Opinion Archives - Page 23 of 34

Victims of Crime Violated Once More by Faux Victims’ Groups

May 12, 2020 4:38 pmMay 12, 2020 4:58 pm

Special to California Globe by Patricia Wenskunas, Founder/CEO of Crime Survivors Something happened a few weeks ago that crushed my soul like nothing I’ve ever experienced. I don’t make a statement like that easily. But in a million years I...

California Screamin to Go Back to Work

May 1, 2020 6:27 amMay 1, 2020 6:49 am

People in California are screaming to be allowed to go back to work and open their businesses. The governor remains tone deaf. The pure science says our state should reopen. Unless, of course, those scientists you are listening to are...

California Needs to Reassess Stay-at-Home Orders to Prevent an Economic Tragedy

April 20, 2020 10:00 amApril 20, 2020 10:12 am

Before the public health and economic disasters wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic ruins more lives, California policymakers need to carefully assess the costs of a long-term lockdown and make common sense adjustments. About one-sixth of California workers have filed for...

Could Gov. Newsom’s Panicky Quarantine Trigger Virus Among Homeless?

March 20, 2020 6:56 amMarch 20, 2020 8:26 am

Most people do not form opinions by reasoning; they catch them by social contagion. In the case of the recent murky events surrounding the unnecessary and unilateral state and local government shutdowns of schools and businesses purportedly to prevent spread...

Rep. McClintock Only Member of CA’s Congressional Delegation to Vote against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

March 19, 2020 7:18 amMarch 19, 2020 7:24 am

Congressman Tom McClintock was the only member of California’s congressional delegation to vote against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on Friday. Aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 the FFCRA expands funding of unemployment benefits, mandates testing the uninsured...

Should Mayor Darrell Steinberg Bail Out the Bankrupt Sacramento Bee?

March 9, 2020 6:59 amMarch 9, 2020 7:46 am

The bankruptcy of the McClatchy newspaper chain has driven Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg to mount a rescue operation. As Ryan Lillis reports, Steinberg is working to “form a local ownership group that could purchase The Sacramento Bee, separating the 163-year-old...

AB 5 Empowers Pillage People and Harms Independent Writers, Musicians and Business Owners

February 26, 2020 10:37 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:42 am

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez is the first legislator to proclaim that the professions some Californians chose for themselves were “never good jobs.” The San Diego Democrat’s Assembly Bill 5 is the first legislation to target independent contractors and freelance writers and...