30 Practical Tips to Be Happy from UA Professor Celestino Fernández

30 Practical Tips to Be Happy from UA Professor Celestino Fernández

October 11, 2026

Can happiness be taught and learned? YES, says Dr. Celestino Fernández, who has served as Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona since 1976. Although now retired, he teaches occasionally, including an innovative lecture on “The Art of Happiness: What the Research Tells Us.” He recently spoke in a class at OLLI, the University … Read more

Another Week in Trump’s America: Star Chamber Courts, ICE Running Amok, Public Executions, Making Deals with Putin, and the Mad King Being Nuts

Another Week in Trump’s America: Star Chamber Courts, ICE Running Amok, Public Executions, Making Deals with Putin, and the Mad King Being Nuts

October 10, 2026

There is a reason Democrats see electoral victory prospects improving in states like Mississippi with days to go until the Midterm Elections. Because the American People have to suffer through weeks like the last one constantly in Trump’s America. The week started out with America’s leading traitor, Mad King Trump, telling a crowd of approving … Read more

Trump Accounts: Perks for Babies and Billionaires

Trump Accounts: Perks for Babies and Billionaires

October 9, 2026

Apparently, the Trump administration has discovered a solution to childhood poverty. Give certain newborns $1,000, invest it in the stock market, and wait 18 years. What could possibly go wrong? Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for those promised lower grocery and gasoline prices. Families are struggling to put food on the table, keep a roof over … Read more

Mayes, Kelly, and Gallego Go After Trump/Kennedy Jr. Gutting of Head Start Standards

Mayes, Kelly, and Gallego Go After Trump/Kennedy Jr. Gutting of Head Start Standards

October 9, 2026

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Grand Canyon State Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego have taken steps this week to stop Donald ‘I love the uneducated’ Trump and Robert ‘Vaccinations are bad’ Kennedy Jr’s proposed cuts and standards “gutting” to the popular federal pre-school program, Head Start, that were announced last August. In a … Read more

In Debate for CD One Seat, Dr. Shah Offers Voters Medicare Buy-In While Feely Spews Trump-MAGA Lying Talking Points

In Debate for CD One Seat, Dr. Shah Offers Voters Medicare Buy-In While Feely Spews Trump-MAGA Lying Talking Points

October 8, 2026

In a debate of Congressional Candidates that could determine which political party controls the House of Representatives, Dr. Amish Shah and former Cardinals placekicker Jay Feely exchanged responses on how they would represent Arizona’s First Congressional District. While both candidates were well prepared (Shah on the facts, Feely on the lying Trump-MAGA talking points) and … Read more

🔥🔥🔥Young Voters Favor Democrats as Midterms Approach

🔥🔥🔥Young Voters Favor Democrats as Midterms Approach

October 8, 2026

Democrats are heading into the 2026 midterm elections with a substantial advantage among young voters. Recent surveys show Americans under 30 favoring Democratic candidates—and trusting them more to address today’s #1 issue: the cost of living. Across eight Senate races surveyed by The New York Times and Siena College, Democrats hold a 30-percentage-point lead among … Read more

The Declaration of Independence of Southern Arizona Voters from Congressman Juan Ciscomani

The Declaration of Independence of Southern Arizona Voters from Congressman Juan Ciscomani

October 7, 2026

And an Enumeration of His Failings             Two hundred fifty years ago leaders from the original thirteen American colonies met in Philadelphia to approve the Declaration of Independence. Now, a new Declaration is needed to overturn the oppressive and corrupt Republican administration and Congress in Washington. As with many “revolutions,” it begins at home. (Thanks … Read more

Soto Says LD17 Race Hinges on Affordability, Education and Democratic Control

Soto Says LD17 Race Hinges on Affordability, Education and Democratic Control

October 7, 2026

Edgar Soto, the Democratic candidate seeking to flip Arizona’s Legislative District 17 Senate seat, says voters are looking for relief from rising costs, for stronger public schools and for a state legislature willing to solve problems – instead of deepening partisan division. In an October 5 meeting of  Democrats of Greater Tucson, Soto—a fifth-generation Arizonan, … Read more

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