Short note to the current Guv
by David Safier Um, Janet, about two weeks before the election, you said at a rally that our Republican state legislators want to cut 40% from the higher education budget. You were exaggerating for effect, right? Right? Because I know you wouldn't leave us in their hands, defenseless, veto-less, if that were really true. Would … Read more
Arizona overtaxed? Hardly.
by David Safier (TASL) It seems tax-and-spend liberals are coming out of hiding these days. The latest voice is the Citizen in an editorial, The case for higher taxes. The subhead says it all: "Study finds cuts — not spending increases — to be the major cause of state budget deficit." Who woulda thunk that … Read more
An ill wind is BREWERing in Arizona
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Many of you have heard by now that Governor Janet Napolitano has been tapped by the Obama transition team to become the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Napolitano may be Homeland Security pick It is only a matter of official confirmation. Napolitano would be a vast improvement over Michael … Read more
Kathleen Parker again
by David Safier God bless Kathleen Parker. The columnist was one of the first conservatives to reject Sarah Palin in print and came as close to saying she was voting for Obama as you can come without saying it. Since then, she's been on a tear in her columns. Today's topic is the way the … Read more
Where should you do your [Christmas] [Holiday] shopping?
by David Safier It's important to know which stores are Christmas-friendly, Christmas-negligent and Christmas-offensive when you go shopping. So we owe James Dobson's Focus on the Family a vote of thanks for telling us which is which. Just so you know what each category means: "Christmas-friendly" retailers — prominent acknowledgment of "Christmas" "Christmas-negligent" retailers — marginalized … Read more
Conservatives Jumping Ship: David Frum
by David Safier The "Conservatives Jumping Ship" series was supposed to end at the election, but here's another one: David Frum, former speech writer for Bush and now an author trying to figure out the shape of a new conservatism. First he said less than complementary things about Sarah Palin. Now he's leaving the National … Read more
