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.

The Nazi Philosopher at the root of GOP politics

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Link: The Chronicle: 4/2/2004: A Fascist Philosopher Helps Us Understand Contemporary Politics. An interesting look at Nazi intellectual Carl Schmitt’s political philosophy and how it lives and breathes in today’s movement Conservatism. At base, Schmitt saw politics as a no-holds-barred struggle to define who is a friend and who is an enemy – an art … Read more

Subtopia: Orwellian Wormholes

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Link: Subtopia: Orwellian Wormholes. An interesting and comprehensive post on the tunnels beneath the Arizona border and what happens in them. A great read with lots of interesting links to other resources on the subject.

Drinking Liberally 12/21

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It is once again time for liberals to gather in good cheer and fellowship at the Shanty on 4th Avenue starting at 6pm this Thursday. This week our special guest really is May George. No mistake about it this time. May is a Fulbright scholar from Baghdad, Iraq. She has been here in the States … Read more

Bush Admin Beats the Drums for Space Weapons

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The lamest of lame duck Administrations continues to ratchet up fear and concern about unproven and non-specific threats to our space infrastructure in order to leave behind yet another expensive paranoiac turd hanging around America’s neck: an arms race in space the is as useless as it is ruinously expensive. Please read my earlier post … Read more

Drinking Liberally 12/14

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It’s time once again for liberals to wander down to the old watering hole. You can see these wonders of nature this Thursday at the Shanty on 4th Avenue starting at 6pm. This once wary and skittish species have begun to throw off their camouflage and socialize openly with their own kind once again. They … Read more