Liberals will be found drinking and talking at the Shanty on 4th Ave. again this Thursday evening, beginning at 6pm. This week our special guest will be Mike Hein, Tucson’s City Manager. I’m sure many of you haven’t yet met the fellow who now runs our fair city. In our City Manager-centric, civil-service-oriented city charter, … Read more

There are many who view the recent Democratic revolution (we might as well use the grandiose term, too) as little more than an opportunity to more effectively campaign to retake the Presidency in 2008. Given that there is little Congress can do to definitely end the war in Iraq (though plenty they can do to … Read more

Representative Shadegg of Arizona is making a bid for the minority whip post in the new Republican minority leadership. This excerpt from his letter demonstrates that the GOP isn’t chasted by their loss at all. If anything, movement conservatives are more out of touch with reality than ever. "The vicious onslaught of attacks against us, … Read more

Reading Liberally is the book club for discussion of current books on issues of politics, current events, and government. Reading Liberally meets here in Tucson on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 pm. The location is changed monthly at this point, though it may settle upon a permanent location at some point, so … Read more

You are invited to the Post-Mid-Term Edition of Drinking Liberally! We have plenty of reason to celebrate the Democratic takeover of the primary branch of government in our nation’s capitol. It’s time to talk about what we want a Democratic Congress to accomplish. Come on down to the Shanty on 4th Avenue this Thursday evening, … Read more

AZ Rep. Shadegg, re-elected comfortably last night, announced his bid for the Minority Leadership position in the reorganized House. Shadegg ran a dark horse leadership campaign to replace Tom DeLay as Majority Leader, losing to Rep. Boehner. Presumably, Shadegg will seek to re-launch the conservative revolution which swept him into office in 1994, his full … Read more

The headlines today are, of course, Democrats retaking the House, and likely the Senate (the AP has declared Webb the winner in VA, giving Dems the Senate). But equally important, and indicative of the deep political movement yesterday’s election represents, is the less heralded news that Democrats took 9 new state legislative chambers last night, … Read more