Michael Bryan By Michael Bryan Tucson's Drinking Liberally is having two special sessions this week (and no regular Sunday meeting). First, on Saturday, 10/30, John Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity will be simulcast to a local rally here in Tucson at the Club Congress from 9am to noon. Drinking Liberally will be there and will be doing … Read more
By Jenn Why the anti-affirmative action folks get it really, really wrong. Several months ago, I wrote a series of posts on Arizona's latest ballot proposition — Prop 107 — which is part of the American Civil Rights Initiative's latest effort to eliminate affirmative action in this state. One of my pieces, Proposition 107: Arizona’s Students Under … Read more
By Karl Reiner Imagine a passenger airliner flying along its normal route; suddenly the engines fail due to the intake of contaminated fuel. The aircrew reacts; they are able to bring the plane down safely. The crew does it without the loss of life, wrecking the aircraft during the emergency landing in a wheat field. … Read more
By Jenn The Arizona Capital Times is reporting that Grijalva's Tucson office received a suspicious package this afternoon, prompting evacuation. Authorities say the Tucson office of Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva was evacuated Thursday after an envelope containing a white powder was discovered in the mail. A spokesman for Grijalva says the congressman was not … Read more
By Michael Bryan Because Democrats are the minority party in Arizona, and so many of our state legislative districts are distinctly non-competitive, there are a number of districts where it actually makes much more sense for Democrats to only use one of the their two votes for state legislature in order to help elect a … Read more