Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

Lack of Contact Tracing and Testing in AZ Will Impair Efforts to Re-Open

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Contact tracing is key to running down the chains of infection to get ahead of viral transmission, contain it, and kill it. Without new people to infect, the epidemic dies. Testing and contact tracing should be major priorities of local and state governments, especially since the federal government has abandoned any coherent policy toward the epidemic. … Read more

WW3: How to Win the War (And How AZ is Failing)

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If you agree with the premise that the Coronavirus pandemic is World War 3, what must we do to ensure victory against the epidemic, and save our economy? First, we must resist and thwart those calling for a surrender to the virus. Second, we need to build a public health infrastructure capable of containing and … Read more

WW3: Dissent on the Homefront

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If you agree with the premise that the Coronavirus pandemic is World War 3 (and what else is the unprecedented nation-wide state of emergency, but a declaration of war against the pandemic?), then how should you react to that misguided minority who want to call off that war, and try to return to normal life … Read more

Your COVID Mother’s Day

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I actually cannot remember the last time we did this here on BlogForArizona: just leave an open thread for comments on a subject. We should probably make it more regular. This isn’t a subject for a monologue, it a subject for stories – your stories – tell us your story of this Mother’s Day in … Read more