Santa Barbara – California Globe

The Affordability Crisis, California Style!

December 5, 2025 3:55 amDecember 5, 2025 3:56 am

I have to laugh at New Yorkers, among others, whose concern over the affordability crisis, prompted them to elect a socialist. The point here is that government is nearly entirely responsible for the affordability crises, and the only promise a...

This Thanksgiving, Thank a Republican Farmer

December 1, 2025 12:21 pmDecember 1, 2025 12:23 pm

Apart from tech, agriculture reigns supreme in the state of California, with a whopping $61.2 billion in annual receipts, according to the California Dept of Food and Agriculture, a peculiar political harvest trend has taken root. Forget the old red...

Is the Central Coast Still Blue? Acknowledging the Elephant in the Room

October 20, 2025 1:00 pmOctober 21, 2025 11:25 am

On August 20, 2025, the New York Times published a noteworthy report entitled “The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis.” The opening paragraph quickly gained attention in numerous media outlets: “Of the 30 states that track voter registration...

The Sour Grapes of Socialists

September 9, 2025 3:30 amSeptember 9, 2025 6:29 am

John Steinbeck’s classic “The Grapes of Wrath”, published in 1939, got its title from the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The hymn’s line is, “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out...

Gavin Newsom’s Crime Spree

August 12, 2025 3:00 amAugust 12, 2025 3:01 am

While Governor Gavin Newsom is closing one prison after another in California, criminal activity has not abated in our state for a myriad of reasons. In the City of Santa Barbara, at their recent annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta celebration,...

A Long List of Undesirables; Elected, Blind, and Otherwise!

July 29, 2025 3:30 amJuly 29, 2025 3:31 am

Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at the Glass House pot...

Border Patrol Raid at Sacramento Home Depot Yields 10 Arrests

July 17, 2025 4:49 pmJuly 17, 2025 5:30 pm

The Sacramento Bee is offering tips to illegal aliens fearful of ICE raids in “What to do during ICE raids: Sacramento residents guide,” following a Border Patrol raid at a Sacramento Home Depot Thursday. KCRA reported, “Masked Border Patrol agents...