Opinion – Page 54 – California Globe

The Dumbed-Down Doctor

September 21, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 21, 2024 2:46 am

For a long time since I quit my job as a Sacramento surgeon in 2004, I have pondered Ronald Reagan’s remarkable prophecy from 1961 when he said, “One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people...

Political Pointillism: Step Back and See Everything

September 16, 2024 8:42 amSeptember 16, 2024 8:43 am

If you happen to be at the Art Institute of Chicago, you can see Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. If you are not in Chicago, here’s the painting. Anyway, you’ve seen...

I Grew Up With Soviet Communism; Now as a Trustee I See It Embedded in California’s Ethnic Studies

September 14, 2024 3:30 amSeptember 14, 2024 3:31 am

As a school board member in the Ramona Unified School District in San Diego County, when I read the Santa Ana Liberated Ethnic Studies curriculum for the first time, it brought back childhood memories from growing up in the Soviet...

Opinion: The Debate and Obamacare

September 12, 2024 7:46 amSeptember 12, 2024 7:46 am

As you can probably guess, I was concerned most during the presidential debate about the question of “Obamacare” by ABC and the rapid attack against Trump by Kamala Harris. By her own account as a California senator in 2018, she...

The Silly in Philly

September 11, 2024 8:00 amSeptember 11, 2024 8:01 am

Sometimes when writing a piece, one gets stuck on the “lede,” that pithy opener that encapsulates the rest of the story. But for last night’s triple sucker punch absurdity, there are a plethora of choices, so let’s try out a...

You Think California will Come Up in the Debate?

September 9, 2024 4:21 pmSeptember 9, 2024 4:21 pm

With only a day or so before the first – and possibly only – debate, Kamala Harris is practicing now by shoving a thumbtack into her palm to remind her not to say “California is a country in Europe with...

I Need My Doctor Back Again

September 7, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 7, 2024 2:46 am

The list of things Kamala Harris promises she will do if elected president includes completely doing away with private healthcare insurance. It brings to me the question of why Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom, along with Barack Obama, didn’t already...