Opinion – Page 10 – California Globe

Legislator Clings to the Immutable in CA College Admissions

August 15, 2025 9:00 amAugust 15, 2025 9:01 am

California legislators have yet again found a way to put federal law aside and make immutable characteristics a continued focus in college admissions. This movement is happening with the support and progression of Assembly Bill 7. The bill, written by...

California’s Senators Have Their Own Ethical Problems Without Opposition to US Attorney Appointments

August 12, 2025 3:30 amAugust 12, 2025 11:52 am

California has four United States Attorneys, three of which have been appointed this year, as is normal for a new Presidential Administration. They are Craig Missakian for the Northern District, Bill Essayli for the Central District, and Adam Gordon for...

America’s Streets Are Not Shelters: Time to Rethink Homelessness Policy

August 12, 2025 2:45 amAugust 12, 2025 2:46 am

Walk through any major American city today—San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle—and you’ll see the same troubling pattern: sidewalks turned into encampments, public parks overtaken by tents, and transit stations rendered unusable. This isn’t just a humanitarian crisis. It’s...

Restore Transparency, Safety, and Support: Repeal SB 54

August 11, 2025 3:00 pmAugust 11, 2025 3:01 pm

The California Values Act, SB 54, often called the “Sanctuary Law,” was enacted initially with noble intentions to ensure that undocumented immigrants could report crimes without fear of immigration retaliation. Unfortunately, in practice, SB 54 has resulted in a lack...

Greenberg: Mamdani Upheaval Will Go Far Beyond Mayor’s Office

August 9, 2025 2:45 amAugust 9, 2025 11:19 am

Currently, airwaves and social media focus on Zohran Mamdani, the man and candidate. Clearly, not nearly enough attention is paid to the perfect storm brewing in New York, whereby a Marxist mayor acting together with anti-prosecution District Attorney Alvin Bragg,...

The Monkees, Grok, and the Myth of Machine Wisdom

August 8, 2025 9:48 amAugust 8, 2025 9:48 am

Recently, Grok – Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on X (formerly Twitter) – was widely mocked for responses deemed controversial or offensive. But the fiasco wasn’t surprising. Grok runs on a large language model, and language models don’t create facts or...

Union Turns Education Into Big Political Business

August 7, 2025 12:00 pmAugust 7, 2025 11:59 am

The National Education Association’s annual convention fascinates on several levels, as the concourse displays a championing of whatever’s the newest thing in woke-ism. But Old Reliable is the group’s New Business Initiatives (NBIs), which tell you what the NEA power...