If Only Andrew Cuomo Were President

I never was a huge Andrew Cuomo fan. I was pulling for Cynthia Nixon in the NY Democratic primary a few years ago. But I’ve been watching both Cuomo and Trump pretty much every weekday lately. Their respective daily appearances seem timed based on my elliptical workout schedule. The contrast couldn’t be starker. Think what … Read more

(UPDATED) It is Time for Arizona Speaker Russell Bowers to Step Up to the Plate on Passing more Anti Coronavirus Funding

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Arizona State Senate passed on a 27 to 3 vote, a skinny fiscal year 2021 budget with an additional $50 million in funding towards helping people get through the Coronavirus Crisis. The State Legislature unanimously passed a $55 million Anti Coronavirus appropriations measure last week. State House Republicans, under … Read more

Arizona Schools to Remain Closed Until April 10, 2020

In their second joint communication to Arizona Families, Governor Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman announced that Arizona’s public (traditional and charter) and private schools, because of the public health risk associated with the Coronavirus, will remain closed until April 10, 2020. Mr. Ducey and Ms. Hoffman both thanked the Education Community … Read more

The media must cease live coverage of the coronavirus task force daily press briefings (updated)

The coronavirus pandemic has rendered Donald Trump’s Nuremberg-style MAGA campaign rallies impossible, but no worries, he has found a new outlet, hijacking the coronavirus task force daily press briefings. And the news media is being used to “catapult the propaganda,” as George W. Bush infamously once said. Trump can’t hold his massive rallies because of coronavirus, … Read more