Larry Bodine

Larry is an intelligent, articulate, and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ✍ He is an experienced and well-known leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UofA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 editorials for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, watching film noir, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for lattes at breakfast.‎ ‎** Scroll down to see my articles below. **

Looney Lauren Boebert’s Re-election Campaign Asks ‘Are aliens real?!’

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MAGA crotch-grabber Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has resorted to emails to conservatives about “aliens” in a desperate attempt to raise funds for her re-election campaign. The email contains a link to a website that asks, “Are aliens real?!” and asks supporters to donate money to Boebert for Congress. Democratic analyst Andy Boian called the email a sign … Read more

Rahel Hehn Leads the University of Arizona College Democrats Forward

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Rahel Hehn, the President of the University of Arizona College Democrats, has been busy since classes started, hosting elected US Senator Ruben Gallego and Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, all while mobilizing students to vote. During the special election for US House District 7, Hehn commented on and participated in events supporting Grijalva, focusing on issues such … Read more

SUNDAY 10/12/25: The Crisis in Journalism Threatens Freedom of the Press in Your Town

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Journalism is being menaced by baseless lawsuits, a $1.1 billion cut in public broadcasting, press bans, physical assaults on reporters, economic failures, and Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the media. As a result, more than 3,300 newspapers have been shuttered since 2005. In the past year alone, 127 newspapers closed, leaving nearly 55 million people in … Read more

Pima County Schools Face Enrollment Crisis, Voucher Drain, and Looming Closures

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Pima County School Superintendent Dustin Williams delivered a stark warning to Democrats of Greater Tucson: Urban schools are headed toward an unprecedented wave of consolidations and closures as early as this November, driven by plummeting birth rates, explosive voucher program growth, and a billion-dollar taxpayer subsidy with zero accountability. “I don’t see how it doesn’t … Read more

Join the Anti-Trump Paper Clip Mutiny!

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E. Jean Carroll started it: the Paper Clip Mutiny. You’ll remember her as the woman who successfully sued Trump twice for sexual assault and defamation and recovered $88.3 million in damages. “Beauteous Reader! Democracy eCLIPSes the president! It’s happening! It’s working! It’s spreading! It’s catching! We’re clipping in!” Carroll wrote. “Norwegian teachers and students wore … Read more

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