Editorial: Rob Bonta Is Right About Amazon

September 18, 2022 2:31 amSeptember 19, 2022 10:58 am

The California Globe has not found much opportunity to praise elected California Democrats. But Attorney General Rob Bonta is right to sue Amazon for its anti-competitive, unfair, and just plain piggish policies. Conservatives ought to join liberals who are finally...

Preferred Pronouns and More: What I Saw at Teachers Union Convention

July 25, 2022 2:30 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

By Brenda Lebsack As a teacher, I attended the National Education Association convention last week, and my worst fears were confirmed. Public schools are no longer a safe place for families who hold traditional values or for families who believe...

The Media and Twitter Care about January 6

June 29, 2022 9:10 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

The chief television critic for The New York Times, James Poniewozik, raved about Tuesday’s edition of the January 6th Committee: “The investigation played like the Watergate hearings as punched up by the writers’ room of 24.” Press play to hear...

Calif. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis Calls Clarence Thomas a ‘Saudi Arabian father’

June 24, 2022 3:13 pmJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis has developed a reputation for speaking out of school. Her remarks in November blaming President Joe Biden for putting Vice President Kamala Harris in the corner earned her a spanking from the White House. And...

California’s Right Turn Signal

May 24, 2022 7:30 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. There’s something going on here For as long as California Globe has been chronicling the state’s politics, conservatives who have watched the state turn purple then blue...

Chesa Boudin Must Go

May 23, 2022 8:30 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

The California Globe has generally resisted endorsing candidates or initiatives. Our sense is that trust in the media is so low that declaring our opinion on one page and then covering the news straight on the next naturally gives rise...

EXCLUSIVE: Newsom Bolting for Costa Rica

March 30, 2022 2:55 pmJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Well-traveled Governor Gavin Newsom, who made national headlines with a posh getaway to a Cabo San Lucas Villa in November, is heading south once again. As the Globe can exclusively report, the governor and his family will be heading to...