Opinion Archives - California Globe

California’s Right Turn Signal

May 24, 2022 7:30 amMay 24, 2022 9:36 am

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 then crazy have waited for a rebound the way religious people wait for...

Chesa Boudin Must Go

May 23, 2022 8:30 amMay 24, 2022 6:35 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...

OPINION: Wither Eric?

May 11, 2022 6:10 amMay 11, 2022 6:25 am

Now that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be the next ambassador to India has gone up in smoke… Oops – technically that hasn’t happened yet. Of course, the same thing can be said for the sun setting this...

OPINION: CAGOP State Party Endorsement May Not Get Candidates Past June 7th Primary

May 11, 2022 2:24 amMay 10, 2022 4:27 pm

As of the writing this op ed, the convention of the California Republican Party has been hosted. Endorsements were handed out, candidates pitched to the delegates why they should receive party support, and business has happened as usual. While to...

Investors Should Reject the Woke Nonsense of ESG funds

May 10, 2022 6:13 amMay 10, 2022 6:15 am

This essay is adapted from an earlier piece that ran in The Rubin Report, investment advisors for political conservatives. Investment decisions should be based solely on maximizing the individual investors’ returns. Unfortunately, investors have unwittingly or unwillingly fallen prey to...

On This Mother’s Day 2022, What is a Woman?

May 8, 2022 2:35 amMay 10, 2022 6:21 am

What is a woman? That question appeared to stump United States Supreme Court nominee Kentanji Brown Jackson. During Jackson’s confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked Brown if Jackson “could provide a definition for the word ’woman.’”...

OPINION: Joe Biden’s War on Energy Has Weakened America

May 3, 2022 5:40 amMay 3, 2022 5:37 am

With a gallon of gas averaging $4.19 nationwide and $5.74 in California, Americans are being told soaring energy prices are an ephemeral problem created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that have nothing to do with Joe Biden’s long-term energy policies....