People protest for abortion rights on the steps of the Texas State Capitol building.

California Targets Guns Through Profits, Part 1

This is the second article in a series addressing civil tort liability as a potential remedy for outrageous anti-community behavior. To read the previous article, click here. This year, the governors of Texas and California went to war in a tit-for-tat exchange of legislation bringing the hotly contested political issues of abortion rights and gun … Read more

“Deeply Embarrassed and Frustrated”

My last blog post was an evisceration of the Pinal County Board of Directors for their September 2021 refusal to accept almost $3.4M in Federal funding to hire a vaccine equity employee and distribute COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities. Two months later, they reversed their decision with an amendment that, “the public health department or … Read more

Alex Jones and a Special Place in Hell

This is the first in a series addressing civil tort liability as a potential remedy for outrageous anti-community behavior. Jurors in Austin, Texas are considering the amount of damages which should be awarded to parents against Alex Jones and his Infowars company after he broadcast repeatedly for years that the massacre of their children at … Read more

Diva Sinema Wants to Preserve a Tax Loophole for the Wealthy

The Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act tightens a notorious tax loophole benefiting hedge fund managers and other wealthy investors. The nefarious tax loophole “Carried Interest” is one of the most infamous in American politics. Will Sen. Kyrsten Sinema vote for it or against it when it comes up for a vote this week in the US … Read more

Mike Pence is No Hero

Anyone watching the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack would get the misimpression that Mike Pence was a hero for certifying the 2020 election of Joseph Biden. Mike Pence did his duty, but when is doing one’s duty make one a hero? I served my country. Does that make me a hero? … Read more