Highlight – Page 131 – California Globe

Artificial Intelligence Has No Guardrails, and That Should Worry Us All

January 5, 2026 12:00 pmJanuary 5, 2026 12:03 pm

A Conversation That Changed the Way I Think About AI A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a private home to hear Tim Estes speak. Estes is a longtime technology executive who has worked at the intersection of data,...

Americans Haven’t Stopped Caring – They’ve Stopped Trusting

January 5, 2026 4:30 amJanuary 5, 2026 4:31 am

Most analyses of declining charitable giving focus on household balance sheets. Inflation fatigue, higher interest rates, student loan repayments, childcare costs, and lingering uncertainty all matter. James Pollard and Linley Sanders, with the Associated Press, capture that reality clearly: many...

Fourth Quiz on Where Areas of Law Are Found in the California Codes

January 4, 2026 3:12 pmJanuary 4, 2026 3:12 pm

As readers may recall, almost all statutes enacted by the California Legislature are found in one of the 29 Codes (i.e., they are “codified” statutes) that contain over 155,000 sections of state law. Among those provisions, some are found in...

DHS Delivers Epic Smackdown to Soros-Backed AZ Senator Ruben Gallego Over Trump’s Maduro Takedown

January 4, 2026 10:17 amJanuary 4, 2026 10:20 am

President Donald J. Trump pulled off what can only be described as a successful military offensive: the swift and decisive capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. No American casualties, precision strikes on key sites around Caracas, and the U.S. now...

Arizona Senator Revives Bill Requiring Hospitals To Check Immigration Status

January 2, 2026 12:19 pmJanuary 2, 2026 12:20 pm

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) has reintroduced legislation that would require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status during medical intake, according to reporting from Arizona Family and state legislative records. The proposal, filed for the 2026 legislative...

AZ Rep. John Gillette Cites ICE Detainer After Registered Sex Offender Accused in Phoenix School Assault

January 2, 2026 9:11 amJanuary 2, 2026 9:11 am

Arizona State Representative John Gillette issued a statement in late December following a federal immigration enforcement action involving a registered sex offender accused of the sexual assault of an elementary school student in Phoenix. In a press release dated Dec....

The Steep Price of Tolerance

January 2, 2026 4:30 amJanuary 2, 2026 4:31 am

I truly feel sorry that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in cold blood by their own son. It doesn’t matter to me that I did not agree with Reiner’s politics. Besides being a severe drug addict, Reiner’s son...