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.

Want to Repeal ‘ObamaCare’? Explain That to Her…

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Posted by Michael Bryan

Seems like every Republican is rabid to repeal the Affordable Care Act, called derisively (but ironically sealing Obama's brand on what will be seen as a great, though flawed, legislative achievement) 'ObamaCare'.

Well, some of the things the Act does simply and directly save lives and protect Americans from abusive insurance practices. One is to abolish lifetime benefit caps. "So what?" you ask? Glad you did.

Watch how that made a difference in the life of one young Arizonan after the click…

Chris Mooney at Drinking Liberally This Sunday

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By Michael Bryan

Mooney

This Sunday, Drinking Liberally will feature Chris Mooney, who is in town for the Tucson Festival of Books. Chris is the author of several books about the intersection of science and public policy, including 'The Republican War on Science' and his latest "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science–and Reality" (a nice excerpt of the book here), blogger, and a host of Point of Inquiry. UPDATE: David Brin, one of my favorite authors, has a great description of Mooney's work on his blog.

So come on down to The Shanty this Sunday starting a 6pm and have a beer with one of the foremost experts on the anti-science movement in America.

Get a taste of Chris' latest work after the click…

Corporations Can Go To Heaven, Too… Apparently

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By Michael Bryan Corporations have religion? Who knew? The Arizona Legislature, apparently… from the striker bill HB 2625, providing a Blunt Amendment-style 'religious conscience' exception that in Arizona, having failed in the U.S. Senate: "NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION Y OF THIS SECTION, A CONTRACT DOES NOT FAIL TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION Y OF THIS SECTION … Read more