Remembrance – California Globe

Requiescat in Pace Congressman Doug LaMalfa

January 6, 2026 6:01 pmJanuary 6, 2026 7:15 pm

We woke up this morning to the terrible news that California Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa had suddenly passed away overnight. Our sincere prayers go out to his family. I had the pleasure of covering Assemblyman/Senator LaMalfa when he served in...

Ronald Reagan Memorial Day Speech 1982

May 29, 2023 7:00 amMay 29, 2023 7:02 am

There is no reason to attempt to improve on perhaps the perfect Memorial Day speech, by President Ronald Reagan, May 31, 1982. “Our first obligation to them and ourselves is plain enough. The United States and freedom for which it...

America’s ‘Misery Index’ is Déjà vu All Over Again

August 9, 2021 11:42 am

I am re-reading the 2015 book by Paul Kengor, Ph.D., “11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative.” Kengor is a professor of political science at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values. Professor...

Sheldon Adelson, 87, has died

January 12, 2021 1:00 pmNovember 4, 2022 7:24 am

Sheldon Adelson was very good to me and to my family. But that’s not what made him a giant of a man. What made him special, maybe even unique in the annals of American business, was the sheer force of...

California Set to Formally Apologize For Japanese-American Internment During WWII

February 17, 2020 3:47 pmFebruary 17, 2020 3:47 pm

On Thursday, Assemblymembers in Sacramento will vote on whether or not the state will give a formal apology for uprooting and sending Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the 1940’s. The resolution is expected to cover the two internment camps set...

Los Angeles Laker Legend Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash

January 26, 2020 4:22 pmJanuary 26, 2020 4:30 pm

Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday morning. The 41-year-old Bryant had spent his entire 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring...

California Bids Farewell to a Freedom Fighter

July 29, 2019 11:50 amAugust 9, 2019 2:38 pm

With nearly 40 million people in the Golden State, Californians may be unaware of heroic persons in their midst. Such a hero was Alex Alexiev, who lived in Templeton, San Luis Obispo County, from 1999-2014, and passed away on Sunday...