(KBAK/KBFX) — Convicted killer Maricruz Galaviz was sentenced to 25 years to life for the torturing and murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia A brutal and senseless murder that shocked Kern County 20 years ago the state’s parole board granted her parole after serving just 20 years of her 25 to life sentence RELATED: Parole granted to convicted killer of 17-year-old despite DA's objection and family's plea The Kern County District Attorney’s office says a Parole Board found convicted killer Galaviz fit for parole That didn’t set well with District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer or Amanda’s family “When you have a 25 to life sentence and you're paroled after 20 years of heinous committing a heinous crime The killing was straight out of a horror movie horrifically killed 17-year-old Amanda Zubia encased in cement inside a barrel at an East Bakersfield home it's immoral,” said Amanda Zubia’s cousin “It's just bringing up all kinds of pain It's like we're having to really live through what we went through 20 years ago pleaded guilty to first-degree murder that December She was given 25 years to life in prison while others took plea deals and one of the accomplices was Amanda’s cousin being involved in a conspiracy to torture and murder her and then getting 20 years for that,” said D.A “She was about 25 or 26 years old when it happened it's not like she was really all that young and to be released when she's 47 which I consider to be a very young person The board says Galaviz doesn’t pose as a threat to public safety Amanda Zubia’s family has felt the emptiness of her tragic passing since July 19 Once hearing word of Amanda’s killer being released early their doing everything to reverse the board’s ruling what message are they trying to send to the rest of the community that someone that could commit this type of heinous crime could be out again,” asked Amanda Zubia’s Uncle “Like what makes them think that she did enough time to worry My niece is not going to be able to see her grandkid grow She's not going to be able to do anything What says this girl has the right to live her life after what she did?” Her granddaughter only has pictures and memories her father She wishes she had a chance to meet her grandma “I really miss Amanda,” said her granddaughter “I wish I had a chance to see her and I just don’t think she deserved it the things she went through and I just really miss I’m happy to have my family through this.” To assist the Zubia family and reverse Galaviz’s parole There you can write directly to the Governor’s office who has the final say (KERO) — More than 20 years after the torture and murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia one of her killers has been granted parole — a decision her family is now urging the community to help reverse More than 20 years after the torture and murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia Zubia was lured to a home on Bernard Street by Maricruz Galaviz gagged and tortured the teenager for several hours before placing her body into a large suitcase Investigators later found the suitcase encased in cement inside a barrel at a home in East Bakersfield “All kinds of heinous acts were done to her that you wouldn't even do to a dog,” said Savina Garcia Galaviz pleaded guilty to first-degree murder that December and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison a parole board ruled that she no longer posed a current threat to public safety gang activity and efforts at rehabilitation Zubia’s family members say they are devastated by the board’s decision “Her being rehabilitated is not going to bring my niece back,” said Zubia's uncle Twenty years is not long enough to be punished for someone who can never come back.” but that her great-granddaughter grew up without ever meeting her grandmother The family is now asking the public to write letters to the parole board opposing Galaviz’s release District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer also announced her opposition to the parole decision calling Zubia’s murder "one of the most brutal and shocking tragedies our community has ever witnessed." Family members who attended Galaviz’s previous parole hearings said they did not believe she showed genuine remorse but she never really gave a reason why this happened,” Zubia’s grandmother said The family remains hopeful that with enough community support They're asking the public to send email opposition to PAROLE@GOV.CA.GOV There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting ! The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Wind gusts of 30+ mph along with afternoon and evening blowing dust, could reduce visibility. Weather Maps RadarHorizon City police uncover UPS package theft scheme involving delivery driverby Renne Estrada Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Horizon police have arrested a UPS driver and an accomplice for stealing packages that were not delivered On Wednesday, the Horizon Police Department first posted to social media that the thieves the Horizon Police Department began to receive calls about missing and empty pages police learned that Zubia and Almanza were the duo behind the missing UPS packages Officers received a notice that the duo's lime green Toyota was spotted driving on Darrington Road Investigators responded to the area and found that a UPS truck was parked at a business where Almanza was seen arriving in the lime green Toyota to meet Zubia Zubia entered the UPS truck's cargo area and retrieved a large black backpack and placed the backpack into the lime green vehicle the backpack was later discovered to have contained several UPS packages Continued surveillance then led to a traffic stop Almanza denied having illegal items in the vehicle and refused consent for a search police continued their investigation and followed Almanza to her residence where she was seen retrieving the black backpack from the vehicle Police informed Almanza of the theft investigation She claimed she did not know anything about the investigation When asked about the backpack's contents "She did not know because the backpack belonged to her husband," according to the affidavit and a search of the residence uncovered several empty UPS parcels and cellular devices intended for delivery officers detected a strong odor of marijuana Investigators found a lunchbox that was believed to have the missing cell phones a bag containing a white compacted powdery substance was found officers were led to believe that the substance was cocaine Officers also located additional quantities of cocaine in a Ray-Ban sunglasses box on a workbench The lunch box and the sunglasses box containing the suspected cocaine were seized as evidence The affidavit confirmed that Zubia and Almanza were arrested and charged with theft of property Horizon PD said that for all three charges Zubia's total bond was set at $100,000 while Almanza's total bond was set at $30,000 Detectives believe there may be additional victims and are encouraging residents to come forward and call Sgt Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page CBP Officer Hector Luis Zubia, 34, is accused of lying to police about a roadway shooting while he was off-duty according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed by an El Paso police detective Zubia claimed he began shooting because a car driven by an El Paso teenager came toward him but gunshot damages allegedly indicated Zubia fired from behind "after the threat had passed," the complaint stated The car was shot but its driver was not injured Threat and imminent danger is required for the use of deadly force Texas law does not authorize a CBP officer to take police action outside of a border port of entry and Zubia did not have federal law enforcement authority in this situation per CBP legal counsel Police arrested Zubia on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Oct 17 following an investigation by the Crimes Against Persons Unit that included security camera videos a witness and ballistic and vehicle-damage evidence Zubia was released from the El Paso County Jail that same day on a $250,000 bond could not be immediately reached for comment CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing the case "CBP stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission and the overwhelming majority of CBP employees and officers perform their duties with honor and distinction working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe," CBP said in a statement issued on Thursday "We do not tolerate misconduct or abuse within our ranks and we cooperate fully with all criminal or administrative investigations of alleged misconduct by any of our personnel The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." Zubia was one of two law enforcement officers arrested by El Paso police on Oct 17 following investigations into separate road rage shootings last month who was in his El Paso Independent School District police uniform is accused of shooting at a truck after a collision on Sept 18 in the area of Loop 375 and Zaragoza Road in the far East Side The complaint affidavit obtained by the El Paso Times stated the shooting occurred between 10 p.m 6 when Zubia was driving home after his shift ended at the Paso Del Norte international bridge was driving his silver Ford F-150 east on Paisano Drive when he almost had a collision with a green Saturn Aura driven by Sebastian Cardoza The police investigation determined that Zubia and Cardoza both became "engaged in road rage," the affidavit stated Security camera video obtained by investigators from Circle K and DK gas stations along Paisano showed the pickup truck and car passing each other Zubia told detectives that he accelerated his truck hit the brakes and moved lanes while going "not very fast 25-30 mph." He claimed the car hit his truck twice Crime: Court documents reveal disturbing encounters in El Paso sidewalk stalker case near UTEP, Downtown Zubia stopped his truck in the middle of the road on the Loop 375 East ramp from Paisano Zubia told police that he got out of his truck Zubia was armed with his CBP-issued 9 mm Glock 19 pistol with an attached flashlight Zubia told detectives that he didn't intend to shoot and that "it was more of a stop threat" to get the car driver to stop "I was gunna try to take him into custody because I don't know what's going on Zubia told police that the car went in reverse but was blocked by other vehicles driving up the ramp The driver then allegedly drove his car at him Zubia fired his gun and the car drove past Crime-scene investigators collected 11 bullet casings claimed that it was the truck that had "instantly cut him off." He allegedly admitted taking part in what he described as road rage with Zubia Cardoza's account was that Zubia stopped his truck and then his car hit the truck Cardoza told police that he saw the driver of the truck point a light at him saw a dark silhouette and didn't hear anything yelled at him before hearing gunshots and immediately driving away as he was being shot at Detectives spoke with a witness who saw a small car and a big truck traveling on Paisano The witness told police that "the truck was the aggressor passed the little car very fast and cutting off the little car." The truck and car both stopped on the highway entrance ramp The witness saw the car reversing and then heard gunfire The teen's car hood had marks and indentions to its front that officers with the Special Traffic Investigations Unit determined were consistent with hitting the back left side of the CBP officer's truck The car had gunfire damage to its right passenger side and the right rear quarter panel in an angle that investigators determined showed Zubia was positioned behind the car while shooting Borderland: Mexico National Guard finds arsenal after border drug cartel shootout in Valley of Juárez Zubia claimed to police that he had stopped shooting when the car passed him "I'm not going to shoot from the rear," he told detectives But investigators also found "bullet strikes" on the tailgate and right passenger side of the CBP officer's truck which when combined with the bullet damage on the car indicate that the gunfire continued after the car passed where the officer was standing Zubia was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon knowingly or recklessly" committing an assault with a firearm (KBAK/KBFX) — It was a brutal and senseless murder that shocked Kern County 20 years ago the woman sent to prison for killing a Bakersfield teenager is set to go free Convicted killer Maricruz Galaviz was sentenced to 25 years to life for the torture and murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia The Kern County District Attorney’s office said a Parole Board found convicted killer Galaviz fit for parole That didn’t sit well with District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer “When you have a 25-to-life sentence and you're paroled after 20 years of committing a heinous crime encased in cement inside a barrel at an east Bakersfield home She was given 25 years to life in prison."Taking a 17-year-old child Galaviz was denied parole in September 2023 the state parole board granted her freedom deeming her no longer a threat to public safety Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said that's because of Prop 57 the governor's office allows the Department of Corrections to give out custody credits "She shouldn't have been eligible for parole at the earliest date until she served 25 years,” explained DA Zimmer “Because of Prop 57 and the liberties that we give the Governor and the Department of Corrections they're able to adjust credits in the way they see fit." Zubia’s family said they want Amanda’s name to be heard “We’re just trying to make our voices be heard and her story be told her name to be remembered,” said Amanda Zubia’s aunt so a lot of these kids don't know her story and what happened It's a crime that this county will never forget It wasn't something that somebody should have went through or to be forgotten about "Not enough,” expressed Amanda Zubia’s Grandmother Nobody should have to die like that." Three other suspects were convicted of the killing. One died in custody. Zubia's family is taking the necessary steps to revoke Galaviz's granted parole. To help the family keep Galaviz behind bars for the death of Amanda Zubia, they say to send a message to the Governor’s office. Click here for the link Billal Rahman is an immigration reporter based in London He specializes in immigration policy and border security He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents under investigation and exposed claims of abuse at ICE-run detention centers in the U.S He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent He has covered the British Post Office scandal and the conflict between Israel and Hamas he studied Journalism in Edinburgh and then worked for STV News before moving to London in 2022 You can contact Billal at b.rahman@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content An off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer who allegedly fired his gun 11 times at a teenage driver in a road rage incident has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon claims that the 19-year-old driver had initiated the incident in El Paso once on the passenger side and once in the vehicle's rear But police officers say his account is inconsistent with their investigation and that Zubia had fired at the young man A CBP spokesperson told Newsweek: "On September 6 Customs and Border Protection officer discharged his service weapon following a traffic incident on Paisano Drive This incident is under investigation by the El Paso Police Department CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing the matter working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe We do not tolerate misconduct or abuse within our ranks Newsweek reached out to Zubia's lawyer out of office hours for comment told law enforcement officials that he was driving home after completing his shift and exiting a port of entry located at 1000 South El Paso when the alleged road rage incident started near the traffic lights at St after Cardoza bumped his truck at least twice he stopped his pickup truck on the Loop 375 East ramp from Paisano Zubia claimed he intended to "get him to stop and then I was going to try to take him into custody because I don't know what's going on The CBP agent claimed that while pointing his weapon at the accuser he reversed his vehicle and drove toward Zubia The 19-year-old victim was later found along with his vehicle He told authorities that Zubia had cut him off during the incident The victim also claimed that Zubia had stopped his truck which caused his vehicle to hit the truck's rear The victim told police that he did not hear Zubia shouting and only the sound of gunshots Detectives later interviewed a witness who stated that Zubia's truck appeared to be the aggressor The witness also reported seeing the victim reverse before hearing gunfire police confirmed that the victim's car had struck the rear of Zubia's vehicle the damage to the passenger side of Zubia's truck was determined to be caused by his own gunfire during the alleged road rage incident Zubia was released from the El Paso County Jail on a $250,000 bond according to the El Paso Police Department El Paso Police Department said in a statement: "On September 6th police were called to the border highway on a reported shooting who reported that another vehicle (Saturn Aura) "The investigation revealed both vehicles came to a stop at the entrance ramp to 375 East Zubia alleged to have fired a gun at Cardoza when he drove at him The Crimes Against Persons Unit took over the investigation it was revealed that Zubia's accounts of what happened were not consistent with the evidence at the scene." ET: This story was updated with comment from CBP Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all Weather Maps RadarOff-duty CBP officer fires 11 shots during road rage incident in El Pasoby David Ibave Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Police documents reveal the moments that led to a road rage shooting in south-central El Paso where a 34-year-old off-duty CBP officer in uniform opened fire on a 19-year-old driver back in September an officer with Customs and Border Protection who works at the international border crossing in downtown El Paso allegedly fired 11 times at another driver after they were involved in a fender bender on the east ramp of Loop 375 from Paisano on the night of Sept RELATED:Off-duty CBP officer involved in shooting after traffic incident The report states that Zubia told police that he stopped his silver 2022 Ford F150 pickup truck in front of the other vehicle after the other car Zubia then told police he jumped out of his truck wearing his uniform and with his service gun drawn Zubia reportedly told police he wasn't trying to shoot at the other driver Zubia then admits to police that he started shooting as the other driver started accelerating towards him the police report states Zubia's story is not consistent with the facts RECOMMENDED:Documents reveal details of tragic Texas DPS pursuit ending in innocent woman's death investigators found gunshot damage in the back of Zubia's pickup truck and the victim's car which suggests Zubia kept firing at the other car as it was trying to flee He reportedly admitted to his role in the road rage incident saying that Zubia stopped his truck in front of him and hit him but immediately drove away in fear for his life after Zubia opened fire at him The police report also includes testimony from a witness who identifies Zubia as the "aggressor" describing how Zubia cut off the other driver the police documents conclude that while both Zubia and the victim engaged in "road rage" there wasn't a need for Zubia to use "deadly force." CBP officers have no authority outside of border crossings and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with bond set at $250,000 A UPS driver has been arrested for allegedly stealing packages that were to be delivered in Horizon City More: Horizon City man dies after motorcycle collision on Vista Del Sol Drive in El Paso County were arrested on felony charges of theft over $30,000 after stolen items were recovered at home in El Paso by Horizon City police detectives in an investigation assisted by the UPS security team The total number of packages that were stolen was being counted as an investigation continues Detectives suspect there could be additional victims in Horizon City and the surrounding area who received empty packages or never received a package but did not file a police report Horizon City residents who may have been victims of the UPS package thefts may contact Horizon City police Sgt Zubia and Almanza were each arrested on charges of theft over $30,000 possession of a controlled substance and possession of more than four ounces of marijuana No attorney was listed for them on court records El Paso County Jail records show that Zubia was booked into jail on Tuesday and released the next day on a total surety bond of $100,000 Almanza was booked and released on a $35,000 total surety bond on Wednesday via Fast Track Booking a program that allows for a quick release if a person surrenders and has bail arrangements prepared UPS driver 'main suspect' in package theftsDetectives from the Criminal Investigations Division identified Zubia as "the main suspect responsible for the thefts." The investigation looked into numerous complaints to Horizon City police about the delivery of empty packages along with complaints about packages never delivered at all detectives served a search warrant at a home in the 3000 block of Gaston Drive in the Pebble Hills area of East El Paso Growth and development: El Paso's Hunt Companies starts work on 2,400-homes community in Horizon City Detectives found stolen delivery boxes with Horizon City addresses that were still sealed as well as opened and discarded boxes with Horizon City addresses and drugs Horizon City Police Chief Marco Vargas praised the diligent work of investigators and thanked the local UPS security team for its assistance “We are dedicated to providing high-quality police work to ensure our residents are not victimized by criminal activity," Vargas said in a statement "This case highlights our officers' commitment to holding offenders accountable and protecting our community." Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X. Weather Maps RadarHorizon police arrest UPS driver and accomplice in package theft schemeby David Ibave Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Horizon police arrested a UPS driver for allegedly stealing the packages that he was supposed to deliver the Horizon Police Department took to social media to announce that they had arrested UPS driver Jason Zubia in connection with the UPS theft scheme after authorities searched his home and found various boxes with different Horizon City addresses the investigation started back in February when they started to receive calls from people saying that either they never received their UPS orders or that they had gotten empty packages delivered to their homes detectives with Horizon PD's Criminal Investigations Division contacted the local UPS Security Team and identified UPS driver Zubia and his alleged accomplice Almanza as the prime suspects Horizon PD said that after they raided Zubia's home in the 3000 block of Gaston Drive in East El Paso they recovered boxes with Horizon addresses and found drugs RECOMMENDED: Authorities offer $2,000 reward for information on Las Cruces bank robbery suspect RECOMMENDED: FedEx van rolls over in East El Paso crash, one person injured both Zubia and Almanza posted bond and were released Wednesday Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — One of the teens who was involved in a deadly shooting near Tim Foster Park on Father's Day last year was sentenced to 30 years in prison A judge sentenced 18-year-old Anthony Matthew Zubia to 30 years in prison in April of this year Three people were arrested in connection to the murder that happened near Tim Foster Park in far east El Paso in June of 2023 along with 17-year-old Z’Mari Leishaun Theus The murder happened on June 18 around 5:23 p.m When officers arrived they found 18-year-old Gabriel Angel Martinez shot Martinez was inside a 2010 Silver Acura and died at the scene The investigation revealed that Martinez had met with two individuals at the park All three were arrested after a traffic stop at Montana and Oasis by the El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit A video shared by an anonymous viewer shows what may have unfolded on the day of the shooting a car slowly makes its way across the park grounds The mother told detectives that Theus' was at the house with two of his friends later identified as Zubia and 21-year-old Jovani Salas She said that all three of them were "blood gang members." The mom said she called Theus and Salas got on the phone and told her that Zubia had a gun and "he started tweeking and started shooting it everywhere at the park," according to court documents Salas also reportedly told the mom that Zubia was dropped off in the northeast and that Salas Theus and Mora were going to be on the eastside with a friend Theus is scheduled to have his jury trial begin on Sept Sign up to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application 2024 and entered into eternal rest in the arms of her parents Baby Samantha also leaves behind her 3 brothers Isaak Zubia and Jazon Zubia who will honor and cherish her memory forever Baby Samantha was very loved and will always be missed. A Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursday A Second Visitation will be held from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM on Friday A Graveside will then follow at 1:30 PM at Evergreen East Cemetery Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home- Americas Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors The project ‘Pool with a House’ is situated on a hillside in Altos de la Zubia a suburban development with views of the city of Granada Juan Antonio Serrano and Paloma Baquero break away from the typical relationship between a house and its swimming pool inverting the traditional order: the pool becomes the center and core and embraces the actual dwelling within it Constant interaction between architecture and water generates two complementary experiences: emerging from and submerging into the water The experience of emerging starts below the water level leading to an ascent that traverses the house The rooms relate differently with the pool level by means of submerged windows Platforms at various heights – amid which is the living room sunken 90 centimeters – culminate in a lookout point the pool is a space for direct interaction with water or an underwater seat are invitations to enjoy water in multiple ways beach-like entry allows for gradual immersion into the deeper parts while the underwater windows give a view of goings-on inside the house in accordance with the light and the motion of the water there arent any match using your search terms Texas (KVIA) -- An El Paso teen and soon-to-be graduate from Eastwood High School recently awarded one-point-five million dollars in scholarships and she achieved all of it while dealing with hardships in her family Giovanna Zubia says she’s worked hard to get where she is “This is sort of the light at the end of the tunnel for me," said Zubia and holds the third-fastest all time 400 meter dash time she was a class officer and top scholar all four of her high school years This led her to winning 1.5 million dollars in scholarships as well as the 10 thousand dollar Jim Omohundro Courageous Leadership Award for her track and field accomplishments After receiving offers from many universities across the U.S. she’s decided she will run Division 1 Track & Field and will study environmental science at UNM to stay somewhat close to the Borderland it’s not too close to home but also not too far I’m just blessed to have a full ride to attend,' said Zubia What may be even more impressive than her achievements is what she had to deal with while working towards those goals Her grandmother developed a rare disease called amyloidosis With no treatment options available in the borderland she had to go to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix Her mother Berenice often travelled there to be with her leaving Giovanna and her sister alone with her husband for months at a time Giovanna’s grandfather died in the same timeframe “It was a trying time for the family," said Zubia Berenice says Giovanna’s unwavering hard work persisted it was truly her dedication and motivation to make her grandpa who passed away proud and show that life has to go on as well," said Berenice Zubia and I just really wanted to do everything I did for my family," said Giovanna and will be able to witness her graduate this Tuesday at the Don Haskins Center KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community Guidelines | KVIA-TV FCC Public File | FCC Applications | Do Not Sell My Personal Information great-great grandmother and will be dearly missed Guadalupe is preceded in death by her parents; Cruz and Tomasa Carrasco She is survived by her beloved husband; Francisco Zubia her grandchildren; Pamela Manicioto (Vito) 15 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren She is also survived by many extended family and friends to cherish and honor her memory A Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 8:00pm on Thursday 2023 with a Holy Rosary to commence at 6:30pm at Sunset Funeral Homes-West A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00am on Friday 2023 at San Martin de Porres Catholic Church; 1885 McNutt Rd A Graveside Service will follow at 11:30am at Memory Gardens of the Valley Cemetery; 4900 McNutt Rd For those of whom are unable to attend services a livestream will be available through Sunset Funeral Homes’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sunsetfuneralhome/ (An account is not needed to watch services) Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Homes-West The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition America’s elite universities are at war with Western civilization And the public is finally starting to notice It took generations for educators committed to anti-Western pedagogies to take control of higher education in this country They instilled hatred of the West in the minds of unsuspecting students It will take generations to reverse the trend. Judging from the arguments of Graham James McAleer and Alexander S the survival of conservative political philosophy depends on our ability to reverse these trends in educational institutions from K-12 schools to the university system “Conservative humanism,” the authors write “is a defense of the West.” The fate of conservative political philosophy depends on the ability of educational institutions to transmit the Western tradition and way of life to students The tradition of liberal education in the West is what Erasmus called “learned piety.” The aim of liberal education is the aim of civilization itself deriving from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures teaches us how to become free from sin and to realize our transcendent potential over our merely temporal one Christopher Dawson, the 20th-century British historian, looms large in the authors’ defense of classical education. He argued that Christian humanism served as the beating heart of Western civilization And he argued that Christian humanism is transmitted by means of classical education This type of education is the offspring of the dynamic interaction between Athens It was passed down—and amended along the way—from Greek Sophists and ultimately to modern European and American universities consists of a rich civilizational mosaic that trains the moral and spiritual imagination teaching individuals what it means to be dutiful citizens and excellent human beings Liberal education should pass on this civilizational inheritance: the philosophical and religious ideas and practices that make us who we are Our educational institutions are failing at this task. Efforts to reform what passes for liberal education today—with its narrow focus on race and its castigation of Western ideals and institutions as racist and sexist—are conservative reform efforts Conservatism in the United States today is associated with reaction But it is liberalism—along with progressivism its demented offspring—that is truly reactionary McAleer and Rosenthal-Pubul follow Sir Roger Scruton in regarding conservatism as a “politics of rescue.” Conservatism became self-conscious only after the French Revolution which tried to abolish the old and create a new civilization the “default traditionalism” of Western culture turned into a movement against the left’s revolutionary vision of progress which are designed to reorient children’s moral imaginations against the traditional family We are witnessing revolutionary activity when a trans prostitute is memorialized in St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and nonbeliever LGBTQ activists engage in mock prayer it becomes ever more urgent for conservatives to engage in the “politics of rescue,” to act politically to preserve the ideals of Western humanism McAleer and Rosenthal-Pubul excel at unveiling the civilizational core of the conservative project Their definition of conservatism as a defense of civilization leads them to regard religion and education as the “conservative trinity.” These institutions are responsible for passing on the wisdom of the ancestors; that is the Western humanism that constitutes conservatism. “the nation” is missing from their conservative trinity One way for conservatives to challenge the liberal conception of the individual is to highlight the importance of the three necessary human societies: family These institutions help us find our identity in relation to three fathers: the earthly father when it seems no one knows who or what they are or why they exist it is imperative to once again root individuals in these basic communities that give meaning and purpose to life. substitute “education” for “nation.” They regard conservatism as the “wisdom of the ancestors,” which means that conservatism is confined to no particular nation or regime type conservative political philosophy provides a shared history and self-understanding that forms the basis for supranational cooperation By categorizing nationalism as a form of antiliberal particularism They differentiate liberalism from conservatism so the problem with nationalism cannot be its antiliberal tendencies given its historical connection with liberal democratic revolutions in the 19th century And it certainly cannot be particularism that is offensive to conservatism that “self-organization is one of the pillars of conservative humanism.” One of those organs of self-government is the state which the authors think can play a positive role in sustaining thriving communities Insofar as political theories militate against Christianity and natural law they militate against our civilizational heritage The authors present conservative humanism as avoiding two errors. The first is false universalism, of the kind infamously argued by Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and the Last Man (1992) would spread across the globe as the final reigning ideology This ideology has proved utopian and revolutionary It has called for unelected technocrats to tinker with the world It has broken down traditions and natural social bonds It has presented autonomy as the ultimate good The second error is the rejection of universalism altogether. Dugin, for example, argues that the embrace of ethnic identity and local moral and religious traditions will comprise a new mode of political thought—his “Fourth Political Theory” (after fascism and liberalism)—capable of dethroning post-war liberalism regards every tradition as subjectively good with no higher law capable of judging the customs and culture of self-determining political units McAleer and Rosenthal-Pubul present a corrective to both errors They seek to balance the airy and the earthy And this is where Christianity and natural law prove indispensable to their account of the development of Western civilization that perfect blend of the heavenly and the earthly is overly reliant on the heavenly and is detached from lived reality It portrays human beings as abstract individuals desiring to escape the bonds of nature They tend to reject universal moral norms in favor of native traditions has the resources to strike the appropriate balance. 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Learn how your comment data is processed Sign up for the chronicles semi-weekly newsletter F T I I am a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at lululemon where I develop and deploy AI solutions to a variety of cross-functional partners ranging from fashion designers I enjoy working with data and exploring new industries ranging from a quantitative analyst at a billion-dollar pension fund a research collaborator on COVID-19 host genetics to a statistical consultant at a multinational paper manufacturing company my work involves taking on leadership roles extracting business value in the deep learning space and supporting data science products’ journey from conception to deployment and computer vision from Simon Fraser University in Canada I am a part of several women-centric organizations in technology teach data science and machine learning courses and mentor students at hackathons & tech events and advocacy for women/women of color in STEM Where did you complete your work terms and where are you working now with a specialization in machine learning and computer vision One of them was a Data Science Intern at CANSSI (Healthcare) The other one was a Quantitative Strategy and Research Intern at Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan (Finance) I work as a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at lululemon (Retail Fashion) where I develop and deploy AI solutions to a variety of cross-functional partners ranging from fashion designers Gaining practical experience: As an international master's student in Canada my previous work experience was mainly in India Completing multiple co-op terms proved invaluable during screening interviews for full-time positions Companies value practical work experience as a validation of skills as it provides a common benchmark for comparison Exploring diverse roles: Co-op provides an excellent opportunity to explore different industries of interest My ultimate goal has always been data science and machine learning I strategically used my co-op to venture into finance and healthcare two contrasting sectors I had always been curious about It is a great avenue for low-risk exploration of potential career paths Familiarizing with industry tools & processes: Working on assignments and course projects is very different from working in the industry I benefited a lot from insights into industry trends and direction I also got hands-on experience with relevant industry tools I utilized MATLAB and Bloomberg Terminal to build systematic trading models and library packages I used statistical models in R/Python for the COVID-19 genetics co-op This broad skillset prepared me well for a variety of data science jobs Building powerful connections: I am still in touch with mentors and supervisors from my internships It's crucial to nurture these relationships for future job searches or potential career transitions Even if I didn't end up in the same organization these connections can serve as potential mentors I encourage mentees to expand their network beyond their co-op team as they may be interested in other teams within the organization Working in the same company allows you to build such connections and target those teams in the future What advice would you share with students considering the co-op program Plan ahead: It took me approximately two months to secure a co-op position and around four months to find a full-time job this is considered a relatively fast timeline I mention this to emphasize the importance of planning ahead if you are considering a co-op opportunity Don’t be overly selective: When applying for internships or jobs Each interview to me is a valuable learning experience especially if you haven't had many interviews in the past I have also attended a co-op highlight event during my master’s I reached out to the attendees on LinkedIn afterward frequently encountered them at tech events and eventually requested a referral when a suitable position became available Prepare thoroughly for co-op interviews: Do not underestimate the interview process assuming it will be easy just because it is an internship The interview process can be rigorous and time-consuming Take advantage of the services provided by the co-op program such as resume and cover letter review sessions I found Victoria to be amazing in helping me with these it took us 3 iterations to craft a resume we were both happy with. Stay organized: Since you will be applying for multiple internships/jobs I used an Excel sheet to keep track of all the applications I included important details in separate columns and the stage of the interview process (screening It is perfectly fine to explore different industries during your co-op experience I personally ventured into both finance and healthcare because I was interested in both fields It can also serve as a way to eliminate options I discovered that healthcare didn't align well with my personality and interests so I ruled it out as a potential career path Simon Fraser University respectfully acknowledges the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples on whose unceded traditional territories our three campuses reside The politics of truth affirms the order of human nature and our civilizational heritage Philip Wallach has posed a worthwhile challenge to my argument that a return to the “politics of truth and virtue that built the West” will help us restore our political order. In his Law & Liberty essay, “Do We Need a ‘Politics of Truth,’” Wallach rejects my distinction between a politics of truth and a politics of utility as a “category error.” Instead he defends a conception of politics “as its own sort of endeavor,” namely In his defense of politics for politics’ sake that it remained “unclear” what I meant by “the politics of truth.” In this essay I will take up Wallach’s challenge to clarify my meaning I will explain why the embrace of politics as its own autonomous sphere—an example of what I meant by “the politics of utility”—is both impossible and undesirable The Denial or Affirmation of What Is Given The ends of politics are justice and peace But it testifies to the philosophic nature of politics that the foundational text of the Western canon is Plato’s Republic in which the interlocutors ask: what is justice Answering this question requires investigation into the nature of the human person of what he is owed and what he owes to himself It might seem strange or imprudent to jump from the definition of justice to a consideration of the duties we owe to God But it is a necessary part of orienting our self-understanding in a self-governing community It is an elementary point that we did not give ourselves life And we must decide whether to accept what is given or to reject it The atheistic and nihilistic revolutionaries who populate Dostoevsky’s novel Demons reject what is given and leave tragedy in their wake Dostoevsky said of them: “These people imagine that nature and human society are otherwise than God made them and than they actually are.” Those who reject what is given affirm Sartre’s dictum that existence precedes essence that we came from nothing and can make of ourselves whatever we will we can accept that essence precedes existence in related terms that are perhaps more understandable That is to say that there is a divine intelligence that created the human person according to a providential plan and provided a universal And the substance of this law is made available to human beings by reason and revelation The restoration of human functionality where it has been diminished is a laudable—and humane—goal Neuralink co-founder DJ Seo has described the project as an “engineering challenge,” to alter the brain so that we can “learn kung fu” like Neo in “The Matrix.” In other words the goal is to make us less human and more like computers Musk claims this is the only way to keep up with artificial intelligence But this reasoning seems to prove Dawson’s point that the drive toward self-creation requires annihilation The affirmation of what is given provides us with a better And this is characteristic of what I would call the politics of truth In the trial of Jesus before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate It disregards the question of truth as too burdensome to become an object of political deliberation it puts the question of truth aside and puts consideration of utility Leon Kass stated: “Utility always pointing to something that is being served.” Pilate deferred to the people He sent an innocent man to death to save his own political hide insofar as it helped him avoid a riot and the wrath of Caesar opting to make decisions based on pragmatic political calculations If the politics of utility does not serve truth Putting the question of utility at the service of truth is the best way to place limits on politics, to prevent politics from devolving into barbarism. And this insight does not contradict our Western and American heritage. It flows from it. For example, in a letter to James Monroe James Madison argued that the economic interest—or utility—of the many is not the standard of right and wrong in political affairs it is the notion of “ultimate happiness … qualified with every necessary moral ingredient” that is the standard of right and wrong A spiritual reorientation is necessary to revive the moral and political life of the West Lest anyone think this quote is an anomaly, George Washington, in his inaugural address (ghostwritten by Madison his closest advisor in the first days of his presidency) stated that “national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality.” Elsewhere in the speech he equated these principles of private morality with “the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” In other words did not think that politics was an autonomous sphere operating by its own rules its own “public morality.” They thought the same “eternal rules of order and right” that applied in the private sphere applied in the public sphere as well Wallach asks whether a politics of truth might lead us to “stipulate that a particular group of people is in full possession of Truth.” Wallach rightly asks “How are we supposed to ascertain the truth and how should we bring it to bear in addressing the practical questions that politics must answer?” These authors rightly associate conservative humanism with the Western tradition Greek philosophy (oriented toward the logos) and the theology derived from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures is not simply grounded in the dynamic interactions between these strands of moral If we are going to describe what a politics of truth looks like then I think this is a good place to start The politics of truth does not entail an allegiance to a particular political form or even particular policy prescriptions the politics of truth seeks to preserve and promote those institutions—religion education—that facilitate a humanizing moral and political culture Of course, there are plenty of policy proposals consistent with strengthening family and education in our country. There are ways to make it easier for families to raise children, to dismantle a billion-dollar pornography industry that is rife with abuse not to mention making dating and marriage ever more difficult There are ways to promote classical and Christian K-12 schools and to rid our educational environment of the scourge of totalizing critical theories and gender ideologies Such policies are being introduced in states across the country Pro-family policies and educational reform serve truly good ends the strengthening of institutions that produce good husbands and fathers Wallach acknowledges that politics is a “practical science aimed at securing actions conducive to the good of the community.” But we must define what is good Wallach argues that politics is about “helping people achieve their goals.” But which goals which distinguishes between true and apparent goods Wallach admits as much when he writes that the political process “when healthy and prudential judgments about what is worth doing.” Wallach maintains that “our lack of agreement on fundamental religious truths does not impair us” in our political deliberations I think this might be the point on which we disagree most We are faced with a choice—a primordial choice between affirmation or rejection of life—that guides our understanding Of the “trinity of traditions,” religion is the one that most directly relates to this affirmation or rejection of life A good human life is one of meaning and purpose which is why the fostering of religious well-being is—partly though not wholly—a matter of political choice The political realm should not be responsible for the salvation of souls But it should recognize that we have souls Such a recognition both ennobles political action by putting it in the service of persons who are made in the image of God and who possess inherent dignity by recognizing that salvation is beyond its jurisdiction As I mentioned in my piece, “Saving Ourselves from Party Rage,” people are looking to politics for meaning because they are less likely to find meaning in the traditional And this is responsible for much of our heated political rhetoric who by many of today’s economic measures are better off than ever before are asking themselves what is wrong with the world and pointing to systemic problems brought to the attention of the American public by the New Left in the 1970s individuals express their opposition to the corrupt systems they think are responsible for society’s ailments they locate the sources of evil in human life and find meaning in combating them These ideologies are by no means strictly political And they are a response to spiritual and moral yearnings more than political circumstances Christianity has served as the supranational life source of Western civilization fostering unity in spiritual and moral belief while allowing for a diversity of political and economic forms which is responsible for the evil in the world can be found in each human heart and can be overcome by a combination of grace and moral effort It teaches that man and woman are equal before God regardless of race or ethnicity It teaches that the moral law applies to all human beings Both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures affirm that mankind and the created order are good They both lead us away from the assertion that one group or one “system” is the source of all wrongs in the world Although Christianity’s historical record is by no means unimpeachable and although it exists today in myriad denominational forms it tends to impede utopian projects—by locating perfection in the other world it preserves freedoms against which ideologies militate We are religious beings as much as we are political beings And the political realm must be as attentive to that fact as it is to the fact that we need safe drinking water We must investigate the truth of the matter We are religious beings who have lost meaning and purpose after centuries of chasing the dream of self-creation A politics of truth will not achieve that reorientation Our newsletters highlight and offer a deeper view of the best that is being thought and said in law in all matters of general concern act as a nation.” conservative Protestants have spent a good chunk of last year commemorating Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism Law & Liberty is an online magazine published by Liberty Fund and committed to a society of free and responsible persons living under the rule of law and forum debates that elevate discourse on law all with an eye to understanding and cultivating a free society Part of the Liberty Fund network The opinions expressed on Law & Liberty are solely those of the contributors to the site and do not reflect the opinions of Liberty Fund Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Newly released court documents shed light on how three suspects attempted to flee following a deadly shooting at Tim Foster Park on Sunday Police arrested 17-year-old Anthony Matthew Zubia and 24-year-old Alexis Faith Mora in connection to the shooting death of18-year-old Gabriel Angel Martinez in far east El Paso Court documents stated thatMartinez had at least one gunshot to the head and THC cartridges were found in the front passenger seat of the vehicle Investigators found two fired 9mm casings in the street in front of 14402 Smokey Point Surveillance video at the 14400 block of Smokey Point showed two individuals walking across the park coming from the alleyway in the northeast corner of the park One was a light-skinned man wearing a red T-shirt and ripped blue jeans and the other was a black male wearing a red t-shirt and dark-colored jeans The two men walked in the direction of the location where the casings were found Shortly after the same two individuals ran the other way; the light-skinned man ran eastbound on Smokey Point and the black male ran across the park back to the alleyway that connects to Maple Point Surveillance video at 14413 Pacific Point showed the same two individuals running into the residence at 3274 Maple Point Shortly after the two individuals and another man left the home in a dark-colored SUV She said that all three of them are "blood gang members." Mora told investigators that Salas called her and told her to pick him the El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit conducted a traffic stop at Montana and Oasis where Zubia THC cartridges consistent with those found in Martinez's car and the alleyway between the crime scene and 3274 Maple Point were found in Mora's trash can at 3512 Oasis Zubia and Theus had their bond set at $1,000,000 We reached out to police to learn more about Salas and he was arrested Sign up to receive the topmost interesting stories from in and around our community once a day to your inbox the charismatic frontman whose voice and presence helped make Pistoleros major players on the Mill Avenue scene that made Tempe a musical hotbed in the '90s was taken to the hospital Friday afternoon with pneumonia. the brother with whom he'd written songs since they were teens "He'd been recovering from surgery on his pancreas He should have been around at least another 20 years." The Zubia family and the singer's significant other issued a statement saying, “After a long illness Lawrence passed away peacefully early Saturday morning "The Zubia Family would like to thank everyone for their condolences 'He had the confidence to say 'Here's everything'Pistoleros were signed to the Disney-owned Hollywood Records which released "Hang On to Nothing," a 1997 album that found the brothers writing songs with members of the Jayhawks and the Smithereens Part of what made Pistoleros special was the natural charisma Lawrence Zubia exuded as a live performer With his slicked-back hair and ever-present shades he worked the mike stand like a skinny Eric Burdon crossed with Peter Wolf whose Phoenix label Fervor Records signed them in 2015 He was always in the most vulnerable position you could be as a lead singer I just always thought it was so fantastic that he had the confidence to say But Zubia brought more than swagger and conviction to the table "I think he's one of the most soulful voices to come out of Arizona And it was really a privilege to be able to work with him and do the records that we did." The Zubia brothers started writing songs together in their teens "We didn't start really playing in a band until a few years later But we started writing songs when I was 15 or 16 In 1988, they formed the band Live Nudes and hit the Tempe music scene gigging alongside the likes of the Gin Blossoms In a 2017 interview with the Arizona Republic Lawrence Zubia laughed as he recalled those days Mark and Lawrence: How Pistoleros brothers found redemption after addiction tore their family and band apart "We were still at the stage where the entire band lived in one house We were in our 20s and we had made friends with the Blossoms and Dead Hot (Workshop) so we had a little gang down in Tempe It all kind of stemmed out of Long Wong’s." Gin Blossoms parted ways with singer-guitarist Doug Hopkins during the sessions for “New Miserable Experience,” the quadruple-platinum breakthrough that included the Hopkins-penned singles "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You." Hopkins reached out to the Zubias about putting a band together. That group became Chimeras with an original lineup rounded out by bassist Scott Andrews and drummer Mark Riggs from a group called Chuck Hall & the Brick Wall Chimeras had already split with Hopkins by the time they cut a debut album "Mistaken for Granted," that caught the attention of Rob Seidenburg vice president of A&R at Hollywood Records As Lawrence Zubia told the Republic in 2017 a name inspired by a Marlon Brando monologue in "On the Waterfront," after Hollywood received a cease and desist letter from an Irish band who owned the rights to the name Chimeras "It was a dream come true," Mark Zubia recalls of getting signed to Hollywood "That's what we had been working towards since we first started writing songs." The album was released to critical acclaim but sales were sluggish and there was inner turmoil at Hollywood "It definitely presented some challenges," Mark Zubia recalled We made another record right after we got dropped recorded at a Tempe studio owned by Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms they recorded two 10th-anniversary shows at Nita’s HideAway for the self-released live album their major-label days were long behind them They were on a bill at Crescent Ballroom in 2013 with some other fixtures of the Tempe scene that flourished in the ‘90s and I couldn’t take my eyes off Lawrence from the time they took the stage My first and only thought was “This is a guy who should be headlining arenas.” I had never had that thought before in all my years of seeing concerts they began a new relationship with Fervor Records a Phoenix label known for placing songs in film and TV soundtracks "We were excited that at that stage of our careers somebody would sign us Pistoleros' first album for Fervor was 2015's "Shine." "We had some success placing songs from that album in film and TV and they had a really positive experience recording it," Freundlich said "Silver" was named in honor of their 25th anniversary. "Those guys put their heart and soul into the writing and recording of those songs," Freundlich said "And they had an annual gig the day before Thanksgiving at Crescent Ballroom They played those songs with all their heart and soul live as well really lucky to get to work with Pistoleros and specifically Lawrence and Mark." Freundlich found that Lawrence Zubia was kind respectful and collaborative without the sort of ego that can make collaboration such a struggle part of our job is beating up those songs and challenging our artists to write the best possible songs," Freundlich said. "And Lawrence was more than happy to embrace the process So Dave and I were just really impressed by Lawrence's willingness and desire to get the best music out there Of all the things he loved about sharing a stage with his brother writing songs together is what meant the most to Mark Zubia "He was my writing partner," he said. that's where we clicked and literally finished each other's sentences sometimes." It was a natural extension of how they related as brothers "We were twins born at different times," Mark Zubia said In fact, they were “estranged” for most of the 2000s a situation for which Lawrence Zubia accepted full responsibility. man,” he told the Republic in 2017 as he described a self-destructive downward spiral fueled by an addiction to drugs he'd been prescribed after back surgery “I was a self-destructive cliché It had nothing to do with rock and roll and everything to do with a guy who was hell-bent on killing himself It was six years of absolute hell on wheels." he said, and at a certain point convinced his brother that he could be trusted enough to give Pistoleros another go. He was a fighter and a dedicated father and somebody that was really passionate about what he did It affected his relationships with family and friends and bandmates and all those things he was a sweet guy who would've been hard not to love." The Zubia brothers managed to hold their often strained relationship together long enough to add two Fervor albums to their legacy But by the time of their induction last year to the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame — a ceremony Mark did not attend — they'd stopped working together one last time. Mark Zubia did not want to discuss it out of respect for a brother he loved dearly through good times and bad we started writing songs as teenagers and continued well into our 50s So it obviously was a fruitful relationship. And as a brother Asked how his brother would have liked to be remembered But being there for his children was the most important thing to him Lawrence Zubia is survived by three children: Daniella "Lawrence had an extremely full life," Freundlich said. "And I think he really did come around to realize just how unbelievably important family is he was fighting for them towards the end to stay alive and get better Reach the reporter at ed.masley@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-4495. Follow him on Twitter @EdMasley Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. You can still hear the sadness and hurt in Mark Zubia's voice as he recalls the circumstances surrounding his abrupt dismissal in early 2019 from Pistoleros the singer/guitarist had shared the stage and spotlight in that venerated Tempe rock band with his brother long enough to have titled a 25th anniversary album "Silver" two years earlier It was Lawrence saying Pistoleros would be moving forward as a four-piece "I never talked to the guys about it," Zubia says I don't want to be anywhere that I'm not wanted recording and releasing his first solo music since 2006's "Parts of Yesterday" — a six-song EP titled "Zubia." But the aftershock of being fired from his own band via email haunts the EP's most powerful moments He's not comfortable sharing the details of the disagreement that had led the brothers to that point in their relationship — in part because it's personal and in part because his brother died in mid-December after contracting pneumonia But this was not the first time their relationship had bottomed out They were estranged for six or seven years in the early 2000s a situation for which Lawrence Zubia accepted full responsibility “I was crazy, man,” he told the Republic in 2017 as he described a self-destructive downward spiral fueled Lawrence sobered up and at a certain point convinced his brother that he could be trusted enough to give the band another try the reunited brothers and their bandmates added two new albums to the Pistoleros legacy — 2015's "Shine" and 2017's "Silver" — before it all went south again. A tale of two brothers: How Pistoleros found redemption after addiction tore their family and band apart Asked if he thinks he and Lawrence could have reconciled the differences that led them to this latest strain on their relationship "That's kind of what I'm processing at this point. Because I'll never know one way or the other I'll never be able to ask him what he was thinking One of the first things Mark Zubia did after reading that email was to reach out to his friends at Fervor Records — David Hilker and Jeff Freundlich we're moving forward with you no matter whether you're in Pistoleros or not,'" Zubia recalls The cover photo is a belt buckle his uncle had made for his father in the '70s in the Navajo Nation. and I think it's a beautiful piece of art," he says "So I thought it would make a great cover in that I'm a solo artist and it kind of denotes this new chapter as well as it being a sentimental piece of something my dad gave me — an heirloom wind-swept ballad called "Carry You Home" about what Zubia refers to as "the conflict between loving somebody but also being very hurt by them." But it was interesting that he was that in tune with what was going on with me." The songs bring up raw emotionsFor those at all familiar with the situation it would be a struggle not to hear the song as an imagined conversation with his brother especially in moments as poignant as "Once more words spill out on the kitchen floor/ Like a thousand and one times before/ I could almost drown." Those feelings are even more raw on the second song "Bleed," with its withering chorus of "You take what you want anytime you need/ And leave behind the rest of us to bleed." "Bleed" was written within three weeks of getting his "notice," as Zubia calls it. one of those things where there was enough emotion there that it just came pouring out," he says. which were recorded and mixed before his brother died "It's just a good way to move forward with the past," he says Going back and listening to a song as raw as "Bleed" or as poignant as "Carry You Home" after losing his brother wasn't easy "But I've done this long enough to know you're writing songs about what's going on in your life at the time," he says. "And if something happens in the future that happens to reflect on those songs in some way, you don't regret it That was just the moment and you're doing what you do." The key is sharing those emotions in a way that resonates outside the context of the inspiration for those songs which Zubia has definitely done here. "Those situations are not unique to me," he says people relate to those songs because they have had similar experiences And that's what most of these songs are about." 'The songs dictated the production vibe'Fervor's goal going into this project was to provide the singer-songwriter a platform to delve deep into the issues he was facing while pushing himself beyond his comfort zone "Mark’s turbulent relationship with Pistoleros and his late brother Lawrence certainly serve as the catalysts for this record," he says "That’s a really vulnerable place to go but I think teaming Mark with producer Will Prinzi proved to be the right move." Zubia and Prinzi talked a bit about what kind of record they were making before heading into the studio the songs dictated the production vibe," Zubia says "I don't remember what our ideas were at first but we threw around names of producers we liked and certain approaches but we didn't really follow it completely." There's a cinematic quality to "Carry You Home," which has a slight hint of Spaghetti Western in the mix complete with haunting steel guitar by longtime friend Jon Rauhouse and the film-noir vibe of "Fight or Flight," a horn-driven highlight he wrote with Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms including such obvious highlights as "Bleed" and the understated EP-closing "Hard on My Heart," an acoustic guitar-driven country ballad. "We're trying to just follow our instincts and our muse." Fervor has already placed two songs from "Zubia" — "Bleed" and "Loser's Game" — in the Showtime series "Shameless Hall of Shame." And Freundlich is clearly excited to have this opportunity to share the latest chapter in Zubia's journey — a journey that started in his teens They began their ascent through the ranks of the fabled Tempe rock scene in 1988 as Live Nudes before forming Chimeras with singer-guitarist Doug Hopkins of Gin Blossoms fame. "Mistaken for Granted," that caught the attention of Disney-linked Hollywood Records 'The beauty and the tragedy': Doug Hopkins' story being told in film They changed their name to Pistoleros after a cease-and-desist order from an Irish Chimeras hitting the streets of 1997 with "Hang On to Nothing." was released in 2001 before the brothers went their separate ways. In addition to his work with Pistoleros and Chimeras the singer-guitarist has recorded two albums with Los Guys a collaboration with Emmett DeGuvera of Tramps & Thieves as Zubia + DeGuvera "Great artists evolve and Mark has done just that," Freundlich says "He is such a treasure and I am so happy he continues to share his craft with the world." Support local journalism. Subscribe to azcentral.com today. the frontman of famed Arizona band the Pistoleros Zubia passed away on Saturday morning at age 56 His brother and former bandmate, Mark Zubia, told the Arizona Republic: “He should have been around at least another 20 years.” He had been battling pancreatitis and then got pneumonia The Pistoleros was one of the bands that made it big in the 1990s and defined the “Tempe sound,” alongside bands like Roger Clyne’s the Refreshments and the Gin Blossoms The Show talked with Lawrence Zubia last year following the Pistoleros’s induction to the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame He talked about his it felt to finally make it big "I remember the first time I heard our song on the radio But this time the guy came and he picked us up in this long stretch white limo He must have known what was about to happen," said Lawrence Zubia heading to Hard Rock Cafe to have lunch with a bunch of listeners that won tickets to have lunch with the Pistoleros Lawrence's family sent out thank-yous to everyone who sent their support and condolences EDITOR'S NOTE: This headline has been updated to correct the spelling of Lawrence Zubia's name The limits of David Hume’s politics of utility are evident in America’s current political polarization and heighten political discourse David Hume has something to teach us about party politics We flatter ourselves that we live in unprecedented times But the eighteenth-century Scot tells us otherwise Predictably, there have been calls to lower the temperature of our political discourse This is part of our liberal political inheritance liberal political thought removed government from the business of saving souls It promised to turn down the heat by making politics less existential The philosopher David Hume (1711–76) exemplified this endeavor to promote a more moderate he imitated Addison’s and Steele’s The Spectator (1711–12) a daily newspaper read by the likes of Benjamin Franklin and James Madison “The Spectator” brought philosophy into the homes of what we would now call the middle class These men and women of “middling ranks” were less concerned with party squabbles than with the mundane tasks of daily life Hume released his first set of essays in 1741 Parties were still rather new to British politics He thought it was far better to be loyal to the Constitution than to a single party court and country parties had split in part along the lines of economic interest He found parties of economic interest “the most reasonable and the most excusable” of all possible parties 10 that free economic activity begets various interests: landed Madison believed that “the regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation.” Madison learned this from Hume But Hume noticed a major wrinkle in this understanding of politics Parties defended something greater than economic interest expressing faith in an ancient constitution or modern liberty If each party thinks it is fighting for first principles as if they were fighting pro aris & focis [for altars and hearths] and change a good constitution into a bad one “Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth,” that a republic might thrive in an “extensive country.” Even though a multitude of factions might arise no single one would be able to dominate the others This inspired Madison’s treatment of factions in the Federalist Papers to hurry them into any measures against the public interest.” seem to contest each other passionately while accomplishing little Last year, Yuval Levin argued that partisan gridlock derives from each party’s tendency to see “the other as the country’s biggest problem.” As a result Levin has encouraged parties to respond to practical “contemporary concerns” and to avoid “heedless cultural radicalism.” Similarly, William Galston has called for parties to speak to “the country’s moral center” which is “charactered by moderation he suggests that moderation will make our parties more politically viable This is good liberal language coming from public intellectuals on the Right and Left It recalls Hume’s plea to his readers “to encourage moderate opinions to find the proper medium in all disputes.” He thought that if individuals could free themselves from “party-rage and party-prejudices,” they would devote themselves to “public utility.” He thought they would appear more like the “many honest gentlemen” in England These “honest gentlemen,” “being always employed in their domestic affairs or amusing themselves in common recreations have carried their thoughts very little beyond those objects which are every day exposed to their senses.” These “honest gentlemen” were practical people with practical concerns But—and Hume knew this—it was shared beliefs and practices that produced the “honest gentlemen” of England A complicated mix of causes—including Protestant enthusiasm and the rise of the middling ranks—gave rise to what Blackstone called “a polite and commercial people.” Leading Protestant thinkers in England largely sanctioned the polite commercial life as one part of a virtuous and godly life a life oriented ultimately toward supreme blessedness rather than temporal gain sought to despiritualize the polite and commercial ethos of England He tried to make a commercial life stand independently without a connection to the traditional Christian virtues He tried to base the commercial life on the principles of sound philosophy alone without the inconveniences of “fanaticism” or “enthusiasm.” that the public could pursue utility for utility’s sake Hume based the politics of utility on utility alone But England’s identity as “a polite and commercial people,” developed out of historical circumstances combined with a shared moral and religious consciousness In the contemporary United States, we do not have a shared moral and religious consciousness. We are divided. The Pew Research Center reports that “the ideological gap between left and right in the United States … is significantly wider than the ideological gaps” in European countries We have lost sight of our meaning and purpose as a country the polite politics that Hume recommended is impossible But a politics of utility cannot stand alone It presumes that more basic moral and spiritual matters are settled Without shared beliefs and practices tying the populace together the human person is a “meaning-seeking animal.” It does not take long for people to accumulate all of the tools and conveniences made available to them in our globalized economy before realizing that meaning does not come from consumption alone When people no longer find meaning in private life a politics of “cultural radicalism” becomes the only option Hume is a prime representative of the modern experiment to privilege a politics of utility over a politics of truth They derive from a lost moral and religious consciousness Humean approach to politics is feckless in our circumstances constituted a direct attack on the classical Christian tradition that once limited trade and consumption in light of greater concern for truth and virtue This bargain has produced many benefits through the creation of wealth the politics of utility depends on the social capital derived from a politics of truth and the shared beliefs and practices that result from it That social capital is spent. As a result, the politics of utility is spent. The politics of truth has come back with a vengeance. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. As I argue in The Political Thought of David Hume it is a characteristic mistake of liberal political thought to suppose the politics of truth was ever gone in the first place It was Hume’s social scientific theory of economic and moral progress that led him to criticize popular Christianity and Stoic discipline This theory of economic and moral progress remains central to the liberal mindset rejected the “religious party” and the “philosophical party” for championing “the honourable … the decorum” above the pleasant and useful It was evident in the twentieth century when Rawls argued that political liberalism could not be grounded in the classical Christian politics of truth and virtue the Humean approach undermines the very virtues that are capable of sustaining—and softening—a politics of truth He regarded self-denial and humility as vices self-denial promotes not only mastery of the passions but also sacrifice for the public good It leads us to prioritize social and religious duties over the pursuit of pleasure Cicero wrote that “it is by piety that we do our duty towards our kindred and well-wishers of our country and render them faithful service.” Hume excluded piety from his catalog of virtues The return of the politics of truth provides us with an opportunity to season our speech with the classical Christian virtues of humility and piety—not to mention grace and forgiveness—for which the Humean worldview leaves no room possesses resources to mitigate party rage that the middling politics of utility simply does not American conservatives once were reliable defenders of the politics of truth. Russell Kirk, for example, professed that “at heart, political problems are moral and religious problems.” He contended that conservatives “believe … in the existence of certain abiding truths which govern the conduct of human society.” The Sharon Statement a landmark declaration of conservative principles published by the Young Americans for Freedom posited that in a “time of moral and political crisis,” it is necessary “to affirm certain eternal truths” and “transcendent values.” The statement of “Freedom Conservatism,” released this past summer, which presents itself as a successor to the Sharon Statement, declines to mention God or any moral or spiritual grounding for its political claims And it is further evidence that the liberal mindset corrodes the moral and spiritual foundations of political society If the politics of first principles has returned and is here to stay then we must come to grips with this fact and think—and act—accordingly Returning unabashedly to the politics of truth and virtue that built the West—and that the politics of utility effaced—is a good starting point It is tempting to think “it can’t happen here.” But Americans are more concerned about tyranny than they have been in many years LAS CRUCES - A former Las Cruces Fire Department Chief wants to represent southern New Mexico in Washington Adolf Zubia told the Sun-News that he is running for the 2nd Congressional District The Democrat is seeking to replace Rep. Steve Pearce, who earlier this month announced he would be vacating the seat to run for governor Zubia said he is a proponent of universal health care and is not a fan of current immigration policies nor President Donald Trump's promise to build a border wall Investing in renewable energy and education can help jump-start the area's economy "I believe there's a great opportunity to affect change at the federal level," he told the Sun-News when asked why he's running for Congress and not a state MORE: 2018 race for governor begins to take shape but grew up in southern Doña Ana County He started attending Las Cruces-area schools at age 10 He is a graduate of Las Cruces High School and New Mexico State University Zubia joined the Las Cruces Fire Department in 1986 he became the Doña Ana County fire marshal and from 2001 to 2009 served as Las Cruces fire chief MORE: Is New Mexico's Congressional election the most diverse race in the nation? Nikki Haley appointed him fire marshal for South Carolina Zubia resigned after 15 months on the job due to what he said was a difference in opinion on requiring residential sprinklers. He then served in fire departments in California and Nevada before returning to Las Cruces in March Zubia becomes the fifth Democrat to announce their intention to enter the 2nd Congressional District primary race MORE: Former Pearce staffer named assistant deputy at Interior a Coast Guard veteran and college history instructor from Socorro On the Republican side, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn has announced he'll run. Also running is state Rep. Yvette Herrell, who's represented Alamogordo’s District 51 since 2010 Lucas Peerman can be reached at lpeerman@lcsun-news.com or @LittleGuyInATie on Twitter Danielle Allen's book presents her progressive politics in the cloak of the American Founding John Rawls’s theory of justice has finally been updated for the twenty-first century. Egalitarian liberals anxious to move on from justifying the welfare state—Rawls’s project in 1971—to justifying the transformation of society for the sake of full inclusion now have a spokesperson in another Harvard University professor, Danielle Allen. The premise of her book, Justice by Means of Democracy is that justice is not fully achieved through the redistribution of wealth contemporary interpreters of Rawls have placed too much emphasis on economics By failing to treat the deficit of democracy in political life the Rawlsian approach has “lost traction with our realities.” As a corrective Allen proposes a new theory of justice that responds to alleged “intellectual mistakes” made “earlier in the tradition of political philosophy.” Allen highlights the nineteenth-century French political theorist Benjamin Constant’s distinction between the liberty of the ancients and the liberty of the moderns The former consists in the right to participate in political decision-making The latter consists in the right to own property and chart one’s own course in life The liberty of the ancients (positive liberty) prizes political freedom The liberty of the moderns (negative liberty) militates against governmental intrusion into private life It jealously guards both economic freedom and private autonomy Allen tries to unite what Constant divided Borrowing from Du Bois’s argument in The Souls of Black Folk she argues that positive liberty makes negative liberty possible to be truly free we must become “cocreators of the kingdom of culture.” Only when we have free and equal say in the creation of our cultural and political environments can we exercise free choice in the direction of our own lives This refrain reappears throughout the book and is the inspiration behind her revision of Rawls’ famous difference principle According to Rawls’s second principle of justice social and economic inequalities are justified only if they permit fair equality of opportunity and benefit the least advantaged members of society Allen faults Rawls’s epigones for limiting the scope of the difference principle Contemporary Rawlsians tend to suggest that the least-advantaged segment of the population needs only the right level of wealth redistribution for enhanced well-being intended for the difference principle to apply to the distribution of both wealth and the social bases of self-respect Wealth was not the only thing that concerned him Rawls was a committed liberal who subordinated his defense of equal opportunity and the egalitarian distribution of social goods to the first principle of justice that individuals enjoy an equal body of rights protections are not sufficient to promote egalitarian empowerment Egalitarian empowerment requires a new difference principle “Difference without domination” prioritizes democratic principles over traditionally liberal ones “Freedom to associate with those with whom we wish to associate simply is freedom to discriminate.” “Difference without domination” cannot coexist with discrimination If putting an end to discrimination requires the abridgment of freedom of association—or the freedom of speech The ideal of “difference without domination” guides Allen’s proposals for equitable policies in transportation The influence of Rawlsian theory is fading in Anglo-American universities And Allen admits that her theory of “power-sharing liberalism” departs regularly from Rawlsian orthodoxy Allen claims that her theory of “power-sharing liberalism” falls squarely within the American political tradition A New Narrative of American Constitutionalism by Christopher DeMuth and Patrick Deneen) and changing the method of choosing electors in each state from a winner-take-all method to a proportional method based on the percentage of the vote a candidate receives Publius defended the US Constitution’s combination of energy and republican safety granted government the power to act for the public interest while also safeguarding the rights of minorities against overbearing majorities and republican safety of the US Constitution the framers did not act on the most important principle Allen faults the framers of the US Constitution for leaving women and white men without property disempowered in the early republic when Abigail Adams asked John Adams about the status of women in the revolution “Abigail put her finger on exactly the mistake made by the founding generation … They believed that it was possible to recognize and secure rights for all even while putting power in the hands only of some Abigail knew the truth: Unchecked power over others leads to abuse Positive liberty is necessary for justice.” Allen’s treatment of American founding documents makes her theory seem more moderate than it is Positively referencing Publius on several occasions she seems to work within the confines of American constitutionalism advocating for the achievement of a liberal end—namely prevention of the abuse of power—through neo-republican means—namely Allen’s take on America’s political tradition and a progressive narrative of history that she reads into the development of American constitutionalism Reckoning with the fact of reasonable pluralism in Political Liberalism Rawls downplayed the notion of private autonomy a politically constructed theory of justice capable of garnering consensus among citizens holding different conceptions of the good life insists that justice requires that we permit “individualized explorations by each person of their own happiness.” she does not adequately consider the tensions between public and private autonomy is that an example of public autonomy that violates private autonomy Or must public autonomy always promote private autonomy it seems as if we must preach the gospel of private autonomy Central to Allen’s system of democratic virtues Allen regards prophecy as a means by which to reorient our conception of purpose in public life She associates prophecy with the abolitionism of Harriet Beecher Stowe the civil rights activism of Martin Luther King and the progressive activism of Occupy Wall Street and the Movement of Black Lives or public narratives.” It works to change “the game being played,” so that the purpose of our public political decision-making is no longer liberty or equality Allen herself engages in a bit of prophecy through her sleight of hand by which she presents equity “The historical story of American constitutionalism,” Allen writes “is not about an evolution from liberty to equality but of a transition from an exclusive to an inclusive conception of who should have access to liberty and equality.” Allen reads both Rawls’s theory of justice and America’s founding documents in accord with an equity paradigm articulated by feminist and critical race theorists and Marxist theories” that fault liberal theory for producing “racial and patriarchal forms of domination.” For this reason “power-sharing liberalism” fully reflects the spirit of the age And the theory itself goes far beyond politics is necessary if her theory is to produce results To dismantle hierarchies and achieve “difference without domination,” one cannot confine oneself to political reform She posits ideals and design principles for reshaping not only politics Allen proposes that we place more emphasis on identity in favor of new inclusive organizations that meet the demands of egalitarian empowerment Allen proposes a “cultural design principle” to maximize difference and minimize domination in society The idea of “a cultural design principle,” though fits uncomfortably with the fact that cultures are not designed but instead arise organically over time within communities with shared beliefs and practices And if you tear down existing cultural institutions to satisfy the demands of “difference without domination,” then of course you need “a cultural design principle” to rebuild whatever it is you have torn down An “egalitarian participatory constitutional democracy,” Allen’s political ideal requires a “connected society,” Allen’s social ideal The “connected society” is the product of “cultural transformation” that reduces reliance on the traditional family The “connected” society “replace[s] the patriarchal and hierarchical bonding relations of a traditionalist picture of social cohesion.” Religious belief receives no meaningful mention in the book associated with patriarchal and hierarchical organization Nor does religious belief—in the form of traditional Christianity Since a society is only “connected,” according to Allen’s understanding if it is “autonomy-preserving,” a new belief system must reign one that downgrades nature and exalts unfettered freedom of choice as the standard by which to judge moral But this new belief system ignores reality the epochal study of decline in social capital in the United States religious and youth-based organizations that were gender exclusive saw membership decline from five to eighteen percent from 1970–97 that were legally required to desegregate based on gender during that time Putnam drew the common-sense conclusion that demands for equality and multiculturalism threaten the cultivation of community and the maintenance of social cohesion Putnam proposed that for the sake of the common good place less emphasis on identity in political life proposes that we place more emphasis on identity not only ignores reality—the fact that hierarchy is natural—but also ignores what actual people think about how they should govern themselves and their communities new connections forged between deracinated and mobile individuals of different faiths and genders who share nothing in common except an unquestioning commitment to the dogma of diversity But who authored this dogma: the people or the elites who rule them If large corporations really were to recognize the value of voice resulting in worker ownership or democratic management would this lead to unanimous acceptance of purpose-driven rather than profit-driven behavior Would it lead to the unanimous acceptance of progressive social standards by which to judge corporate behavior What is certain is that Allen would reject as illegitimate any collective decision-making even on the “power-sharing” model that did not promote a progressive ethos Allen is right to criticize plutocracy in politics and runaway capitalism in the economy But Allen’s progressive ideology is itself elite driven Justice by Means of Democracy pays lip service to popular rule but only accepts popular rule if it pays obeisance to the values of the plutocratic elite succumb to the same logic of the marketplace in our liquid age The best hope for a just global distribution of wealth is more migration But what if place—thriving neighborhoods with opportunities for work and leisure—is necessary for happiness and nation are essential components of a happy who writes as an identitarian peddling the same progressive pieties responsible for the social and political crises in which we find ourselves Allen blames political failures in Western democratic societies over the last two decades on errors in liberal theory I agree that we need to contest intellectual mistakes destructive to social cohesion We should start by contesting Allen’s vision of American constitutionalism as a historical progression from exclusion to full inclusion for the purpose of expanding public and private autonomy This narrative gives warrant to our elite guardians to try to reshape social and political life in accord with “enlightened” opinion which would require us to surrender all—even our belief system—to the idol of egalitarianism which reads at times like a textbook for democratic reform lacks memorable concepts like those which Rawls provided such as the original position and the veil of ignorance Allen burdens the reader with “subsidiary ideals,” numerous “design principles,” and other lists of vague principles that are expressed in egalitarian mantras meant to make our thought processes more democratic not me”; “nothing about us without us”; and “the work is to call in is this: “The ideal citizen is first and foremost authentic.” I’m sure the Proud Boys think of themselves as authentic more appropriate for bumper stickers than a serious work of political philosophy usefully capture the vacuity of egalitarianism The desperate fear that motivated parents' behavior extends far wider than these elites—it offers a glimpse of the dark side of America’s democratic soul but the encouraging development was institutional: the House of Representatives stared down the presidency and won 2022. The rosary will be recited at 6 o'clock in the evening on Monday 2022 at Morrison Memorial Chapel. The funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday Peter and Paul Catholic Church with Father Gabriel Garcia as celebrant. Interment will follow in the Dumas Cemetery under the direction of Beeson ~ Morrison Funeral Directors Mexico to Felipe Gallegos and Martina Licon. She married David Zubia in Mexico and he preceded her in death. Angela was an excellent homemaker who loved her grandkids and enjoyed family gatherings. She also enjoyed cooking and sewing. Angela was a member of Sts Angela was preceded in death by her parents Alberto and Adela; grandchildren: Sebastian Zubia and Roberto Zubia Angela is survived by her sons: Felipe Zubia of Mexico TX; daughters: Maria Del Refugio Zubia of Mexico TX; 42 grandchildren and 77 great grandchildren