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Hayes’ epic failures – let me count the ways

The anti-immigration rally held this past Saturday provided me with 2 hours of flavorful entertainment. None of the acts performed by the clowns who participated in the rally were more entertaining than that of Theodore Hayes. Researching and reading about Hayes’ previous work, the 58-year-old has an impressive resume. Since the 1980s, he has centered [...]

Save Our State / Minutemen Rally Santa Clarita

I am not going to recap much more on this Rally as a whole. I didn’t however want to let all of the Muse‘s effort go to waste.  I have a few other commentaries I will probably add in the next week or so.  SCVtalk has done a marvelous job of covering this story, which [...]

More Empty Words From Gitlin

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” — Noam Chomsky While observing all the talking, shouting and letters written to the editor in recent days on the topic of free speech, I was reminded of the many chats I had with Dad in [...]

Part 2 // Fighting Illegal Immigration on all levels

“America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.” – James Madison The United States is facing serious challenges that desperately need solving if our nation is to remain a thriving world leader. Few issues [...]

Extremist Frank Jorge Responds

“There is no middle ground or debate when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration … rational human beings understand that being here illegally constitutes sufficient grounds for deportation.” -Frank Jorge Frank Jorge Minuteman extremist leader Frank Jorge continued his assault and battery on reason today as he responded to my Signal column, “Fewer [...]