Opinion – Page 93 – California Globe

California’s Unaffordable “Affordable” Housing Scandal

April 18, 2019 7:23 amApril 19, 2019 6:05 pm

When discussing the seemingly intractable and growing problem of homeless people living in California, journalists reporting on the issue don’t spend enough time questioning the numbers, much less the policies driving the insane numbers. A recent article in the San Jose Mercury provides a...

Moving Fuel Safely is Key to America’s Energy Boom

April 13, 2019 2:06 amApril 15, 2019 6:57 am

Leftwing groups claiming to act to protect the environment (radical environmentalists) are mounting a fierce attack against the one piece of critical infrastructure most necessary to continue our energy boom of recent years: pipelines. By far the safest means of...

State Lawmakers Ignore Judicial Rulings, Ridicule Witnesses in Order to Fast-Track Controversial Campus Bill

April 11, 2019 12:15 pmApril 15, 2019 7:15 am

Campus sexual assault has been a focus of debate in recent years, with California passing its ground-breaking ‘Yes Means Yes’ affirmative consent law in 2015. But these policy changes have triggered a round of lawsuits by accused students, saying their...

In Lieu of Character

April 10, 2019 7:29 amApril 11, 2019 6:38 am

Candace Owens of Turning Point USA testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, seeking to clear up Democrats’ stereotypes of African Americans. “The media and the journalists on the left are not interested in telling the truth about me,”...

Close the Border or Lose Our Country

April 8, 2019 8:06 amApril 11, 2019 4:53 am

In a political arena filled with irrationality, here is a rational argument: (1) Illegal immigration poses an existential threat to the nation; (2) Both parties of Congress have failed to acknowledge the threat, let alone deal with it; (3) To...

California’s War on Vaping Will Hurt More Than It Helps

April 8, 2019 6:30 amApril 8, 2019 9:16 am

It’s hard to quit smoking. Nicotine makes it highly addictive; the hand-to-mouth motion and deep inhaling combine to form a powerful craving. But the big league damage from cigarettes is really the result of intaking tar and carbon monoxide generated...

Post-Reprieve PPIC Poll Comforts Gov. Newsom on Death Penalty Reversal

April 4, 2019 8:26 amApril 5, 2019 7:41 am

Nearly one year ago, on April 24, 2018, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, 72. Authorities across the state were charging that DeAngelo was the East Area Rapist and Golden State Killer, responsible...