Bob Lord

Bob has mostly wound down his 39-year career as a tax and business lawyer (with a 1-year interruption to run for Congress in 2008 (CD3), when he tried to unseat John Shadegg. Bob now serves as the senior advisor on tax policy for the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy Americans who believe the light taxation of America's rich is destabilizing our democracy, and as an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Bob has been writing for Blog For Arizona since late 2011, concentrating mostly on federal issues, with an occasional foray into Arizona state politics.

Meet The Unconscious Press

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Posted by Bob Lord It really sucks that so many people rely almost exclusively on TV for information. I’m doing something I almost never do — watch Sunday morning television. I’m currently watching Sunday Square Off, and Braham Resnick actually did a pretty good job of helping Andy Thomas make an ass of himself. I … Read more

Medical Marijuana

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Posted by Bob Lord I’ve always supported medical marijuana. But I’ve never had any real life experiences to justify it. Until now. Some months ago, a close friend of mine called to let me know he couldn’t make it to my daughter’s wedding. He would be traveling back to the mid-west to spend time with … Read more

An Unconscionable Mess

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Posted by Bob Lord Hard not to be depressed by the last three days at the Supreme Court. While the tea leaf readers obsess over each question asked and even the inflection of the Justices’ voices, the hard realities remain. First, there’s a reason why attorneys can in good faith argue both sides of a … Read more

Dissecting Tom Friedman

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Posted by Bob Lord 

One of the jobs I’d love to have is Tom Friedman’s. His job duties are to (a) learn as much as he can about interesting things, (b) travel the world to achieve that end, and (c) write about the stuff he learns. And he gets to squeeze in a few rounds of golf in the process. Not a bad gig. It would be hard to say he doesn’t deserve his position. His thirst for knowledge is incredible, as are his skills at communicating what he learns. 

But I have a problem with his conclusion in today’s column, which can be found here, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/opinion/friedman-elephants-down-under.html?_r=1&ref=opinion, and what I believe is a glaring flaw in his logic. 

How Many Other Trayvon Martin’s Have There Been?

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Posted by Bob Lord I've heard all of the right questions being raised in the aftermath the Trayvon Martin tragedy. Except one. This incident didn't even get noticed for weeks after it occurred. If the news cycle were more crowded, or if a reporter or two were less aggressive, or if someone with information had not spoken … Read more