by David Safier This story about Scott Bundgaard's marriage five years ago is so full of unbelievable details, I would think twice about repeating it, except that it's from the Republic, not the Weekly World News next to a picture of Alien Boy, and the man is right now embroiled in a case of possible … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Christian Taliban zealots who espouse the belief that America was founded as a Christian nation — it was not, the Founding Fathers intended strict religious neutrality with the First Amendment — and who would apply a Christianity religious test not just to elected officeholders — in violation of the U.S. Constitution … Read more

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Today at the Arizona Legislature, most of the action is expected to be on the floors of both chambers.  The committee agendas are relatively sparse and look fairly innocuous. However, "innocuous" is NOT a word that most observers would use to describe the floor calendars today.  Things like … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The National People's Action and the Public Accountability Initiative has released its groundbreaking report, "Big Bank Tax Drain: How Wall Street Speculation and Tax Avoidance are Starving Public Revenues." Make Wall Street Pay: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Wall Street banks caused the economic crisis that has left millions unemployed, foreclosed-on, and without prospects in … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Will the Arizona Republic, which recently published a multi-part "investigative report" on public employee pensions based largely upon biased research and liberal quotations from the anti-union Goldwater Institute (as if they have any credibility), publish this report from McClatchy Newspapers? Why employee pensions aren't bankrupting states:  From state legislatures to Congress to … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today marks the 100th anniversary of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. International Women's Day honors the work of the Suffragettes, celebrates women's success, and reminds of inequities still to be redressed. The first International Women's Day event was run … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During the 1980s this country went through a farm crisis in which thousands of family farmers lost their farms to foreclosure (including friends and neighbors of mine). The Midwest Farm Crisis of the 1980s: On March 17, 1986, protesters used tractors and other farm machinery to surround the Livingston County FmHA office … Read more