SB1070 Update: Brewer, Pearce scare people away from coming to Arizona
by David Safier Why do the Accidental Guv and the Persistent Racist hate Arizona? Advertisement Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce claim to be furious at people who have urged a boycott of Arizona because of the passage of SB1070. How dare you hurt our state's economy? they cry. Yet the two of them are spreading … Read more
SB1070 Update: Brewer’s Audacity of Hurt
by David Safier Someone in Dallas created a caricature of the Accidental Guv as Hitler's daughter. Most people, including me, have focused on her lie about her father's role in World War II. No one has really focused on this part of her quote: "It hurts. It's ugliness beyond anything I've ever experienced." The statement … Read more
Bumper sticker slogans make bad public policy: “drill, baby, drill” (updated video)
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Fool’s Gold: Philanthropy begins (and ends) at home
by David Safier This is pretty funny, at least if you're a Goldwater Institute aficionado like me. There's a website, philanthropy.com, that covers all things philanthropic, which means nonprofits that give away money for charitable/philanthropic reasons. On its Job Search portion, it lists a Director of Philanthropy opening at G.I. Here's the funny part. To … Read more
Has the Star covered the Prescott mural story?
by David Safier I haven't seen the Prescott mural story in the Star, either the paper edition or on its blogs. J. Fang featured it on El Blog, and local Marlene Phillips spotlighted it in the Examiner, but the Star? Unless I missed it, the mural is a tree that fell in the forest when … Read more
Prescott Mural Controversy Follow-Up
By Jenn Steve Blair, the Prescott AZ city councilman who made several racist statements on his radio talk show over a public art project, has been fired from the radio station (hat-tip to Ben Kalafut). Here’s an interview Blair did with PrescottNews.com after the firing: In the interview, Blair defends himself by saying that the mural … Read more
Blumenthal apologized. Kirk apologized. Brewer? Not so much.
by David Safier I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad, especially when number 3 is from Arizona. I mean, what do you expect from the originators of the "Show me your papers" law? Contrition? Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam when he hadn't. It looks like he only said it that one time. … Read more
