Bee’s Bad Business Synecdoche

Bee was recently endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. No real surprise considering how often that organization (short-sightedly, IMO) endorses Republicans in an anachronic gesture to a long-defunct pedigree of economic common sense. But Bee’s endorsement predicts far less how the Arizona business community will actually vote and donate this cycle than Bee would … Read more

This Makes Me Furious

by David Safier Let me begin by saying I know it isn’t fair to blame the Bush administration for this veteran’s death, since things like this happened to veterans before and will continue to happen as long as we humans remain the belligerent species we are. But I don’t give a damn. I blame the … Read more

Doonesbury takes on GOP voter suppression

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Think that Gary Trudeau was joking in today’s excellent Doonesbury strip?  Think again.  The Republican National Committee has set up a "vote fraud" page at its web site http://www.gop.com/ycmtu.htm, and the GOP’s media arm at Fox News has been promoting a "voter fraud" hotline (voterfraud@foxnews.com) for several weeks now.  The Raw Story … Read more

Saddlin’ Up at the McCain Ranch

by David Safier John had spent a few too many hours at the ranch with his feet up and a mug of Cindy’s beer in his hand, so he decided it was time to look over some of his other property. There’s a lot of property to visit, and John was having some trouble deciding … Read more