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A new chief in town

Michael Frazier starts his new job in El Mirage as the community’s top cop on Tuesday. ...

Oct 2nd

Introducing The Burma NewsLadder

The situation in Burma is tragic and the result of decades of horrific military rule that has...

Oct 1st

McCain and a Muslim president

In his interview with Beliefnet.com, John McCain stumbled in the thicket that has become the...

Oct 1st

'Sultan of Sleaze' was our...

David Hans Schmidt didn’t invent himself. He imagined himself. He dreamed of transforming...

Oct 1st

Twenty Quebecois

From Kate Steadman’s Health Policy blog: “A 2002 Health Affairs paper examined hospitals...

Oct 1st

Down Time

I’ll be offline for most of the week.  I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon every year since the...

Oct 1st

Down Time

I’ll be offline for most of the week.  I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon every year since the...

Oct 1st

Allies in a war on apathy

(Column published 9/30/07) On the surface, Dan Frazier and Beth Pearson should have nothing in...

Sep 30th

-Slash-

E.J. Montini has a piece in the local inky compost-liner in which he cites the words of Beth...

Sep 30th

Sunday Plath Poetry on Percy

“Among the Narcissi” Spry, wry, and gray as these March sticks, Percy bows, in his blue...

Sep 30th

Grassroots Astro-turfing the Mini-Dorm...

Michael Goodman, the owner of NW University Equities LLC, took out a quarter page last...

Sep 29th

Grassroots Astro-turfing the Mini-Dorm...

Michael Goodman, the owner of NW University Equities LLC, took out a quarter page last...

Sep 29th

Who's going to be the next mayor of...

Mark your calendars for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4 for a Surprise mayoral showdown. It’s...

Sep 29th

Cheney's flip-flop on Iraq

This will either cause you to make excuses for him. Or, it’ll make you sick. In case you...

Sep 28th

McCain the warrior

When John McCain was conducting a frontrunner campaign for the Republican nomination, there was a...

Sep 28th

Behind the scenes of "The...

I go to the Gilbert Municipal Center for different reasons: to attend town council meetings...

Sep 28th

I-10 widening project gets green light;...

The three Southwest Valley cities, tired of haggling over how much in interest each would pay for...

Sep 28th

Appeal of and for Howard Shanker

The primary for Congressional District 1 is still months away, but this Sunday, September 30, is a...

Sep 28th

Matching Ottoman

(via shrimplate)

Sep 28th

Hold on...

(via MAD blogger - MoAlonzoDunsmoor’s Blog - azcentral.com)

Sep 28th

Myanmar not a U.S. strategic interest

The people of Myanmar are suffering tragically under an incompetent but brutal military...

Sep 27th

Local points of pride

Phoenix is on the hunt for Points of Pride. When I think of possible Points of Pride I think of...

Sep 27th

The 'fabric' of our democracy

A lowly T-shirt maker in Flagstaff just kicked the tails of the Arizona Legislature, the governor,...

Sep 27th

The Vote is Cheap...give away the Cash

Congressmen Giffords and Mitchell have voted to condemn the now imfamous Move.On ad that attacks...

Sep 27th

Bee Our Candidate!

A new video supporting Senate President Tim Bee! (via http://azwatchtower.com/feed/)

Sep 27th

Nancy Pelosi Should Go

Wow. I have seldom seen less effective communication of the Democratic strategy on Iraq. I suppose I...

Sep 27th

Speaking of Linda Chavez ...

I looked up some of the columns that Linda Chavez has written, and they’re all very...

Sep 27th

A firey debate on immigration, civil...

Immigration — people want to talk about it. But how many want to be part of a healthy and...

Sep 27th

No Tempe Drinking Liberally Tomorrow

For those of you not on the mailing list, there will be no Drinking Liberally this Thursday,...

Sep 27th

A compromise on the I-10 widening...

It’s been a long time coming but at last Goodyear, Avondale and Litchfield Park have seemingly...

Sep 27th

Too close to tis the season

I was driving through a Tempe neighborhood the other night when I spotted a house with a Christmas...

Sep 26th

Southern Arizona Media Telling Bee to...

Now both the Arizona Daily Star and the Green Valley News have weighed in on Tim Bee’s kabuki...

Sep 26th

We still don't care (enough) about...

Everything that goes on in the places where Warren Jeffs operated should bother us. The child abuse,...

Sep 26th

Reservations about Jeffs conviction

Warren Jeffs is a destructive creep. His arranged marriages for underage girls were unconscionable. ...

Sep 26th

Daughter, Yours

She’d been a party-girl all of her life and looked twenty years older than her stated age of...

Sep 26th

Toxic Spew

The Arizona Republic blogs have the unintended consequence of allowing readers to get a glimpse...

Sep 26th

Duh

Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants :New York Times “Within months, hundreds, if...

Sep 26th

They treat the local population like...

At every juncture, just when it seems that the nation’s executive branch overseers can go no...

Sep 26th

Kyl, Shadegg say it all

The Arizona Watchtower applauds Congressman Shadegg and Senator Kyl for their statements condemning...

Sep 26th

ASU Law School Dean White is Stepping...

I don’t speculate on causes. (via Arizona’s Own Espresso Pundit)

Sep 26th

Congress More Popular with Republicans!

Link: Congress approval rating is substatially higher among Republicans than Democrats. Though it...

Sep 25th

Setting a green example

Ahwatukee has solar panels atop its popular park-and-ride lot and atop the gym’s roof at the...

Sep 25th

The World is Not Enough

This Center For Arizona Policy lunch looks like a good event.  Dr. Olasky is the editor-in-chief...

Sep 25th

The right reason to let Ahmadinejad...

The debate over whether Ahmadinejad should have been invited to Columbia to speak has missed the...

Sep 25th

Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife Yet?

I’ve been interviewed hundreds of times by reporters.  I served in the Legislature for four...

Sep 25th

Pity The Nation

Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose...

Sep 25th

We've waited "Long Enough "

We’ve waited “Long Enough” for an answer on how many residual troops the other...

Sep 25th

LaWall Responds

Monday I wrote that sources say that Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall intends to conflict herself...

Sep 25th

CPS or CYA?

You are probably aware that Child Protective Services is a mess.  Reps Adams and Paton have single...

Sep 25th

Public officials cussing? That's a...

There is was right on the front page of Friday’s Peoria Times: A big mug of John Keegan and...

Sep 24th

GM strike unfathomable

From a distant perspective, the strike against General Motors by the United Auto Workers is...

Sep 24th

Reminder: Eat dinner with your kids

Today is “Family Day - A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children.” The nationwide...

Sep 24th

Letting the incomprehensible Iranian...

Now that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has spoken at Columbia University it’s clear...

Sep 24th

Busted Budgets

So far, Arizona state financial projections expect a $600 million shortfall this year. Last year the...

Sep 24th

The Art of Not Playing into the Enemy's...

Sun Tzu wrote in The Art Of War: By discovering the enemy’s dispositions and remaining...

Sep 24th

Senator Kyl’s wake-up call

Last week I read a post over at Sonoran Alliance about Senator Kyl pointing a finger of blame at the...

Sep 23rd

National Security Letters and You

One of the most egregious violations of our constitutional traditions in the so-called PATRIOT Act...

Sep 23rd

What is This? Another Sunday Plath Poem

Fiesta Melons In Benidorm there are melons, Whole donkey-carts full Of innumerable melons, Ovals...

Sep 23rd

Washcloths, Melodic Minor Scales, and...

The patient had some kidney problems so the doctors had ordered Bicitra a couple times a day. It...

Sep 21st

Sniping from Petraeus' Skirts

I’m like a dog with a particularly nettlesome bone with this issue. I seem unable to move...

Sep 21st

Roll-Top Desks

(via shrimplate)

Sep 21st

Cleaning House in Arizona: December...

Note: Based upon the recent Culture of Corruption post here, I thought this post was once again...

Sep 19th

Outstanding Women

The Champions When we go to home games we always sit in the same seats; a few rows up and on the...

Sep 18th

Strokes and Raps

This Stroke goes out to Rep. Gabby Giffords, my Congressperson. Gabby fought for expansion of...

Sep 18th

Strokes and Raps

This Stroke goes out to Rep. Gabby Giffords, my Congressperson. Gabby fought for expansion of...

Sep 18th

Huge Upset in the Making in NH?

The Manchester, New Hampshire Republican Committee reports that their GOP straw poll resulted in an...

Sep 17th

Huge Upset in the Making in NH?

The Manchester, New Hampshire Republican Committee reports that their GOP straw poll resulted in an...

Sep 17th

Support your Young Democrat!

{Cross-posted from Daily Kos} Last Friday, the Arizona State University Young Democrats meet, just...

Sep 16th

Image Management

This is how we look in the eyes of everyone else in the world: No, that’s not good. (via...

Sep 16th

Saturday's Protest March

While thousands rolled down the streets of our nation’s capital city I stood by myself, but...

Sep 16th

Another Sunday Plath Poem

The Dead Revolving in oval loops of solar speed, Couched in cauls of clay as in holy robes, Dead...

Sep 16th

Drinking Liberally on KXCI

For the vast majority of you who likely missed it, here’s a podcast of me on KXCI’s...

Sep 15th

Why I Chose Nursing and a Certain Kind...

Nobody talks about “Muslim beauty” as if it were somehow different from Catholic,...

Sep 15th

Leave Petraeus Alone!

Heh! This is a hoot. Some of you will be familiar with the media squall over an emo kid named Chris...

Sep 15th

Link Dump VII

A new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion...

Sep 14th

Parable of Erin the Problem Solver

Perhaps you are familiar with a brain-teaser called the Konigsberg Bridge Problem. A Swiss...

Sep 14th

Wardrobe Mirrors

(via shrimplate)

Sep 14th

My Party

(via Blog For Arizona)

Sep 13th

There

She was a very sweet little old lady and her only current serious medical problem was that she...

Sep 12th

Republicans Whine Conspicuously

Link: Republicans introduce measure condemning MoveOn ad. Oh please… General Petraeus or...

Sep 12th

Sunday Poetry: Plath on the Rhine

There the Rhine River runs at its most narrow and deep. The slate cliffs that rise above are called...

Sep 9th

Impeachment, Not Just for Kids...

So you think impeaching Bush and Cheney is a waste of time? That it would provoke a backlash, as...

Sep 8th

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007...

[First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate 2008 Guru: Following the Races.] Does it seem like...

Sep 7th

Crystal Doorknobs

(via shrimplate)

Sep 7th

Pearce and Bee Demonstrate Democratic...

Russel Pearce is challenging Jeff Flake for the the Republican nomination in Arizona’s 6th...

Sep 6th

Here

Two days away from work are always better than just one, and a week away allows the necessary...

Sep 5th

ACLUtv Screening

Freedom of speech is a given in America, right? Not if you’re Muslim hip-hop poet Amir...

Sep 5th

Nuclear Power: Global Warming Savior or...

There is a good deal of controversy in the environmental movement regarding how to continue...

Sep 5th

Bee Hires Dirty Trickster

The Arizona Capitol Times has confirmed that the rumors are true.  State Senate President Tim Bee...

Sep 5th

Guest Commentary by Karl Reiner: The...

A number of business publications recently carried reports regarding Carlos Slim. With a fortune...

Sep 4th

Inside

There’s no breeze and the air is always a little too warm, but often people complain of...

Sep 4th

This Week With Barack Obama, August...

cross-posted @ daily kos Debate Schedule September 9, 2007 - Univision Forum (Spanish)...

Sep 3rd

Guest Action by Steve Brittle: Hayden...

Hayden, Arizona is a small company town with one industry – the ASARCO copper smelter. This is...

Sep 2nd

Sunday Poetry: Coffee in La Jolla

From the work of Jefferey Meyers about Sylvia Plath: “Ted Hughes has pointed out that Sylvia...

Sep 2nd

Benjamin Hearts Women

That’s “kash” with a kapital “k” you know. From the morning sorry...

Sep 1st

Can Tim Bee Amass a Campaign War Chest...

Tim Bee is being very cagey and playing a delicate game by refusing to resign his Arizona Senate...

Sep 1st