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.

Pirates of the Mediterranean by Robert Harris

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via: The New York Times: Pirates of the MediterraneanBy ROBERT HARRISPublished: September 30, 2006Kintbury, England "IN the autumn of 68 B.C. the world’s only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome’s port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and … Read more

Free Hugs for the World

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One Australian man has sparked a world-wide phenominon that is improving the world one hug at a time. Never doubt that a simple and timely idea can change lives. Here’s an news story that explains what’s happening in more detail.

It’s Official: The GOP is the Party of Necrophilia

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The GOP paid for and released a two minute deception-fest depicting the 9/11 memorial as a travesty and an insult to the families of 9/11, the victims, the troops, and America itself. They are officially out of any policy ideas with which to defeat Janet Napolitano, so they’ve stooped to sucking the juices out of … Read more

KAET/Cronkite Poll on State Ballot Measures

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The same universe as the KAET/Cronkite Statewide Candidate poll also looked at upcoming ballot measures. The same 3% MOE and methodology applies to these results. I’ve color coded the measures according to the recommendation of my guide to ballot measures. The poll focuses mainly on the most confusing meausres, especially those pairs of measures in … Read more