how little we know about it. We know from a Wall
For too long, our politics has been rooted in division. We are constantly told we have to pick a side — Democrat or Republican, left or right, us versus them.
The letter by Mihran Kalaydjian on Friday, May 29, was very good. However, the only thing missed was a quote I was reminded of: “Insanity is doing the same thing
President Donald Trump’s obsession with his exaggerated, gaudy, pretentious ballroom is excessive beyond belief. The National Historic Trust claims that the destruction of the East Wing of the White House