Opinion – Page 11 – California Globe

The Jones Act Waiver has Turned Into a Boon for California at Our Nation’s Expense

May 22, 2026 7:00 amMay 22, 2026 7:01 am

The Jones Act is the fundamental, America First maritime law. It requires that all goods transported by water be carried by American-built, American-owned, American-flagged, and American-crewed. Essentially, the Jones Act protects American waterways and American jobs from foreign influence. Without...

Commentary: Liberal White Women Seek Masculinity in Gay Romance

May 21, 2026 8:00 amMay 21, 2026 8:01 am

Last Friday night I ducked into my usual spot in West Hollywood—a proper gay bar, the kind where the clientele is 95% dudes who actually like other dudes. No bachelorette parties, no hen-night shrieking, no rainbow-filtered Instagram tourists treating the...

DOJ Leverages Skid Row ‘Cash-for-Ballots’ Scheme to Demand Full Audit of California Voter Rolls

May 19, 2026 10:00 amMay 19, 2026 10:57 am

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that a Marina del Rey woman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of paying individuals, including homeless people on Skid Row, to register to vote using false or vague addresses,...

High-Speed Rail Shuffle: Bay Area Cronies Board the Boondoggle While the Central Valley Gets the Shaft

May 15, 2026 8:00 amMay 15, 2026 8:01 am

Fresno developer Tom Richards spent sixteen years trying to steer California’s high-speed rail project toward something resembling a real outcome. Last week he stepped down as board chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Governor Gavin Newsom’s response: appoint two...

ASU Stages Its Own Theater of the Absurd: From Shakespeare to Sorcery and Taxpayer-Funded Queer Activism

May 14, 2026 2:10 pmMay 14, 2026 2:10 pm

As an English major who once dreamed of wrestling with Shakespeare, dissecting Milton, and grappling with the great works that built Western civilization, I never imagined the liberal arts would descend into this: Arizona State University proudly steering incoming freshmen...

Gavin Newsom and California Democrats Are Doubling Down on Their Government Failure

May 14, 2026 8:54 amMay 14, 2026 10:23 am

California is a textbook case of government failure. Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democrats are doubling down on their failure, corruption, addiction to spending, and ridiculous programs, further destroying the quality of life in the once greatest state in...

OPINION: Redding Conservatives Should Vote for Niman to Save Them from Democrat Jared Huffman

May 13, 2026 7:11 amMay 14, 2026 6:43 am

Last Fall, Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area Democrats gerrymandered half of California’s remaining Republican members of Congress out of office. Nowhere was this nasty power grab more obvious and harmful than Shasta, Siskiyou, and Modoc Counties. Once properly...