The Way Down South
April 11, 2007
I only very rarely can honestly say that I absolutely agree with every word of an article I have read. It is rare that an author states what I already believe to be true, and it is an extra special treat when an author is able to actually change my mind and get me to
DFA Peace Forum
April 10, 2007
Mohur Sidhwa Speaks Out on Theocracy vs. Democracy
April 9, 2007
Our own Mohur Sidhwa, Chairperson the Democratic Party in LD 28 and First Vice-Chair of Pima County, recorded a commentary recently on science and religion and the necessary separation of the two. Mohur grew up amid sexism and religious intolerance in the land of her birth and escaped to a place she expected to be
Drinking with a Liberal Mind
April 7, 2007
Last Thursday at Drinking Liberally our guest was the decidedly conservative Frank Antenori, a former Green Beret and 2006 candidate for the Republican nomination to CD8 who was beat out by Randy Graf. I received more than one complaint about my choice to bring a conservative to a liberal party, but I believe that such
Prop 200 Suppressing Minority Voting
April 3, 2007
I’ve long argued that the main point of Protect Arizona Now! (aka Prop 200) is really not to prevent voter fraud (as there really is no such thing as individual vote fraud anymore – much easier and effective to just reprogram the tabulators), but to suppress the electoral participation of legally eligible minority voters. Well,
Ford splits with Democrats
April 2, 2007
Link: Ford splits with Democrats on Iraq Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr., the new chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), yesterday said he does not agree with efforts by Congress to set a deadline for U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq. "I think most Americans want to win, they don’t want to see us leave
Secret E-Mail Skirting Presidential Records Act?
March 30, 2007
My ABA email newsletter caught my eye today. They generally don’t deal with (and certainly don’t lead) with political issues. But today the talk was about AG Gonzales’ extraordinary claim not to use email. In fact, neither does Bush, Cheney, nor Condi, and even Rove and other top officials are said to limit their use
Arizona Congressional Delegation’s Website Disclosures
March 30, 2007
Citizen journalists from the Sunlight Foundation evaluated congressional Web sites to determine whether they provided three kinds of information: Access to basic information on what our elected officials do in Congress (the bills they sponsor, the committees they serve on) information from or access to any of the legally-required disclosures they have to file (on
