I took a look back at what I have written here at BlogForArizona in 2007. Some is eminently forgettable and ephemeral, but a lot is actually still worth reading. Following are some of the ‘still worth reading’ category in no particular chronological order. It may seem like a goodly amount of material to you, but … Read more

Many of you probably don’t even know who Dan Spahr is. That’s a symptom of his less-than-memorable campaign for Ward 4 City Council against Shirley Scott. Once he was quite-predictably crushed at the polls, I never expected to give him another thought, unless he got it into his head to take on another kamikaze political … Read more

Link: Arizona Wildcats Basketball – Mahalo. I don’t even have a category on my blog for sports. Frankly, unless there is the strong possibility of injury to the participants, I really couldn’t care less about sports. I like mixed martial arts, sumo, and out-takes of any sport where someone humiliates or seriously injures themselves. I … Read more

Now that Democrats have unquestionable control of the Tucson City Council, it is time to take a stand against allowing facile public displays of patriotism to substitute for the real thing. It is time to end the hijacking of a cherished symbol of community unity and pride inspired by academic and athletic achievement to advertise … Read more

"Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is dynamism. peace is generosity. It is a right and it is a duty."— Archbishop Oscar Romero "I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence."— Shirin … Read more

I hate housekeeping (as my wife, Lauren, will ruefully affirm…), so I’m going to get a bunch of it out of the way in one go. First, I had to disable the Odiogo listen feature (hopefully) temporarily. I know from usage stats that many of you enjoyed the feature, but it was causing freezes for … Read more