What the heck is “middle of the road”?
March 2, 2026
I no longer know what “middle of the road” means.
Senators Gallego and Kelly Hit the Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Addressing the Need for a Plan, Not Hope, in Iran
March 1, 2026
Both of Arizona’s Senators and potential 2028 Presidential Aspirants, Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, appeared on Sunday morning political talk shows today to discuss the United States and Israel’s bombing of Iran and the counterattacks from that nation. The common theme from both Senators and military veterans: Where is the plan? Appearing on CNN’s State
Tucson Festival of Books at UA mall on March 14 & 15, with added security in 2026
March 1, 2026
Once again the popular Tucson Festival of Books is coming to the University of Arizona mall during Spring Break, on March 14 and 15, 2026. All info here: https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/. Brand new this year is that you are required to bring only see-thru bags (scroll down for info) if attending author events. This is probably for
Representative Yassamin Ansari Reacts to the Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
February 28, 2026
The nation’s lone Iranian American Representative in Congress, Arizona’s Yassamin Ansari, had a measured and well-thought-out response following the announcement of the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following United States and Israelis airstrikes today. Posting on social media, Representative Ansari wrote: “Khamenei was the epitome of evil. For decades, he oversaw the torture, imprisonment,
SOSAZNetwork.org Launches Initiative Petition to Rein In ESA Vouchers
February 28, 2026
I sat in for a presentation from SOSAZ for SecularAZ.org on the proposed citizen’s Initiative Petition effort (protectedaz.com) to limit the ESA Universal Voucher program here in AZ. I thought it an excellent discussion that addressed many questions about the planned ballot proposition. The proposed language (PDF Link) is pending legislative council legal review. SOSAZ
Arizona Congressional Democratic Reaction to Trump’s Latest Misadventure into Iran
February 28, 2026
Arizona’s Congressional Democrats, among the people’s representatives Donald Trump would need support from for a war against Iran, registered their strong disapproval toward the American Duce wannabe’s unilateral military action without any discernible justifiable cause. Representative Yassamin Ansari, Congress’s first Iranian-American Congresswoman, who wants the current Iranian regime to fall and give way to a
Arizona Legislative Republicans Launch Vindictive Vendetta on Teachers Unions Through HCR 2040
February 28, 2026
Rather than work with Democrats to reform the waste, fraud, and abuse in their billion-dollar welfare/scam for the rich and crooked Empowerment Scholarship Account Private School Voucher program, Arizona Legislative Republicans, in wanting to combat teacher protests and walkouts like what happened in the Red for Ed Movement, have launched a vindictive vendetta against public
Here We Go Again: United States and Israel Bomb Iran With No Clear Immediate Justification and No Apparent Plan
February 28, 2026
This is what happens when people who are not well-versed in history elect right-wing authoritarian-messianic types who promise greater public safety, less taxes, and lower prices, and all they deliver are economic mayhem, division, persecution, and international chaos. Early this morning, United States and Israeli forces, in an operation called Epic Fury, bombed Iran under
