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.

Arizona’s Failure of Leadership

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By Karl Reiner During the nearly forgotten Cold War, the Berlin Wall was seen as a symbol of oppression. Successive U.S. presidents often used the wall as a speech site. For years, Americans cheered when brave souls managed to cross the formidable barrier to seek freedom and safety in West Germany. The wall was an … Read more

Free Beer Tasting at Drinking Liberally 5/29 at 7pm

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Posted by Michael Bryan What could be more liberal than free beer? Come to Drinking Liberally this Sunday at the Shanty on 4th Ave for a free beer tasting (donations welcome!). Drinking Liberally starts at 6pm and the tasting begins at 7pm, so don't be late! Cheers!

AZ GOP’s Big Budget Lie

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By Michael Bryan All you hear recently from the State Capital is how they "balanced the budget for the first time in years". The GOP leadership claims to have closed the budget deficit. Bullshit. Their budget relies on over $200 million in cuts to the state Medicare program (AHCCCS) which are blatantly unconstitutional under Arizona's … Read more

The Donkey is Still Feeding

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Posted by Michael Bryan Note: New posts will continue to appear below. Just a reminder for you news junkies out there, you can get all the latest Arizona political news in one convenient feed via the Arizona Donkey Feed at www.azdonkeyfeed.com. BlogForArizona's editor-in-chief (that's me) updates The Feed several times throughout the day with all … Read more

Help Living Liberally of Tucson!

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NOTE: new posts will continue to appear below this post. To those of you who have attended a Drinking Liberally (a liberal forum for drinks and discussion), Reading Liberally (a liberal book club), Screening Liberally (a liberal cinema night), or Investing Liberally (a sustainable, values-driven investment club) event here in Tucson, or who have always … Read more