James Breslo – California Globe

Gov. Newsom Bans Legacy Admissions, Pretending to Care About Merit

October 18, 2024 8:06 amOctober 18, 2024 8:06 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature have now banned “legacy” admissions to colleges. Hilariously, he asserts that college admissions should be based on merit. This is rich considering he has made “diversity, equity, and inclusion” the governing principle...

Kamala’s Upbringing Would Have Been Quite Troubling to America’s Founders

September 24, 2024 12:10 pmSeptember 24, 2024 12:15 pm

Barack Hussein Obama infamously pronounced upon winning the election that he planned to “fundamentally transform America.” The statement is inapposite to President Donald Trump’s vision to “make America great again.” We know to which statement Kamala Harris most identifies. The...

Kamala’s Plan to Address Root Cause of Migration: Expand Socialism to U.S.

August 28, 2024 7:00 amAugust 28, 2024 7:30 am

The ongoing debate as to whether Vice President Kamala Harris was the “border czar” misses a more important point about her role in the border crisis. When President Biden announced her new role, he did not expressly name her as...

A Month Before Assassination Attempt, Trump Showed Similar Bravery and Generosity

August 2, 2024 3:41 pmAugust 3, 2024 6:50 pm

Americans are still processing what happened on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. It does not feel real. Perhaps because it is hard to process that, considering the circumstances, President Donald Trump should not still be alive after the assassination attempt...

Supreme Court Restores Cities’ Ability to Ban Camping, LA Mayor Refuses

July 9, 2024 3:54 pmJuly 9, 2024 3:54 pm

President Andrew Jackson infamously said in response to a U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling he did not like regarding the sovereignty of Native American Tribes, “the Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass...

California’s Latest Tax Idea: Charge Drivers by the Mile

June 12, 2024 12:30 pmJune 12, 2024 12:30 pm

California has the highest income tax rate in the country (top tier of 14.4 percent), the highest statewide sales tax rate (7.25 percent, plus local sales taxes), and the highest gas tax rate ($0.78 per gallon). Yet it ranks third...

Los Angeles Buys ‘Luxury’ Apartments With ‘Sweeping Views’ to House Homeless

June 3, 2024 5:44 pmJune 3, 2024 5:49 pm

The City of Los Angeles has embarked upon an aggressive and novel plan: provide housing for all of the city’s homeless. The inherent problem with the plan is obvious: the more you provide, the more you incentivize homeless people to...