AZ AG Terry Goddard Ready for Debate on Legal Pot

by Michael Bryan Terry Goddard's measure of political courage just went up slightly in my estimation: he went on national TV and suggested that this country should look seriously at the merits of legalizing marijuana to cut off the flow of money to drug cartels fueling violence along the Mexican border and throughout Mexico. He … Read more

Lessons from an Abortive Populist Coup

Paul Eckerstrom didn't campaign to be elected Democratic Party Chairman in any meaningful sense. He didn't even plan to run. He certainly didn't think it though. He tossed his hat in the ring because he had a passion for the ideas and strategy he wanted the Party to pursue, and which he wasn't seeing from … Read more

Crazy As They Wanna Be

by Michael Bryan I suspect that the Arizona GOP will pull a Jonestown now that Janet has handed them the keys to the campsite. With no effective institutional opposition from Democrats to be had, there is a danger that their most ideologically intoxicated members will convince the rest to drink the Kool-aid, herding their elected … Read more

An Inheritance of Ashes

by Karl Reiner The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal budget deficit for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 at $1.2 trillion. That amounts to $4,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The rapidly soaring deficit is one of the many unresolved issues the Obama administration has inherited from the … Read more