The Long Anticipated Ukraine Counteroffensive Has Begun
A little more than two weeks before the start of summer, the long anticipated spring counteroffensive in Ukraine has begun. The New York Times reports, U.S. Officials See Signs of a Counteroffensive in Ukraine (excerpt): Advertisement The U.S. and Russia say that a major Ukrainian operation has begun. Ukrainian forces have stepped up artillery strikes … Read more
If Elected to the House of Representatives in Arizona CD-Three, Laura Pastor Vows to Put Community’s First
The quest to succeed outgoing Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Three Representative Ruben Gallego has drawn several impressive candidates to the race. Educator and Phoenix Councilwoman Laura Pastor is one of them. A fifth-generation Arizonan whose father was the late Representative Ed Pastor, the three-term Phoenix Councilwoman started her public service career as an elementary … Read more
Laura Pastor’s Community First Campaign for Congress in AZ’s District 3
The quest to succeed outgoing Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Three Representative Ruben Gallego has drawn several impressive candidates to the race. Educator and Phoenix Councilwoman Laura Pastor is one of them. A fifth-generation Arizonan whose father was the late Representative Ed Pastor, the three-term Phoenix Councilwoman started her public service career as an elementary … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: Preview Of Decisions To Come In June
The Hill reports, Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come: The Supreme Court’s decision season is in full swing. The justices in the coming weeks will hand down major rulings on student debt relief, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, with opinions in 30 remaining cases expected to be released by June … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: Major Decisions At The End of The Term
Much of the news involving the Supreme Court this year has involved the corruption of Supreme Court justices, in particular Clarence Thomas, and Chief justice Roberts’ refusal to adopt the Code of Conduct for United States Judges for the Supreme Court. Congress can pass law to do it for him. The Roberts Court has been … Read more
Governor Hobbs Releases 100 Year Groundwater Supply Report Covering Arizona
Last week (June 1, 2023,) the Governor and her team, at a scheduled press event, released the Phoenix Active Management Area (AMA) Groundwater Model and the Arizona Department of Water Resources’ latest study of groundwater conditions across the Phoenix metropolitan area. While the report’s title refers to Phoenix, the data concerns the whole of Arizona. … Read more
The United States is Not Fighting a ‘Proxy War’ in Ukraine
I have seen many commentators on the right, and now increasingly on the left, calling the Russian-Ukrainian War a U.S. ‘proxy war’ and criticizing US policy on that spurious basis. The latest is an analyst and military commentator whom I had previously respected, and whom some who share my own values might give credence to: … Read more
